Spec check time...

Socaddict

Socaddict

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Well, need a decent upgrade, current system is the following:
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2600+ mobile
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard
1GB (2*512MB) OCZ DDR400 Value RAM
two maxtor IDE HDDs, one 120GB, one 80GB
ATi X700 AGP 128MB
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
16x DVD drive
16x DVD-RW drive
400W Enermax Liberty PSU
Some generic PoS case.

Was thinking of the following as an upgrade:
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Alendalle" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£114.95 £114.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£94.95 £94.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL) 1
£104.95 £104.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£129.95 £129.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE) 2
£52.55 £105.10
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA) 1
£28.95 £28.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG) 1
£61.95 £61.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£51.95 £51.95
MO-046-VS Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-046-VS) 1
£184.95 £184.95
SY-008-ZA Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA) 1
£20.95 £20.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL) 1
£47.95 £47.95
CA-008-LL Lian Li C-01A Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel (Silver) (CA-008-LL) 2
£7.95 £15.90
Subtotal £962.50
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £171.06
Total £1,148.51

I will obviously keep my current soundcard, mouse (G5), keyboard (zboard) and the optical drives. Antyhing else I need/should remember, or can this spec be bettered?
 
Spec's a good 'un! Only thing I'd do is go for the 19'' hanns-g monitor, cheaper and it's widescreen rather than standard too, although I suspect you have a good reason for choosing a more expensive 19'' model anyway. :)

One thing I will say, those bezels are shockingly expensive. :o For the cost of those two bezels you can almost buy a new DVD-RW! Of course you'll be wanting them or else the case will look a bit naff, but it's amazing it's so much for a bit of coloured plastic.
 
the bezels are aluminium, I think.

The widescreen monitor really worth it? hmm.

Might as well also chuck some blank dvd-rs in there for backing up photos, patches and whatnot as well.

all my music is on my ipod, fortunately, so tahts easy enough to transfer.
 
Go for this cpu cooler instead:

Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)

The rest of the system seems good :)
 
Socaddict said:
Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel
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I'm off to specsavers then! :(


I hear widescreens are very well spoken of, most games support it or can be forced to use it, gives you a bigger field of vision and more immersiveness. And it saves you some cash as well. I think it's really down to your personal preference in the end though.
 
switched the monitors. Anythign else?

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Alendalle" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£94.95 £94.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£129.95 £129.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£52.55 £105.10
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£61.95 £61.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£51.95 £51.95
SY-008-ZA Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)
£20.95 £20.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
CA-008-LL Lian Li C-01A Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel (Silver) (CA-008-LL)
£7.95 £15.90
MO-017-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)
£112.95 £112.95
Subtotal £890.50
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £158.46
Total £1,063.91
 
Have fun with it! Be sure to swing by the overclocking & cooling forum after you've had it for a few days and let us know how your E6300 clocks. ;) (if you're planning to o/c of course!)

Even at stock you're looking at a lovely performance system. :D
 
Stelly said:
Nice one, let us know how it goes :)

Stelly
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will do. it'll be my second build for myself, my current rig being my first ever build. built about 8 or so between thena nd now, so it shouldn't go too badly.

I'll make sure to get some benchies and see how much I can clock the thing.
 
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