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senorstealth

senorstealth

senorstealth

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I'm building a machine for a friend, who wants as cheap as possible but as fast as possible.
This is what i have:-

Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz S775 £168
Asus S775 Intel P965 ATX with 7.1 audio and gigabit lan £58
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 £55
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI £79
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB S300 8mb £30
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB S300 16MB £46
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter £18
Akasa Zen-Black Silent Midi ATX Case £30
Hiper HPU-4M580 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black £49 **edit** replaced tagan 430watt


Comments please
 
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A P35 motherboard such as the Abit IP35 would cost around £10-20 more perhaps but if you bought a single 500gb hard drive rather than the two you currently have then that would cover the additional spend.
 
semi-pro waster said:
A P35 motherboard such as the Abit IP35 would cost around £10-20 more perhaps but if you bought a single 500gb hard drive rather than the two you currently have then that would cover the additional spend.
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Ok i've found enough money to make the change

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard, which is the best choice. i'm currently leaning towards this one as its more future proof with the DDR3 support
 
The P35C DS3R is a decent enough motherboard and would work fine however I see to make the change you have gone from a Tagan PSU to a Hiper, you might want to check that the modular units do not still have the same problems that they used to. Most will of course be fine but there did appear to be slightly higher than normal numbers reporting problems/failures. :)
 
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