Spec check

Aram · 2 Oct 2007 at 21:25

So my PSU went pop and took the MB with it leaving me in need of a new PC. I don't really have a maximum budget, but I also don't want to spend any more than I have to.

I wont be OCing and just want something that will cope with games @ 1680x1050 (will be doing work etc on it as well but nothing that is going to push it). Seriously tempted by the bits listed below and would appreciate opinions:

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£223.24)
Lian Li PC-A16B Aluminium Full-Tower - Black (£93.99)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) (£51.69)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (£18.79)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail (£125.71)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£88.11)
2x OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (£86.92)

Sub Total : £643.91
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £114.95
Total : £771.81

Teaf · 2 Oct 2007 at 21:26

Excellent setup, cannot fault it.

Aram · 3 Oct 2007 at 19:32

flibby said:
Excellent setup, cannot fault it.

That's the sort of reply I was hoping for, thanks

A few other threads have raised a question tho - I'm currently running XP Pro and was going to stick with it, but will I get the full benefit of the 4GB RAM or should I be considering the switch to Vista?

Teaf · 3 Oct 2007 at 22:26

Aram said:
That's the sort of reply I was hoping for, thanks

A few other threads have raised a question tho - I'm currently running XP Pro and was going to stick with it, but will I get the full benefit of the 4GB RAM or should I be considering the switch to Vista?

You'll get most of it using a 32Bit operating system. I know a lot of people saying "you MUST switch to 64bit" but it's really not the case and only loosing 500mb of RAM whilst your on a 32bit OS from 4GB is not a massive amount and you wouldn't notice the difference with or without it. So I'd just recommend staying with XP Pro for the moment, maybe wait for Vista Service Pack 1 and then think about switching and if you want too.

PowerDemon · 3 Oct 2007 at 22:34

but it's really not the case and only loosing 500mb of RAM whilst your on a 32bit OS

Is it only 500mb? when i had winxp on it only showed as having 3gig of ram not 3.5gig :confused:

Teaf · 3 Oct 2007 at 22:54

PowerDemon said:
Is it only 500mb? when i had winxp on it only showed as having 3gig of ram not 3.5gig

I'm pretty sure it's motherboard dependant. The better the motherboard the higher it will see but you are looking at 3GB - 3.5GB.

bandit · 4 Oct 2007 at 13:26

Spec check please. sortoff done but some bits left to ponder on.

wrong place...