Spec Check!

[Aruffell]

Upgrading from a socket 939 system which has an opteron, 2gb ram, 7800gt oc, 3 hard drives.

My new system will consist of -

CPU

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.30GHZ (1466FSB) - Retail £169.99 (£195.49)

Motherboard

DFI Lan Party JR P45-T2RS Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99 (£109.24)

Case

Lian-Li V350B Aluminium Mini-Tower - Black (No PSU) £73.99 (£85.09)

Hard Drive (External)

Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EADS) £72.99 (£83.94)

Memory (8gb)

2 x OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK) £139.98 (£160.98)

I have 2 new Pioneer Sata DVD-RW's and a 250GB hard drive for windows and the WD 1tb will b for storage.

I also have an Asus Xonar D2X and Hiper 580Watt Modular PSU to use.

How does this all look to you?

I need a graphics card specced and possibly a new PSU to power this all plus the graphics card.

Spec me lease

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Aruffell]

I was thinking of getting 4gb first, and then 4gb later.

X58?

Andy

 

[Aruffell]

Ok, maybe i'd buy one second hand.

Do i need a new PSU? Or will my Hiper (when i get it back from RMA) be ok?

Andy

 

[Aruffell]

£700 ish i guess.

Graphics isn't a major worry to start with as can use my 7800GT OC.

Andy