Spec help plz £750 overclcoking system no gfx card

Slackjaw190

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My pc died and i need a new one asap.

What i am looking for is a system which can be overclocked which will be used for gaming, encoding and work, that is fairly quite while idle.

Anyway heres what i was thinking

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 - £191.51

Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler - £32.89

RAM -Not sure suggestions please

Motherboard - Havent got a clue :)

Hard-drive - help :)

DVD RW etc.. - Dont really know must be black thou

PSU - OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £70.49 (will 600w be enough will get a r600 when they are out)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) - £75.19

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79

Is this all i need?
thx for your help
 
final check

Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail - £191.51

CPU Cooler - Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler - £32.89

RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £117.49

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £88.11

Hard-drive - Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £79.89

DVD Drive - Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM - Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £19.96

PSU - OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £70.49

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79

Vista - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) - £75.19

total - £721.36

does this look like a good spec then and have i missed anthing will i need some thermal paste for the zalman cooler ?
 
final check 2

Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail - £191.51

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £36.41

RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £117.49

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £88.11

Hard-drive - Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £79.89

DVD Drive - Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM - Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £19.96

PSU - OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £70.49

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79

Vista - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) - £75.19

total - £724.88
 
mishima said:
Just noticed one final thing, it would probably be worth getting a SATA DVD±RW because they are faster and are easier to manage inside the case because of the slim cabling, you can get rid of those nasty ribbon cables too. Other than that looks like an excellent setup.
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erm dont surpose u could link 1 :P
 
final check 3 :)

Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail - £191.51

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £36.41

RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £117.49

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £88.11

Hard-drive - Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £79.89

DVD Drive - Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £22.31

PSU - OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £70.49

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79

Vista - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) - £75.19

total - £727.51

so thats it then?
 
well i hope it was fine as ive ordered ill be back when its done.

thx mishima and the others for your suggestions.

Slackjaw190

P.S If somethings wrong im gonna hunt you down :p
 
Well it works :D

Fairly easy to put together even for me (this is my first full build from scratch) and I got no need to hunt anyone down . Only real problem I had was with the Noctua NH-U12F getting those stepped spring screws attached was a pain. I had to loosen the back plate so that I could raise mounting bars so that the screws would catch. I also put it in the wrong way round and the ram would therefore not quite fit in, but that was my fault for not thinking it out.

I am also not sure if I have put the fan in the wrong way round, as by this time I was getting a bit annoyed and just whacked it on. I have the logo on the outside which I assume is correct. Can anyone verify this to save me taking it apart again for me please.

Again thank to mishima and the others for your suggestions and also Ultra_Extreme for his guide on how to build helped a lot which can be found HERE

Slackjaw190
 
Had a feeling it might be in the wrong way round I should have checked. Atm speedfan is reading core 0 12 degrees and core 1, 17 degrees while idle and both 40 degrees after 30 min stress test. Ill see what a difference it makes put the fan the right way around.

Thx again

i think u use Everest to messure your temps i just download that
 
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mr_x_plosion said:
Intel TAT is the best for measuring temps, although for me it reads the same as Everest.
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cant seem to open TAT in vista 64 it pops up for a fraction on a second and then beeps and disappears

musicman said:
i like the look of this what gfx are you using?
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currently using a Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

the temps on speed fan are now showing 5 degrees lower under load now the fan is the right way around :)
 
cant spell

Yeah its great im glad you recommended it. Do you know of other temp monitoring programs that work in vista 64 coz on my old comp temps used to vary quite a bit from program to program.

Well soon time to start to overclock
 
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