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it's time to update my aging barton xp to something a little (hopefully a lot) faster, i've alreay got-

case - Akasa Eclipse 62
case fans - Scythe 1600s x2
case fan controller - Akasa blue knobs thing
monitor - NEC 20WGX2
keyboard - Cherry black
mouse - Logitech mx510

i'll need-
psu
motherboard (need an ethernet/lan port for my router)
ram
harddrive (prefer western digital)
floppy? (had one on current build but only ever used it to load memtest i think)
dvd writer/reader
cpu+cooler+thermal compound (as5 still the best?) (tuniq tower would look smart inside but is there anything better?)
graphics card
sound card (for games, movies and mp3. i'm not a musician)
os (xp64? or vista64?)
forgotten anything?

it will be used for online games (gtr2, fps, c&c3, coh) and photo/3d editing about 50/50. help will be greatly appreachiated as i've not been keeping up as much as i should on what's best to get.
 
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£31.71)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£96.34)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
(£79.89)

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£23.49)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£72.84)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528)
(£58.74)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£64.61)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
(£49.34)

2 x Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£124.52)

Asus GeForce 8800 GTX HTDP 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£381.86)

Total : £996.21

Less fast CPU, but will be as good if you clock it to 3GHz. Better graphics. Up to you really. :)
 
Slightly overbudget but I managed to squeeze in a quad core proc, AAKSes in RAID0, and a 640 MiB GTS.

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a gts with lots of ram (512meg+) for highres textures in gtr2 would be good.
i was hoping i could get 4gig in there?
 
dunker said:
a gts with lots of ram (512meg+) for highres textures in gtr2 would be good.
i was hoping i could get 4gig in there?
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Here hows this:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Samsung SH-S182MBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM

Sony Floppy Drive - Black

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Total : £986.79
 
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You can't say you don't have a choice :)

Basically get

1 x conroe (not too expensive)
1 x big cpu cooler (TT/Noctua)
1 x P35 DS3
1 x corsair PSU
1 x 8800 (640MB minimum)
Between 2 and 4 GB of 6400 RAM, either OCZ, Geil or Crucial
X-Fi sound card
Samsung SATA DVD Writer
1 or 2 SATA HDs, around 200-300GB, Samsung, WD or Seagate.
 
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hehe i know, it's difficult i keep adding to the basket then changing my mind, would it be better to get 2x2gig or get better rated 4x1gig for about the same cost? i'm assuming this ddr2 ram is like my current ddr with lower numbers (apart from the fsb) mean faster?
 
ok how's this looking guys?

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £41.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £124.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99

Corsair TurboFlash 1GB USB2.0 Vista ReadyBoost (CMFUSBTV2.0-1GB) £11.99


Sub Total : £847.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £150.12
Total : £1,007.94

will that turboflash work with that mobo? and are they worth gettting anyway with 4gig?
 
dunker said:
ok how's this looking guys?

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £41.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £124.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99

Corsair TurboFlash 1GB USB2.0 Vista ReadyBoost (CMFUSBTV2.0-1GB) £11.99


Sub Total : £847.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £150.12
Total : £1,007.94

will that turboflash work with that mobo? and are they worth gettting anyway with 4gig?
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Thats a very nice spec you have their, should run like a dream. As for the turbo flash, i dont think it will be needed.
 
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cheers for the suggestions guys :) here's my slightly revised spec so far,

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £41.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £71.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £71.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99

Total : £1,016.16

only a ram change, better than the first spec?
 
i thought more mhz is better but just noticed the other is c3, so the 5300C3 is rated slower but better quality than the 6400C4?
 
dunker said:
i thought more mhz is better but just noticed the other is c3, so the 5300C3 is rated slower but better quality than the 6400C4?
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Not so much better quality, they use exactly the same chips. But the 6400 Rated RAM offers nothing over the 5300 Rated and will clock very well. Just saving you a bit of cash thats all.
 
thankyou everyone for all the help so far, last question hopefully is there any difference between the Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R and the Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R apart from the p35c supports ddr3?
 
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i didnt add an os but thats as good as i can get it for the money

gtx F T W
 
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