Spec Me A PC

.Kencs

.Kencs

.Kencs

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I've not yet been down to over-clockers, but thinking of going down this weekend...can anyone spec me a Motherboard and a CPU?
The case I have is £70 and has 11 bays drives, so I need a mobo which can support what I need...Would a pic help of the case to show you what I mean?
 
It would probably help if you just stated how many hard drives and how many optical drives you want/it could accomodate.

What is your budget here and what parts do you already have? I'm asking because if you have an AGP graphics card or DDR Ram then it severely limits your options.
 
I will be having:
Floppy Disk Drive
DVD/RW
Card Reader
3 Hard Drives, may upgrade to 5 later in the year, depends how many i want...kinda being greedy really...

I have no found a motherboard yet nor a CPU, so if you can find a mobo with onboard graphics card etc that *** be fine, unless u *** recommend getting cards seperately...
 
I was thinking of SATA II drives but someone said that IDE may be better, but I know SATA are possibly the best...If I want SATA II drives, which mobo would be best? Not too fused on price range, just need to sort out the Motherboard and CPU then im done...oh, and i need to look for a graphics card etc if it doesn't come with them onboard
 
Perhaps a Asus P5K Pro and a fanless ATi 2400 Pro? The best chipsets don't have built in graphics cards, but that doesn't mean you need to spend a fortune.
 
Well...

Budget/Value build: e2xx0 series clock well, but only have 1MB cache. This does effect the performance with some apps, but less in games where is is mostly GPU activity.

Mid Range: The e6xx0 series have performed well, but they are being replaced by the e8x00 series. I'd be tempted to either go for a value chip, or wait till 21/1/08 for:-

Top End: e8200, e8400 and e8500 are report 4GHz+ on air (specifically the last two). These look very nice chips going forward, but you will have to wait till 21/1/08.

Quad Core: Q6600 chips are now cooler running, and if you have the use for all those cores then they are great chips. Not due to replaced until late this year, so plenty of life left in them.

If it was me, I would wait for the e8400 series, but I have also built a machine for a friend with a e2180 at 3GHz and it runs like a dream. Difficult choice...
 
OK, this is what I have on my current PC:

Display Adapter
RADEON X300

DVD/CD-ROM
HP DVD Writer 640b
SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E

Network Adapters
1394 Net Adapter
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Wireless PCI 802.11b/g Adapter WN4201B

Processor
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz

Hard Drive
160gb Maxtor

Sound Card
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS
Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II (26xxx)

Does anyone have a spec for a better machine than this??? Dont want it costing LOADS tho...
 
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