Spec Needed :)

Gas Panic! · 15 May 2007 at 20:18

I'm going to leave socket 939 and finally upgrade to C2D. I'm going to be selling on my X2 4400+ on eBay to get some money back, so I'm going to have £600-£700 to upgrade.

I have:

PSU
Hard Drives
Case
Audigy 2 (is an upgrade worth it?)

and I need:

CPU + 3rd Party cooler
Mobo
RAM
GPU (Anything but GTX - won't fit in case and I'm not disfiguring my Hard Drive bay

)

Looking to play games with eye candy on a 22" WS Monitor. Will be running Vista!

Overclocking wise- not really looking to OC much, but I'll put a slight OC on the CPU so that will come into it.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

truebluecfc · 15 May 2007 at 20:29

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£127.99
(£150.39)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£74.99
(£88.11)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£67.99
(£79.89)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£219.99
(£258.49)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
£30.99
(£36.41)

Sub Total : £521.95
Vat : £92.91
Total : £623.81

and with the extra £80 or so you could get another 2GB RAM if your running Vista but its not essential for gaming. tell us how you get on.

Gas Panic! · 15 May 2007 at 20:36

That was almost the exact spec I came up with myself.

I don't think the Noctua will fit in my case, I've got a Super Lanboy. I've heard good things about the Zalman coolers though, are they a good idea?

Thanks very much.

truebluecfc · 15 May 2007 at 20:40

My buddy has got a Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler and he seems extremely pleased with it. Ive also heard good things about Zalman, its really up to you but im sure you cant go wrong with them.

Jaffa_Cake · 15 May 2007 at 20:56

truebluecfc said:
Sub Total : £521.95
Vat : £92.91
Total : £623.81

and with the extra £80 or so you could get another 2GB RAM if your running Vista but its not essential for gaming. tell us how you get on.

Seconded, very nice spec for someone not looking for an extreme oc.

The Noctua is fine.

The Ballistix PC5300 is on special offer this week which is actually cheaper than the Giel stuff ( :eek:

) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR

It will clock to the 800MHz with ease along with the CPU and its cheaper

Gas Panic! · 16 May 2007 at 13:19

Well in the end I went for:

DS3P
E6600
8800GTS 640MB
2 x 1Gb RAM

Didn't bother with a 3rd party cooler for the moment. Also, the RAM dropped £20 since last night.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Thanks for the help!

Jaffa_Cake · 16 May 2007 at 13:20

Rivey said:
Didn't bother with a 3rd party cooler for the moment. Also, the RAM dropped £20 since last night. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Thats just stupidly low :eek:

Gas Panic! · 16 May 2007 at 13:45

Tell me about it! What an absolute bargain, especially with the E6000 @ £150.

Good times.

truebluecfc · 16 May 2007 at 13:47

Have fun with it, im sure you will.

Gas Panic! · 16 May 2007 at 14:11

Thanks, sure I will.