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Kaoswarr

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Hey guys,

going to use this for mainly gaming. And will probably do a little overclocking (get that cpu up a bit! :P)

Here it is:

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Comments please :D

My main worry though - Is that PSU capable of powering it all?

Thanks in advance.
 
Would just get the normal Evga 8800 GTX and overclock it, too expensive the Superclocked version. Also would change the motherboard to something a lot cheaper like the DS3! Very stable board and good overclocker. Looks good apart from that, would also be tempted to say get the Thermlright Ultra cpu cooler. Generally considered the best intel cooler!
 
Well that looks like quite the gaming rig. 8800 Ultra, u got a 1920x1200 display or sumthin? otherwise theres simply no point in getting a card that powerfull.

Going from personal Preference id have taken a Tagan or Enermax PSU
Corsair instead of cruical memory and a Seagate hard disk over a W/D (ive had a 200gb w/d in the past and it violently made sheds of noise and wasent very impressed by its sata 2 capability.)

Also your W/D Raptor X - is there any need? or just for bragging rights? i reckon you could save some cash on that and improve other parts of your sys. Cooling etc.

Apart from that, it looks good mate, good luck with the build ;) oh and get some AS5 too
 
Thermaltake said:
Would just get the normal Evga 8800 GTX and overclock it, too expensive the Superclocked version. Also would change the motherboard to something a lot cheaper like the DS3! Very stable board and good overclocker. Looks good apart from that, would also be tempted to say get the Thermlright Ultra cpu cooler. Generally considered the best intel cooler!
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about the thermalright, isit really good for intel cpu's? ive just purcashed an intel cpu and will be getting an aftermarket air cooler soon, only had amd before and used zalman air coolers
 
Hows that spec:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache X2
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Total : £1,309.94

Ok, you should be able to overclock the Quad to 3GHZ+ and with good temps. Dont worry about if you havent ovclocked before, its fairly stright forward, just read a few guides before hand. Their are also people on here that are willing to help you if you get stuck.

The Tuniq Tower is a fantastic air cooler and will cool that Quad very well.

The Abit IP35 Pro is a fantastic P35 chipset board, very reliable, solid and great overclocking potinal. It also fully supports Intels upcoming 45nm processors (Penryn). The ASUS Blitz offers nothing over any of the other P35 Chipset boards, your paying for the name of it and the stupid gimmicks like the LCD screen.

The G.Skill 4GB DDR2 is very reliable memory and you wont have any problems with it.

The 8800GTX is a fantastic card, very powerful and pretty quite too.

The Western Digital Hard Drives are very reliable and quite. Raptors are a waste of money to be honest. When they first came out they were quite a head of the standard 7200RPM drives. Now that the standard 7200RPM drives have advanced they are not far behind the Raptors.

If your spending that amount of money a Soundcard is a must. The diffrence between hearing sound from the onboard sound controller and a deicated sound card is huge. So the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 will be fantastic.

The ASUS DVD Drive connectos to your motherboard via SATA connection, this means you can cancel the onboard IDE controllerwhich will help with boot times. Also you can get rid of them ugly IDE cables.

The Corsair PSU is one of the best power supplys around, very reliable and very quite.

The Akasa case is amazing, brilliant build quality and cooling is of a very high standard too.

Now i have also added Vista Home Premium for you, i know that you may not want to move to Vista now but i highly recomend dual booting along with XP, its a great way to experinace Vista fully but if you do come across any problems you can still use XP. You will also be able to ultlize all 4GB of Memory that i have put in for you.

That system will offer excatly the same performance as your one. Its cheaper plus you get a bit more like the 4GB of Memory.
 
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about the thermalright, isit really good for intel cpu's? ive just purcashed an intel cpu and will be getting an aftermarket air cooler soon, only had amd before and used zalman air coolers
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Yeh the Thermalright Ultra is probably the best aftermarket cooler...or prehaps the Tunic Tower...its horses for courses tho with those 2! Go with which ever you like the look of!
 
Okay thanks for the suggestions guys :D

Has anyone got any good guides on building a computer?

I know where everthing goes etc, I've just never built a computer from scratch.

Also, is it normal to wear thin rubber gloves gloves when building a computer? I saw a guide (quite an old one though), and he had the gloves that Dentists use on lol. Is that a good idea?
 
No need for gloves, just make sure you ground yourself before touching the components. Computer case/radiator will do!
 
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