Speck check and help please :)

jonomacg · 21 Aug 2006 at 23:34

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.95 £104.95
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE) 1
£34.95 £34.95
HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD) 2
£68.50 £137.00
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£124.95 £124.95
GX-040-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT "Golden Sample" 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-GW) 1
£159.95 £159.95
CD-037-LG LG GSA 2166D External 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Lightscribe) - Retail (CD-037-LG) 1
£39.50 £39.50
SC-037-CL Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 EAX Sound Card - OEM (SC-037-CL) 1
£30.50 £30.50
CA-022-TT Thermaltake PurePower TWV 500W ATX2.0 Modular PSU (W0057) (CA-022-TT) 1
£64.95 £64.95
CA-014-TT Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-014-TT) 1
£42.95 £42.95
Subtotal £954.65
VAT £167.07
Total £1,121.72

How does this spec look? It's for gaming and multimedia rendering.......

Are there any ways to make it cheaper but keep up performance, i plan on having both raptors in Raid 0 and using the baracuda as a storage device.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Murzo · 21 Aug 2006 at 23:59

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.95 £104.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£124.95 £124.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£179.95 £179.95
HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD)
£68.50 £68.50
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£48.95 £48.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95

Subtotal £871.10
VAT £152.45
Total £1,023.55

This system is a 100 pound cheaper, i only went for one raptor as you can install the OS, games and other apps on this and use the 250gb harddrive as storage. Also went for an X1900XT which is much faster than the 7900GT, you will get better performance plus its at a great price to. Also didnt include a sound card as the onboard sound is pretty good i would get yourself a good set of speakers instead. Choose the Lian Li case as it is miles better than the thermaltake case in terms of cooling and build quality. PSU wise you have choice between seasonic, FSP, Enermax or tagan any one of these makes will be good for your system, i put the enermax 500w liberty in as i have one and know how it runs, its a very good PSU, other people will recommend the other makes i mentioned, they all have their plus points.

GhostRider · 22 Aug 2006 at 00:01

An antec case with its own psu would be cheaper but maybe you don't like the style.

An 1800 graphics card would also be cheaper and perform better

CA-041-AN Antec Titan 550 Tower Case - 550w TruePower PSU (CA-041-AN)
£97.50 £97.50
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95

Subtotal £224.45
VAT £39.28
Total £263.73

jonomacg · 22 Aug 2006 at 00:06

I've heard that ATI's are rubbish these days, there first spec i ever made i was told by more than one person that ATI's are dreadful to work with, especially with games like WoW and DAoC.

Whats all the fuss about?

Stelly · 22 Aug 2006 at 08:38

jonomacg said:
I've heard that ATI's are rubbish these days, there first spec i ever made i was told by more than one person that ATI's are dreadful to work with, especially with games like WoW and DAoC.

Whats all the fuss about?

The x1900xt is a great card and whom ever told you that is talking **** and I mean a big mother load of it!

Stelly

jonomacg · 23 Aug 2006 at 03:23

After reading reviews on both the x1900xt vs the geforce 7900 GT i decided i would stick with the gainward geforce

Here is a similar spec to the beginning with some changes

HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD) 1
£66.95 £66.95
GX-040-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT "Golden Sample" 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-GW) 1
£159.95 £159.95
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS) 1
£39.95 £39.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT) 1
£63.95 £63.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£129.95 £129.95
Subtotal £780.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £138.53
Total £930.13

Only reason i am going with Thermaltake is because of the looks (i like the look) and i was going to only get 1gb of ram but i don't know if its enough, should i get 1 or 2?

And.. there is no need for a Hard drive because i have one already

jonomacg · 23 Aug 2006 at 03:42

Or maybe does this look better?

HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD) 1
£66.95 £66.95
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS) 1
£39.95 £39.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT) 1
£63.95 £63.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£129.95 £129.95
GX-054-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 GTO TURBO ICEQ3 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-HT) 1
£117.95 £117.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£21.95 £21.95
NW-084-NG Netgear WPN111 108Mbps Rangemax Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter (NW-084-NG) 1
£19.95 £19.95
Subtotal £780.55
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £138.87
Total £932.37

jonomacg · 23 Aug 2006 at 15:42

So which spec do you think i should go with?

And is that ATI better than the Gainward 7900GT?

hyper_piper45 · 23 Aug 2006 at 16:12

I would definatly go with the x1900xt!

Tetras · 23 Aug 2006 at 16:16

Whatever you buy, don't get an X1800 GTO, at that price if you like the HIS ICEQ 3 version get the X1900 GT, or if your not bothered there is also the X1800 XT (few threads about that cover which to choose). X1800 GTO at stock is quite a bit slower than both of those.