Specs please

KrisNZ · 18 Jun 2007 at 13:49

I have decided to give it a go at building myself a PC. Current PC is:

AMD 3800+
ABN-SLI
2 GB Geil Ram
2 x 7600GT
120 GIG HD

I am going for a totally new rig as I am selling my old to a friend. I play allot of games (competitively) and I am looking for a system easily upgraded for future games and able to play CRYSIS and ET QW easily (Dx10).

I have never built before. Can the system be Intel based. Overclocked?

I have 1400 pounds to spend and do not need keyboard or monitor.

sidefxv1 · 18 Jun 2007 at 13:54

KrisNZ said:
play CRYSIS and ET QW easily (Dx10).

At what resolution? (It's a bit hard to gaurantee "easily" on games that haven't come out yet... But an 8800 should be good. Depending on resolution maybe a GTX or 640MB GTS)

I have never built before. Can the system be Intel based. Overclocked?

Just about any system can be overclocked, the question is do you want to? (I'd definately recommend it, especially with the current intel chips

)

(BTW, you from NZ mate?)

kremedios · 18 Jun 2007 at 13:56

KrisNZ said:
I have decided to give it a go at building myself a PC. Current PC is:

AMD 3800+
ABN-SLI
2 GB Geil Ram
2 x 7600GT
120 GIG HD

I am going for a totally new rig as I am selling my old to a friend. I play allot of games (competitively) and I am looking for a system easily upgraded for future games and able to play CRYSIS and ET QW easily (Dx10).

I have never built before. Can the system be Intel based. Overclocked?

I have 1400 pounds to spend and do not need keyboard or monitor.

I would definately go with the C2D lineup. They're cheap and are good overclockers. I'd suggest the E6600 2.4ghz C2D.

Alex UK · 18 Jun 2007 at 14:01

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.50
(£19.39) £16.50
(£19.39)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £91.98
(£108.08)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E831-AR) £324.99
(£381.86) £324.99
(£381.86)
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £244.99
(£287.86) £244.99
(£287.86)
Sub Total : £1,154.40
Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £204.29
Total : £1,371.64

Well this is somewhere to start...

stickroad · 18 Jun 2007 at 14:01

Here you go, hows this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (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) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM X2
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Total : £1.245.31

Personally i dont think you need a Quad, yeah their cheap, but by the time you actully use all four cores they will be even cheaper.

Alex UK · 18 Jun 2007 at 14:15

stickroad said:
Personally i dont think you need a Quad, yeah their cheap, but by the time you actully use all four cores they will be even cheaper.

True enough, probably best to wait for Penryn and pick up a Quad Core then. E6600 will do just fine for now.

Jaffa_Cake · 18 Jun 2007 at 14:55

stickroad said:
*snip*

Personally i dont think you need a Quad, yeah their cheap, but by the time you actully use all four cores they will be even cheaper.

The Noctua doesn't fit on the DS4 mate, because of the heatpipes on the mobo. Tuniq tower does.

Agree with the second part of your post.

stickroad · 18 Jun 2007 at 14:56

Jaffa_Cake said:
The Noctua doesn't fit on the DS4 mate, because of the heatpipes on the mobo. Tuniq tower does.

Agree with the second part of your post.

I see, cheers Jaffa.

KrisNZ · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:36

Thanks for the replies. Is having a HD for the OS and one for storage better? Also I see most of you put 4 gig ram, do I need it? Cooling?

sidefxv1 said:
Just about any system can be overclocked, the question is do you want to? (I'd definately recommend it, especially with the current intel chips )(BTW, you from NZ mate?)

Prob is I dont know how to overclock.

Yep I am from NZ.

Jaffa_Cake · 18 Jun 2007 at 17:12

KrisNZ said:
Thanks for the replies. Is having a HD for the OS and one for storage better? Also I see most of you put 4 gig ram, do I need it? Cooling?

The Tuniq Tower is the CPU cooler.

I like having 1 HDD for OS and one for storage, means page file is slightly faster and games may load faster. Small difference. I RAID0 my hdds and hope they won't fail and use them for both. Personal choice, not a huge difference.

Overclocking is simple once you get the basics, theres a good sticky in the overclocking section.