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ok this should be good.

please tell me if i have missed anything out:

 

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to save alittle money go for the £85 antec mini p180, which is micro atx, but still a big sized case

also you can drop the P$5 micro atx to a P5E G33 micro ATX case for about £85, and fit in a cooler, but the stock cooler on the Q6600 should do 3GHz no problem.

 

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right firstly, i really really really need to stress nvidia is NOT the way to go. price to performance, they are not good, AND the 4870X2 is the best card money can buy.

IMO this would destory anything nvidia can do for £1000, will EAT crysis, and you can then add ANOTHER 4870X2 and completely obliterate games for along while yet.

BUT if you really are insistant on nvidia, which IMO dont be, fanboyism only allows the company to win, not the consumer then this is what i would get:

 

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please do not be loyal to nvidia as said in the post above for reasons.

this will destroy any nvidia set up AND will be fully stable unlike Nvidia chipsets.

 

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Overclock the quad to over 3GHz (is VERY VERY easy, just raise the FSB to 333MHz) AND you are flying

 

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Thank You shaffaaf27 for the work,

im a total no0b at all this hardware stuff, the only reason im after nvidia, is that most games run better on the gtx 280 even if the card is actually less powerful than the ati one, im basing my choice to go for the nvidia setup rather than the ati:

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6196419/index.html?tag=result;title;0


plz advise me better?

also, will that powersupply be enough if i were to get 2 cards in a crossfire/sli setup? (2 radeon 4870 xd's/2 geforce 280 gtx's)

thank you.

the PSU will be MORE than enough.

also take a look here.

those were with the first drivers, this is very recent with updated drivers.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/09/03/sapphire-ati-radeon-hd-4870-x2/3

thanks shaffaaf27, Ive just ordered 3 so well have fun setting them up and should see some mighty improvements

no problem. hope you have fun

 

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ok firstly, i would put it in the front, HDDs get very hott, and it will bring a good fresh cold supply of air to the rest of your system.

and yes i do suggest using 2 fans in the front as it can accommodate 1 fan in each 3 bay device.

as for a side fan, IMO it will distrupt the air flow in the case from front to back.

 

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Sorry took so long to reply.
I now have funds for this rig but not sure about overclocking. Will this rig be ok without overclocking?

No Ocing, then go for this:

 

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Okay, budget spec required for anyone up to the challenge!

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your mean

lets see...

this was bloody hard, and im £10 over, but you can go for an OcUK 8600GT for about £42, which you can put the extra to a better proccessor, but at 14400x900 the 8800GT will destroy games, to say the least.

 

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np, that what im here for, now only if OcUK employed me lool

 

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hehe, one of the most entertaining posts to read.

£800 is doable, for a very nice system, here we go:

 

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ofcourse

haha, brilliant idea, then upgrade the mobo more for better OCing

 

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that £40 extra, SO, id say get the P5Q Pro, and switch the cooler to this:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-AR

 

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sammys out of stock.

also that case = sex

 

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for a 4870X2 ideally you want a Quadcore, so if you can stretch to a Q9550 then yes, thats a very good system.

though the RAM will hold back any OCing, ALSO, you get free shipping

 

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yes it will, esp when you clock it up, also farcry 2 when you have the same clock for clock will be 30% faster on a core 2 Quad over a duo

check out this for the 4870X2 scaling:

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=770

 

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you get free postage, AND the special 666 offer from OcUK