*****THE OFFICIAL "SPEC ME" THREAD*****

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firestrike said:
Thanks for the help shaffaaf27. Is there anywhere I could make a cut back in cost without effecting performance to much, the motherboard or PSU for example?

Also how do people usually run multiple hard drive systems? Would you have windows and program installs on one drive with the other drive for storage or just have one drive for windows and the other for everything else.
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IMO what i do it get a big HDD, EG the 1TB and partition 50-100GB for OS and programs, and the rest for games and storage :) (and therefore cutting off the 320GB from the list)

you could get a corsair VX 450 instead and get the vanilla 4850 for £10 less.
 
BUDGET: £500/600

Processor: Quad Core
Motherboard: Anything that isn't turd, runs stable.
Memory: 4GB at least
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): No
Optical Drive(s): no
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): None
Sound Card: None
Controller Card(s): None
Case: None
Power Supply: None

Keyboard: None
Mouse: None
Headset: None
Speakers: None
Monitor(s): Nope
Operating System: Already bought

Uses: 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Corel X, Lots and lots of gaming
Overclocking: Possibly
 
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Basket for Crang2k

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£258.74) £224.99
(£258.74)
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Asus P5Q3 Deluxe @ Wifi-N Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£183.99) £159.99
(£183.99)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.33GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £134.99
(£155.24) £134.99
(£155.24)
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Scythe Ninja II CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.19) £27.99
(£32.19) Sub Total : £547.96 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £82.19 Total : £630.15

This should do you nicely only a little bit more than what you wanted it for but well worth the extra pennies!
 
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cheers PCDave, however would a gigabyte mobo be better? im not really wanting wifi.

Also i dont know if im blind or not but I cant see any ram.
 
shaffaaf27 said:
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Hi, thanks for taking the time to do that, bit different to what i was thinking which is good food for thought.

Don't want to sound unappreciative or anything though, but I have sort of fallen in love with the Lian-Li V350 :p but I like the watercooling kit you specced, seems extremely simple to install for someone who's never done it before but is it possible in a Lian-Li V350 do you think?

Lets say for instance its not possible, what do you think of the following spec and is their anything you'd personally change or recommend, forget the budget, it was really only a guide line, more interested in getting it right and not compromising on anything.

DFI Lan Party JR P45-T2RS Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£94.99 ex VAT
£109.24 inc VAT

Lian-Li V350B Aluminium Mini-Tower - Black
£73.99 ex VAT
£85.09 inc VAT

Tagan PipeRock TG700-BZ 700w Modular BZ Series PSU
£99.99 ex VAT
£114.99 inc VAT

Zalman CNPS8000 CPU Cooler
£27.99 ex VAT
£32.19 inc VAT

Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan x2
£13.98 ex VAT
£16.08 inc VAT

Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 80mm Fan
£4.99 ex VAT
£5.74 inc VAT

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound
£3.99 ex VAT
£4.59 inc VAT

£319.92
£367.91 inc VAT

A few bits seem to be out of stock like a lot of stuff it seems but i cant wait.

If watercooling is an option whats the best components to get, I'd only be cooling my CPU, I know the XSPC RS240 Rad fits snugly in-place of the 2 120mm fans, the OcUK H²OC Watercooling Bundle seems perfect if it was the RS240 rad instead. Again thanks for the massive help so far :)
 
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Hi Shaffaf,

Thanks very much for spec'in my tower :)
I have made a minor changes just wanted to get your opinion, if you have time.

Thanks, ave a good New Year :)

Zalman GT1000 Z-Machine Case - Black (No PSU)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor
(Is this much better then the Q6600)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)

Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(Is this better then the Gigabyte?)

Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK)

Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)

Sony NEC Optiarc DRU-V200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black/Silver)
 
Slightly odd one:

Budget: £250

Processor: Already got (E8600)
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Already got (2x2Gb GeIL Black Dragon)
Graphics Card(s): Already got (GTX 260)
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Possibly
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: Would be nice, but doubtful in budget
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): Possibly fan controller?
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Already got (Corsair HX620)

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: No

Uses: Gaming, overclocking and modding
Overclocking: Looking to push my E8600 to 4Ghz+
 
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BUDGET: £2000

Processor: Core i7
Motherboard:
Memory:
Graphics Card(s): GTX 260
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): 2 drives, system: VelociRaptor 300GB, storage can't decide
Optical Drive(s): bog standard
Cooling:
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s):
Sound Card:
Controller Card(s):
Case:
Power Supply: For SLi/X-Fire support in future

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: 64-bit Ultimate

Uses: Gaming, vid editing.
Overclocking: Mild.
 
BUDGET: £200-300

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Not sure- on board may work
TV Card: Yes
Hard Drive(s): Yes- circa 500gb
Optical Drive(s): Blu Ray
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card:Not sure- on board gfx may work
Controller Card(s):No
Case: HTPC style one
Power Supply: If it doesn't come with case then yes

Keyboard: Yes wireless
Mouse: Yes wireless
Headset:No
Speakers:No
Monitor(s):No
Operating System: No

Uses: HTPC in main lounge so looking to use it as a PVR, Blu Ray playback, accesing a NAS box to playback 1080p content, avi and mp3. Not a gaming machine at all just a basic HTPC
Overclocking: Not bothered...
 
BUDGET: £800 (or thereabouts, no need to run to the limit if there's no great difference from a cheaper build and I might go a little over if there's a massive difference to be had by going higher).

Processor: Yes (Undecided about dual or quad)
Motherboard: Yes (Big thing would be easy future upgrading, don't want to have to do a complete rebuild in a couple of years time)
Memory: Yes, 4gb min.
Graphics Card(s): Yes, just one.
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes, min. 500gb, 1tb would be nice.
Optical Drive(s): Yes, DVD/RW would do.
Cooling: As needed.
Water Cooling: Nope
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: Nope, onboard should be fine.
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes, something simple, no need for a showy gamer case.
Power Supply: If the case doesn't have one/needs a better one.

Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): Yes
Operating System: Got a copy of XP, but guess I'll need a 64bit OS so aye, I suppose.

Uses: Gaming, general duties, wee bit of Photoshopping.
Overclocking: No

Thanks in advance folks.
 
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