Think I almos have it.

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:41

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £44.99 (£52.86)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £54.99 (£64.61)
Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 (£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £199.99 (£234.99)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £269.99 (£317.24)
LiteON DH-20A1P-45C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £14.50 (£17.04)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99 (£64.61)
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £49.99 (£58.74)
Logitech S500 5.1 Black/Silver Surround Speakers - OEM £23.99 (£28.19)

Sub Total : £783.42
Shipping : £12.95
VAT: £139.36
Total : £935.73

and a LG L226WTQ for £188.63 inc free p&p......

so grand total £1124.36 and with the price drops hopefully less.

Suggestion would be will be received, ram was chosen at random and I'm not a 100% about needing the 8800gtx, may drop it down to the 640

Nebzor · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:43

Up to you on the graphics card. To be honest, I'd switch the ram out for at least the GeIL Ultra PC-6400.

stickroad · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:45

Will you be overclocking if not change the CPU to a E6850, it will offer much better performance in games.

Change the Memory to something like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-013-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Also change the DVD Drive to a SATA version.

Change the PSU to a Corsair 520. Very quite and very reliable.

Other than that looks good.

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL

that one? i would ideally like 4gb but at the moment its too expensive, i can allways add on extra later on.

Nebzor · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:46

Yeah. If you're spending that much on a system you really don't want 'value' RAM

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:49

I will be doing CAD and renderign work at Uni, thats why I went for the quad, and why I originially wanted 4gb. Also I doubt i would be doing much overclocking, I would like to but i doubt i would ever get round to teaching myself how to.

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:53

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
that poer supply? Also I think I'm being blind/noob but i cant see a SATA dvd RW so suggestions for that.

stickroad · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:55

Ah sorry didn't relise you were doing that kind of work. Quad will be the best choice then.

Yep thats the PSU to go for.

And this is the SATA DVD Drive:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-084-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=349

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:59

I also think I chose the hard-drive random, I'm not really sure how big a one i need, so may go down to 320gb, but one of the voices says that 500gb is the best GB/£ just now, again suggestions for that.

stickroad · 16 Jul 2007 at 22:01

ash_scotland88 said:
I also think I chose the hard-drive random, I'm not really sure how big a one i need, so may go down to 320gb, but one of the voices says that 500gb is the best GB/£ just now, again suggestions for that.

Well you can never have enough storage.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Thats the Hard Drive i would go for. Very reliable.

ash_scotland88 · 16 Jul 2007 at 22:06

cheers all. I'm gonna have a long think about the GTX but i have ages till i order (maybe bout a month/late august so i can spend a while building it rather than stressing in 2days before going to uni) but unless AMD gets their new CPUs out by then and sort out their GPUS (all of which i doubt), I dont think anything/much will be changing.
And with all the changes so far its only costing me an extra £7

Some-one said there's no point in my spending all the much on a rig, but if you notice its more or less the cheapest/midrange components that I'm getting.
Hows the OVuk GTX? I take its a generic brand? i also noticed its igher clocked than one GTX i looked at.

edit: one last thing, are the speakers any good? I suppose not having a dedicated sound card will have its limit, but is there anything wrong with them that an average ear would hear?