this spec for gaming?

beachBOYken · 20 Feb 2007 at 09:41

hi

ive had this spec made for me from these forums , its just under my budget of £1000 and will be used mainly for gaming what do you think?

is it future proof?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Logitech Media Keyboard Elite - Retail £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £103.99
(£122.19) £103.99
(£122.19)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Belinea 2225S1W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £18.99

the only thing i might change is the retail cpu if oc get the oem version back in and i will then chuck in a artic freezer 7 pro?

or do you think the retail cpu is fine ?

cheers

Will_3rd · 20 Feb 2007 at 09:50

Yeah looks alrite, but nothing is future proof I'm afraid.

I don't have personal experience overclocking with the reference Intel cooler, but an AC7 would be fine.

melbourne720 · 20 Feb 2007 at 09:51

Yes, it will never get old

Its a good spec, but there is no such thing as future proof, only degrees of future resistance

Most importantly, you have 2GB of RAM and a DX10 graphics card, which will mean it is unlikely you will 'need' to upgrade again for a while.

beachBOYken · 20 Feb 2007 at 09:58

ok thanks , yeah when i said future proof i just meant will it be easy to upgrade if need be?

is all of the above compaitable and if i was to order , is it best to order a part at a time or the whole thing as i dont want a lorry load at my front door

?

cheers

Will_3rd · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:02

beachBOYken said:
ok thanks , yeah when i said future proof i just meant will it be easy to upgrade if need be?

It should be, LGA775 will be around for a while and you can always upgrade the RAM and PCI-E graphics card easily.

beachBOYken said:
is all of the above compatible and if i was to order , is it best to order a part at a time or the whole thing as i don't want a lorry load at my front door ?

Unless you want to pay loads of postage order it as one, it is also easier for OCUK to process then and if your nice to the Citylink Guy/Girl i.e. give him/her tea and biscuits he/she might help you bring the stuff in.

semi-pro waster · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:05

I'd change the PSU to the Corsair 520w personally as I rate them more highly than the OCZs but other than that it looks pretty good.

beachBOYken · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:08

ok thanks very much for all you help

im sure i will be back on here once ive got all the parts scattered over my floor

beachBOYken · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:12

oh sorry one more thing that corsair 520w is slightly cheaper than the ocz psu so i might get the corsair will that still fit in my case or are they all standard?

cheers

semi-pro waster · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:33

PSUs are generally a standard size although some are longer than others, the Corsair certainly is of standard size so will fit into any ordinary ATX case such as the Lian-Li.

beachBOYken · 20 Feb 2007 at 10:43

thanks

that western digital harddrive is that good as ive heard the samsung spinpoint are good too?

but if that western digital is fine for my setup that will do as i dont keep loads of files on my pc anyway so 160gig is plenty?

i just thought i could upgrade the hd as im not getting the mouse so thats minus £20 so i might be able to get a better hd keeping it under my budget?

Will_3rd · 20 Feb 2007 at 11:35

beachBOYken said:
that western digital harddrive is that good as ive heard the samsung spinpoint are good too?

The spinpoints are quite but performance wise aren't as good as the WD.

beachBOYken said:
but if that western digital is fine for my setup that will do as i dont keep loads of files on my pc anyway so 160gig is plenty?

Get as much space as you can afford.

beachBOYken said:
i just thought i could upgrade the hd as im not getting the mouse so thats minus £20 so i might be able to get a better hd keeping it under my budget?

Perfectly possible, have a look at other WD's.