Ultimate spec check

[senorstealth]

Then why get a raptor at all?

Or just get one and the 4 "standard" sata drives

I want the speed advantage over other drives, so thats why the raptors. Originally i didn't see the 150gb raptor so its cheaper to get one 150 than 2 74's, so i'll probably do that

 

[senorstealth]

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Just thought the title says "Ultimate System" - But I know the E6600 is good and all but its not ultimate. X6800 is much better in an "Ultimate system"{snip}

I haven't got the extra £500 for the x6800 so an overclock on the 6600 is the best bet for the price

 

[Meaker]

Asus P5W DH Deluxe £176
Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN) £775
ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 £305
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO) £265
Artic Cooling Accelero X2 Cooler (X1800/X1900 Series) (SY-002-AR) x2 £46
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8000 Dual Channel Extreme Edition XTC Platinum Series EL-DDR2 CAS2 (OCZ2P10002GEEK) (MY-068-OC) £352
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-073-WD) x2 £456
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB ST3750640AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-077-SE) x2 £582
Pioneer BDR-101ABK 2x BD-R/RE Blu-Ray DVD Writer - Black (CD-042-PO) £622
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO) £27
Lian-Li PC V2000 Silver Aluminium Full-Tower £152
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN) £100
Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA)
£34
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition £145

/Meaker ultimiser (air cooled mode) disabled. Total cost: £4037

 

[trojan698]

Get the GSkill HZ 6400, its the same stuff but half the price.

 

[senorstealth]

Get the GSkill HZ 6400, its the same stuff but half the price.

I read that somewhere a while ago, just can't believe a company could sell 2 products that perform so similarly for such a difference in price.
Will get the 6400 though, and probably spend the money saved on the conroe 6700

 

[hp7909]

Also, hope you have a good monitor & other peripherals to compliment that build

 

[trojan698]

Well they can change the ic's whenever they like, it's just the recent batches that use the same as the pc2-8000, it may change in future. Also, theres obviously no guarantee they'll make it to 8000 speeds but they almost certainly will.

 

[senorstealth]

Also, hope you have a good monitor & other peripherals to compliment that build

I have a syncmaster 913 at the moment but would be nice to get a 30" widescreen and run dual display.

Well they can change the ic's whenever they like, it's just the recent batches that use the same as the pc2-8000, it may change in future. Also, theres obviously no guarantee they'll make it to 8000 speeds but they almost certainly will.

I suppose so, makes sense to use the same ic's reduces the number that they need to stock

 

[UKTopGun]

I haven't got the extra £500 for the x6800 so an overclock on the 6600 is the best bet for the price

I know but ulimate means best or something right? So X6800 is the best (or ultimate).

But no point in arguing over a silly matter like this.