Want to build a brand new system from scratch (A BEAST)

[Lister2020]

Its prob gonna be september or maybe even closer to christmas before I build it, but I would say that £2000 is my limit, maybe £2500 if i can get 500 for my current system.

800GTX is the best card out and its DX10, right? So I think id be wanting one of them.

Basically I need everything from scratch. Including the case.

Could anyone give me suggestions?

I'm also going to be wanting to watercool the system, and considering the performance Ive heard you can get from the new quad intel processors, (the ones that cost 600 bones) Id not be worried too much about overclocking the crap out of it. Id be going for silence. There is an all in one fanless water cooling kit on here, cant remember the name of it but id prob pick it up as well (and there is a water cooled 500wpsu I can get ).

So with an absolute beast (but single graphics card) would that PSU be good enough?

And if it is, could someone please list their recommendations

 

[Lister2020]

It is a bit pointless specifying something now given the possible changes in the market between now and September but if you are buying in the next week or so, I'd pick something like this. I don't know anything much about watercooling but the kit you are probably thinking of is the Zalman Reserator, I've gone with air cooling here though so you are under budget.

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator DHX PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £244.99
(£287.86) £244.99
(£287.86)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £324.99
(£381.86) £324.99
(£381.86)
Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (B2L-00005) £11.99
(£14.09) £11.99
(£14.09)
Akasa Mirage 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £83.99
(£98.69) £83.99
(£98.69)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
(£458.24) £389.99
(£458.24)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Sub Total : £1,532.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £24.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £272.62
Total : £1,830.45

Hold it a minute, HOLD ON A FRICKING MINUTE!!!!

The dell 2407WFP is now only £460!?!?!?!!?? This was the EXACT monitor I was planning on getting, as it is awesome and I have yet to here of a better monitor in its size.

See Im not gonna be in full time employment most likely until september so I aint got much spare cash at the moment, but when I do get a full time job Im prob just gonna put everything on the credit card and pay it off in goes before I get charged interest.

The processor you listed, Is that going to get me max settings on new games like crysis? Im prepared to spend a bomb on this because I have no intention of upgrading within the next 5 years after this. Not even swapping out the graphics card. So having the best processor and mobo at the mo would be what I want.

Also, would it be cheaper to get 2 500GB HDDs, or a single 1 TB HDD?

And thanks for the help btw

 

[Lister2020]

Ok. two 500 GB HDDs it is then!

 

[Lister2020]

By that time the new AMD's will be out wont they? For all we know they could be the choice cpu to be going for.

But I will have to commit to an intel or amd mobo firstly wont I?

 

[Lister2020]

Ok, well if I start buying components seperately Surely I could get the case, ram, graphics card, monitor, water cooling system, PSU, and then definitely decide on which mobo and cpu?

 

[Lister2020]

DDR3, New AMD's, New 45nm Intels, New chipset (x85) or whatever its called. New GFX cards, DX10.

Massive long list which makes it a really silly thing to do if you start buying things now.

45nm intels already?!!?!?

Damn this is feeling more expensive by the minute lol.

Well I could definitely commit to case, psu, HDD, DVD drive, monitor, kb+M with no major issue yea?

 

[Lister2020]

HDD- no as prices and capacities increase. Unless you decide on which make, that's either Western Digital or Seagate for performance, or Samsung for low noise. Avoid Maxtor.

monitor- same again, prices decrease and size increases. Faster response, higher contrast etc.

Well I had my eyes set on the dell 2407WFP. If there is a superior alternative at roughly the same price range I'm all ears.

Well, you've pretty much convinced me to hold off then I guess. I'll ask again in 3 months or so