Was thinking about ordering my new build today

DS85

DS85

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Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail - £205.61
Motherboard - Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £88.11
Memory - Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 Low Latency Dual Channel Kit (KHX6400D2LLK2/2G) - £158.61
Graphics Card - BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £293.74
Hard Drive - Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM - £104.56
Power Supply - Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W Power+ iQ Active PFC ATX2.01 PSU - Black Nickel - £93.99
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - OEM - £49.34
Monitor - Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black - £217.34
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) - £129.24
Optical Drive - Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £22.31

Case Fans - Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan - £9.34 (x2) = £18.68
SATA cable for Hard Drive - Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable - £3.51
SATA cable for Optical Drive - Akasa SATA-2 60cm Silver Data Cable - £5.28



Will it arrive on friday? or would I have to choose saturday delivery?
 
Just to get the obvious out of the way, is there any particular reason for going AM2? The Core2Duos outperform the equivalently priced X2s and they overclock better generally as well.

What is your budget here? I'm sure someone can offer you a better overall system and probably cheaper too. :)
 
The GTX is £80 more though isn't it?

I got a reply from OCUK and they said if I ordered it for saturday delivery I should get it this saturday.
 
Ok I got bored. I don't know if you need a case but I've included one anyway. You have a fast CPU at stock but with a lot of potential for overclocking, 3ghz+ is not uncommon. An 8800GTX although for a 20" screen it might be overkill slightly at the moment. The hard drive is changed from a Raptor as it is nearly as fast but costs less and comes with over 4 times the capacity. Most of the rest is based on parts you had picked yourself. :)

Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £184.99
(£217.36) £184.99
(£217.36)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £329.99
(£387.74) £329.99
(£387.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Sub Total : £1,206.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £213.47
Total : £1,433.31
 
I strongly recommend going for an Intel Core 2 Duo if you are going to be spending this much money. As Semi-pro says the Intel's outperform the AMD dual cores even at stock, but the interesting factor is that they can be overclocked intensely when they are combined with a good motherboard and RAM. So to go for an AMD in my opinion would be foolish, Intel holds much better value for money. My brother went down the AMD route and I went Intel recently and he has since sold all his AMD stuff to move to Core 2 Duo because of the issues I have mentioned.

Semi-pro's spec above is a great one. A high-end performance bang for buck system.
 
DS85 said:
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail - £205.61
Motherboard - Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £88.11
Memory - Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 Low Latency Dual Channel Kit (KHX6400D2LLK2/2G) - £158.61
Graphics Card - BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £293.74
Hard Drive - Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM - £104.56
Power Supply - Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W Power+ iQ Active PFC ATX2.01 PSU - Black Nickel - £93.99
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - OEM - £49.34
Monitor - Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black - £217.34
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) - £129.24
Optical Drive - Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £22.31

Case Fans - Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan - £9.34 (x2) = £18.68
SATA cable for Hard Drive - Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable - £3.51
SATA cable for Optical Drive - Akasa SATA-2 60cm Silver Data Cable - £5.28


Only my personal preference really but here goes,

Scrap the AMD2 processor and mobo, Go intel core2 duo 6600 or there abouts and get a gibabyte D3 mobo to match.

Scrap the raptor and get a sata2 Western Digital with 16mb cache, there about as quick. Raptors are getting on a bit now and not really much quicker if at all. Raptors are veru noisey !

Scrap the PSu and go for a 650watt Antec triple something or other, its been highly praised lately.

Don't buy a 8800 O2 card, buy a cheaper one and overclock it.

Couple of money saving questions

Do you need the sound card ? on board sound really isn't all that bad.

Do you really need 60cm sata cable ? the mobo will probably come with a few of these.

Do you feel brave enough to go down the VISTA route ? :rolleyes:
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