What can i cut down i this system to safe money

mark35 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:13

hi guys want to save a bit of money on this system what can i change to keep the spec high all readying getting cpu thats why they are not there
also no maxtor hard drive please they are crap

MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-058-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Platinum Series EB-DDR CAS3 (OCZ5002048EBPE-K) (MY-058-OC)
£194.95 £194.95
GX-070-XF XFX GeForce 7800GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70G-UDF7) (GX-070-XF)
£199.95 £199.95
HD-050-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 400GB 4000KD SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-WD)
£126.95 £126.95
CD-035-PO Pioneer DVR-110 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Beige) OEM (CD-035-PO)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-090-CM CoolerMaster Stacker 830 RC-830 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-090-CM)
£149.50 £149.50
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£89.95 £89.95
Subtotal £918.20
VAT £160.69
Total £1,078.89

basmic · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:14

Which system?

mark35 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:16

sorry posted at top now

fenderbass86 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:21

Why the hell are you getting 2 different 7800GT cards, it won't work in SLi if they're different. Save money by just getting plain GT's, why do they have to be extreme editions? If your trying to save money why have you chosen a CM stacker? Could try the Mushkin 2GB PC4000 RAM, it's a little cheaper and OCZ ain't compatible with the DFI board.

Defcon5 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:22

Get a different mobo, pc3200 ram and maybe two cheaper gfx cards?

mark35 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:23

the chip im gettintg is the 170 so will need to overclock

fenderbass86 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:23

Defcon5 said:
Get a different mobo, pc3200 ram and maybe two cheaper gfx cards?

Could try the Asus Crossfire and get a Sapphire X1900XT-X, it's cheaper than SLI 7800GT's and much better.

mark35 · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:48

got it to this but still need a case

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Platinum Series EB-DDR CAS3 (OCZ5002048EBPE-K) (MY-058-OC)
£194.95 £194.95
HD-050-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 400GB 4000KD SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-WD)
£126.95 £126.95
CD-035-PO Pioneer DVR-110 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Beige) OEM (CD-035-PO)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-042-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT)
£179.95 £179.95
MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)
£119.95 £119.95
Subtotal £738.70
VAT £129.28
Total £867.98

mysticsniper · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:57

Lian-Li PC-60 PLUS Silver or Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case £82.19

Coolermaster Wave Master £88

Dureth · 19 Feb 2006 at 18:00

First best way to save money would be 2GB of Geil Value instead if the OCZ. Also if your getting the ATI card why not go for a crossfire motherboard?

Do you really need 400GB of hard drive space? The samsung DVD-RW is cheaper by a few quid as well and the one I've got has been find for all the media I've burnt with it.

For a case try going with any of the antec ones. They are all reasonable quality.

Also the 500w Enermax Liberty will be enough for this system. With only 1 hard drive and 1 graphics drive it will be plenty. Even adding a 2nd graphics card and hard drive wont be pushing it beyond its limits.