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DeathDuck! :x

DeathDuck! :x

DeathDuck! :x

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Going to being buying my new pc this week as I have all the money now <3

My old case is crap so cut to the chase; I need a new case for about £60 at a push no more! (cheaper the better)

What I want:
decent space!; as this is my first build has to fit my 8800GTS
good air flow!
not to much cash!
will last! (untill i can afford to buy a decent case)

my pc:
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC)

NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
 
Bananadude said:
With an absolute ceiling of £60, your best choice would have to be the Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS. Find me someone who has this case and disagrees with this statement and I will eat my face.

:)
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Well, actually I disagree. The Akasa Zen is £30 and it will do everything you need. If you must spend £60 then the PC7+ is fine, as is the Lian Li PCG-50. In my opinion, for the Lian Li's to look their best you need the stealthing plates for the optical drives and they are £10 each, and that takes you over budget. Also - unless you are in Stoke on Trent you will need to pay carriage on the case and that's going to be ~£10.

Actually - if you haven't bought the other stuff yet, you could swap the DS3 for an S3 and save £20. That gives you a case budget of £80. Then, as the latest batch of Geil PC6400 isn't that special for overclocking by all accounts, why not save another £20 and get the PC6400 OcUK Value RAM? That would give you £100 for a case and you could have an Akasa Eclipse for that!
 
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DeathDuck! :x said:
is the s3 mobo just as good as the ds2 board?
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The S3 is the same board as the DS3 but it uses cheaper, taller capacitors that will only last 3 years whereas the DS3 has solid capacitors that are much shorter and with last 5-6 years. The D in DS3 stands for durable apparently. The only reported issue with the capacitors is if you intend to run a massive CPU cooler then some of them won't fit. You will need to check the cooler you are planning to buy will fit. The stock cooler fits fine.

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and the okuk ram, is it better than the geil?
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No. It has the same speed rating (PC6400) but it is rated at 5-5-5-15 timings. The GeIL is rated at PC6400 but 4-4-4-12. The GeIL had a very good name for overclocking. The current supply does not seem as good as the earlier ones tghough and lots of issues are being reported, particularly with the Gigabyte motherboards. I have the OcUK Value kit in one of my computers (everything else I have is Patriot) and it runs fine at PC6400 4-4-4-12 with 2.1V through it. It overclocks a little bit (430-440FSB) whereas the current GeIL is going to 450 at 5-5-5-15.

The OcUK is cheaper. That's the big initial benefit.
 
And if you're not overclocking then you could end up choking the 8800GTS to be honest. It's a massively imbalanced system.
 
Hmmmm, So shall I stick with what Ive got, or go with the s3 and ocuk ram

or!, the s3 with my geil ram?

ps. also could my 8800gts fit in the; Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black; perfectlly?
 
If you're not overclocking how about;

E6600 Retail
ASRock Conroe XFire eSATA II Motherboard
1Gb OcUK Value RAM
BFG 8800GTS
Samsung Spinpoint 250Gb HDD (much quieter than the Seagate)
Akasa Ultraquiet Paxpower 500W PSU
Akasa Zen Case
NEC DVD-RW

By cutting £40 off the motherboard, £18 off the RAM, £9 off the HDD, £15 off the PSU and using £30 of your £60 case budget you can afford an E6600 which will be significantly better balanced with the graphics card.

Although the ASRock is a budget motherboard it is a very strong performer and it beats a lot of motherboards double the price for outright speed.

Once you feel more comfortable about overclocking you can sell the ASRock motherboard and buy a better one. The PC6400 RAM will easily keep up with overclocking an E6600 and by underclocking it on the ASRock board you can run very tight timings if you want.

Just a thought.
 
just don't forget, iirc the Asrock board only supports up to 667mhz ram , not 800mhz stuff, and you can actually get a gig of 800mhz stuff for cheaper than 667.thats working of memory anyway - i could be mistaken :)
 
The RAM will just run at 667 in the ASRock.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£215.01)
Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£58.74)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU (£31.71)
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (£50.51)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£299.61)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel (£58.74)
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (£19.96)
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (£75.19)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528)(£58.74)
Sub Total : £738.91
Shipping £10.95
Vat : £131.23

Total: £881.09

But you don't have a floppy or card reader and I'm assuming you're going to use the cables from the motherboard box.

But your original suggested spec is also fine.
 
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