Would these components work together?

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Howdy,

My current PC was my first PC I have built by myself using all the parts from OCuK about 2 years ago... its getting on now, and I am planning on building a new gaming rig very soon. Last time I gave a budget here and you built me the PC as I had no clue what went with what.

Well tbh I still am not 100% sure what will work with what, but I got together a bunch of components in my OCuK shopping basket, and I want to ask you:

1. Do these components work together to build the PC? And have I missed anything off?

2. Should I change anything... without uping the budget too much of course :)?

Anyway, heres a copy and paste of my basket:

  1. Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79
  2. Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £82.24
  3. Intel Core 2 Quadro Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Retail - £563.99
  4. BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail - £387.74
  5. Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-8000C5 1000MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M1000HC5DC) - £211.49
  6. Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU - £105.74
  7. Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache OEM - £160.96
  8. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM - £50.51
  9. Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard OEM - £25.84
  10. Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM - £21.14
  11. Sony Floppy Drive - Black - £5.86
  12. TOTAL: £1,696.51

Obviously I don't need mouse/keyboard or monitor.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks

Steve M
 
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Cool... I got it right :)

Is there anything you would change? Mainly, is the RAM good? And is a 620w PSU a wise move... I know it wont have a problem running all that, but in the future if I where to upgrade?

I don;t really want to go higher on cash though... less would be good though :)

Also, is now a good time to build a new PC? i.e. Is there a new GeForce due for release soon? I deffo wanna get a Quad Core Intel CPU as they are the next generation... just other tihngs I'm not sure of.

Any input you can give will be cool!

Thanks
 
Ok taken some of your advice and gone for:

  1. Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79
  2. Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £82.24
  3. Intel Core 2 Quadro Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Retail - £563.99
  4. BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail - £387.74
  5. Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC) - £176.24
  6. Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - £99.86
  7. 2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM - £101.02
  8. Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard OEM - £25.84
  9. Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM - £21.14
  10. Sony Floppy Drive - Black - £5.86
  11. TOTAL: £1,529.72

I have a Audigy 2 ZS in my current PC... is it worth upgrading to the x-fi? Or should I save £25 and keep my Audigy?

I really wanna keep the Quad core CPU, as I know I will be getting one of them soon anyway, so no point in wasting dough on a C2D when I would only buy a Quad after anyway :)

Also whats the advantage of the 680 mobo? I'm not fussed bout mobo as I wont really overclock it (not for a long time anyway) so it will stay at stock... and I only really want the mobo to make the PC work... so the cheapest mobo will do me!

Also, you suggest the E6600... why not the E6700?

Any more suggestions?

ta
 
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Yep I am with you d1am0nd g33z3r and you and trojan over on the CPU board have swayed me to the E6600... cos people have clocked it to 3.5ghz :eek:

I will never run SLi, as I really have no interest in that. In the future if I want more power I will buy the newest model GPU... just got no interest in SLi, so I will stick with the cheaper mobo I think, thanks for telling me though!

Anyway I have changed a few things and knocked the price down considerably. Please look at the below and tell me if anything does not work together? Or if you think I should change something to knock the performance up a bit (without knocking the price up too much).

  1. Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79
  2. Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £82.24
  3. Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Retail - £187.99
  4. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) - £16.44
  5. BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail - £387.74
  6. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £129.24
  7. Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - £99.86
  8. 2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM - £101.02
  9. Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) OEM - £21.14
  10. Sony Floppy Drive Black - £5.86
  11. Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard OEM - £49.34
  12. SHIPPING: £12.95
  13. TOTAL: £1,161.88 (inc VAT)

Note: The two 250gb hdd are perfectly good for me.. I actually want the 200gb ones, but they have a 8mb cache so I went for the extra 50gb.

What ya reckon? Wanna get this right before I give OCuK £1,161 notes!

Any input please!

Thanking you!
 
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I'm prob gonna buy these bits tomorrow.. could you please tell me if you think this is ok? And if I am doing the right thing in going for the C2D over the Quad?

Thanks!
 
it willl be specd' out for gaming... tbh it will be used for work mainly (I work from home) building websites, but I want to buy a good spec PC that will be ready to play games.

I have stalker at the moment and I love it, but I cant get into it properly cos my current PC struggles abit to play it... so I want a PC that will handle it.

Also I will be wanting CRYSIS... and I want a pc that can handle that too!

C2D it is then... the Quads are very expensive. What will be the limit of the current mobo though? I mean the mobo must only be able to support up to a certain speed CPU? So when the next few higher spec Quadros come out, I wont be able to get them I assume cos they will be too fast?
 
Well its too late now, I have just hit the confirm order button anbd ordered:

  1. Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £65.79
  2. Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £82.24
  3. Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Retail - £187.99
  4. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) - £16.44
  5. BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail - £387.74
  6. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £129.24
  7. Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - £99.86
  8. 2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM - £101.02
  9. Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) OEM - £21.14
  10. Sony Floppy Drive Black - £5.86
  11. Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard OEM - £49.34
  12. SHIPPING: £12.95
  13. TOTAL: £1,161.88 (inc VAT)

... I hate the feeling after you have spent loads of cash :)
 
mishima said:
Me too! lol. But the performance off that system when you have it setup will justify that. Very nice.
Click to expand...

Let's hope so huh :) I hope the Artice Cooler 7 was the best cooler for ocing the E6600... although at £18 you can't complain really can you :)

Just hope I get it all tomorrow!!!

cheers!
 
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I suppose your right... those quads cost an arm and a leg!

I was gonna go for the Tuniq Tower, but I read somehwere that someone had problems fitting it to the mobo I have bought... and I have the Artice Freezer Pro 64 on my X2 4400+... and I like it, as its quiet and keeps it cool at 2.6ghz.
 
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