Yet another spec check, please :)

raitasar

raitasar

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I'm just about ready to order, having finished with this spec. If anyone sees anything I've missed, or can think of any way of improving it with limited cost, that'd be great. Cheers.

~Rait

Spec...
Core
Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
(would 8500C5 ram or 6400C3 give real benefit for another £150. I couldn't see how personally.)

Box
Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU)
(hopefully the asus board will fit upside down.)
Tagan TG900-U95 900W ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU

PCIE
EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition
Asus Ageia PhysX Accelerator

SATA
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
 
I'd drop the Raptor for a Seagate 7200.10 or two. They're nearly as fast and they're quieter, cheaper, cooler, and cheaper.

A pair of these would do nicely:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
Price each: £62.95 (£73.97 Including VAT at 17.5%)

EDIT: Some might also say that the physics accelerator is a poor investment becasse ATi and nVidia are working on their own which will work differently, possible rendering Ageia's offerings obsolete.
 
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raitasar said:
Thanks for the info about the seagates. What advantage does the G.Skill HZ kit have over the corsair?
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It uses the same IC as the PC2-8000 kit so you can get the RAM to go to 1000Mhz allowing much better overclocking :).
 
raitasar said:
Core
Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
(would 8500C5 ram or 6400C3 give real benefit for another £150. I couldn't see how personally.)
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1. E6700 = Waste of money... 2.67ghz when the 2.4ghz E6600 is £100 or more cheaper.
2. Get the Gigabyte DS3 or DS4, which have the newer 965p chipset and out of the box support for conroe, instead of the adapted and modded board you have chosen.
3. XMS2 C4 = Excellent Choice, and no the other speeds or latencies would show little or no improvement on performance.


raitasar said:
Box
Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU)
(hopefully the asus board will fit upside down.)
Tagan TG900-U95 900W ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU
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1. V1000+ = Excellent Case
2. WTF.... Why 900w PSU? 380w is ample for a single gfx carded rig. Look at something between 500&600w like the Enermax Liberty or the Seasonic and be sensible. Anyone who has informed you differently about PSU's is talking rubbish!


raitasar said:
PCIE
EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition
Asus Ageia PhysX Accelerator
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1. 7950 GX2, well IMO the X1900XTX is a better card for the money.
2. Fatality = Personal choice really
3. PhysX cards = atm complete waste of money, wait until they're included on a gfx card or motherboard.


raitasar said:
SATA
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
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1. Raptors = Total waste of money, 2xSATA2 drives in raid0 are faster, cheaper, quieter and more reliable than raptors.
2. NEC are the best DVD writers around.... Get the 4571
 
This is the sort of thing to be looking at.... Exactly what i've just ordered!

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.95 £104.95
MY-108-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-108-CS)
£159.95 £159.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£189.95 £189.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.95 £62.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£22.95 £22.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
SY-008-ZA Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)
£20.95 £20.95
CA-005-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case (CA-005-AK)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-016-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Thermally Advanced Side Panel (CA-016-AK)
£19.50 £19.50
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £953.00
VAT £166.78
Total £1,119.78
 
I was going for the higher PSU as I had originally specced for quad SLi, realised it was next to pointless, changed the motherboard and then forgot to go for a smaller PSU.
 
The DS3 is slightly better performing than the P5W. The downside is it has memory issues. Although, with that memory you've chosen should be fine.
 
Thanks a lot Monstermunch, that was exactly what I was looking for. Advice like that. Other recommendations, but with the reasoning behind it too. Cheers again.

~Rait
 
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