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Check my specs please and I will give you money!*

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by imkeller, 4 Jun 2008.

  1. imkeller

    imkeller What's a Dremel?

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    Haven't been on here in a while coz I spent all my computer money on a huge tv :naughty:
    But anyway, could someone please check whether this would be a good system to build?
    It would be used for some gaming, a little video editing, a lot of internet use, and some schoolwork - including photoshop. I don;t want to spend a fortune. £700 would be nice, possibly less, but could become more.

    Here's what I had in mind:

    Processor - Intel Q6600 G0 not really sure
    Motherboard - Abit IP35-E
    Cooling - Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7
    RAM - Doesn't matter as long as it's 2GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 800mhz ram
    HDD - 250GB Samsung spinpoint SATA II 8mb cache 8ms current is 30gb, so this would be fine
    Graphics - PNY 8800GT 512mb seems like a good idea
    Case - Cheap case, I don't mind sacrificing my fingers.:hehe:
    Power Supply - Corsair HX520W
    DVD - Samsung DVDRW 20x
    OS - Vista Home Premium 32-bit I don't see why I'd need 64-bit, so I may as well have max compatibility right?

    I would really appreciate this, as I've been out of the loop for a while.:duh:

    Thanks! Keller.

    PS No money;)
     
  2. theevilelephant

    theevilelephant Minimodder

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    personally id go vista 64bit and chuck in another 2gb of RAM
     
  3. superseagull

    superseagull If it aint broke, fix it ;-)

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    agree with the above but would go for the 8800 gts or the 9600 gt - both around the 8800gt price - the 8800 gts costs a little more but will give best fps if u like high detail on high resolution screen ;-)

    have fun!:clap:
     
  4. oasked

    oasked Stuck in (better) mud

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    Looks good to me, again I'd go with Vista x64 and 4Gb of RAM in total. The 8800GT is a fine card, I wouldn't swap it for a 9600GT as its faster and cheaper. :D
     
  5. imkeller

    imkeller What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for everyone's help! I will take your advice and get the 4GB of ram and Vista 64-bit, but I don't think getting the 8800gts512 is worth the extra cash over the 8800GT512. If anyone has anything else to add I'll be happy! Is the motherboard a good choice?
     
  6. danmec

    danmec What's a Dremel?

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    Oh, I only clicked on here for the money....

    If you want to overclock then it might be worth changing the AC7 to something like the Ultra 120 or similar?

    Other than that, looks good
     
  7. DarkLord7854

    DarkLord7854 What's a Dremel?

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    Personally I've got dual 96GTs, and they're really not bad at all, even with one of them, gave great performance, Newegg offers em for ~150$ for the lowest end, which can be overclocked to the highest end ones on the market no probs.

    Definitely go 64bit though. Though if you want to spare the expense, stick with 2Gbs, I haven't noticed too much of a performance difference between 2Gbs and 4Gbs
     
  8. imkeller

    imkeller What's a Dremel?

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    I'm so evil :hehe:. I don't intend to overlock much, maybe up to 3Ghz, which the AC7 would be able to do from what I've read. And the ultra 120 seemed to be ridiculously loud last time I heard one. And it is humongus. Thanks for your input :thumb:

    Darklord, I don't think it would be worth the extra cost of 2 96GTs plus upgrading to a SLI motherboard as the 88GT will be able to handle crysis on high at a decent res. Thanks for the help :thumb:!
     
  9. DarkLord7854

    DarkLord7854 What's a Dremel?

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    Not saying get SLI, I did say 1 96GT does wonderfully by itself as well, so if you're trying to cut costs, 1x96GT will also run nicely, and overclocks really well too :p
     
  10. imkeller

    imkeller What's a Dremel?

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    Oh, I see. I've done some research and the 88GT outperforms the 96GT ever so slightly, enough to justify the ~£15 difference. Thanks anyway:)
     
  11. Cupboard

    Cupboard I'm not a modder.

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    Spend some money on a case. You will not regret it. I have a £10 case that came with a psu (I am no longer using the psu) and it really shows. No spaces for 120mm fans, shoddy build quality really noisy etc etc. And you can only put hard drives in 4 out of the 6 bays, even with a bit of coaxing with a screwdriver and pliers.
     
  12. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    agree with above: 4GB and a better case.

    do NOT go for cheap cases, a friend of mine bought a £15 case without PSU. it's horrible! noisy, hard to install, no cable management, crappy+noisy hard drive mounts, cuts fingers, dusty and ugly.
    get something like a p182, it's cheap in the world of quality cases
     
  13. Cupboard

    Cupboard I'm not a modder.

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  14. imkeller

    imkeller What's a Dremel?

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    Ok, I've taken all of this on board and have decided not to opt for a mega-cheap case. I think I will buy the Coolermaster Centurion 5 due to good reviews, and seeing it first hand at a friend's house. And it's still rather low cost too :)
     

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