Hi there fellow bit-techers! I need some views suggestions on a PC I may be building in the relatively near future. I already have: speakers, headphones, dvd rewriter and hard drive so they were not included in the spec sheet. Here are my choices: Please give me any info/opinions. Thanks, Charl3s
I thought you were buying an sff? Might be the wrong poster, but that looks like a killer rig anyway. -Rob
Yeah, your right I WAS gonna buy a SFF rig but I edited the final post on that thread which basically said I won't go that route any more. My main reasons for that choice were: - Heat, I will have my rig on 24/7 and I want to overclock - Overclockability, Shuttles aren't known for their OCing - Expandability, I can't do with just: 1xOptical Drive, 1xPCI Slot etc. - I don't need the portability - I want to be able to easily upgrade - One day I wouldn't mind DUAL 7800s Hope that clears that up for y'all
Well you could buy better RAM for similar money - wouldn't be difficult to get some Corsair XL at very least - could get some decent TCCD-chipped OCZ mem for that cash. Also, why not buy a cheaper CPU and OC it? What about optical drives? New HD's? CPU Cooler?
Krikkit: I will prolly get the OCZ Platinum 2x512mb 2-3-2 for the same price now. I have a 300gb SATA 16mb cache Maxtor and a 250gb USB2.0 Lacie - Which satisfies my needs. I also have a LG SuperMulti DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM for an optical drive. Another thing I have is an 802.11g 54mb/s Wi-Fi PCI card. I'd keep the 3700+ though, unless you convince me otherwise Maybe later I'll get a 120mm Zalman "Flower" CPU cooler, depending on noise and temps
Oh, good, and me being picky, if you can stretch to a 20"/21" LCD rather than a 19" its so worth it for more res, bare in mind, your GTX will be crying at 1280x1024... 19" LCDs use the same res as 17"s usually, its a shame.
mmm, yeah if I do get this rig it'll be around September ( can't wait) so by the HOPEFULLY I may have at least a £200 saving so I can get a Dell 20" Widescreen @ 1680x1050
looks simmilar to the system im planning on but im getting 2gb of ram and a 6800 ultra instead of 1gb and a 7800
Tolsk: Well, If I want later I can add RAM for £90, if you are a serious gamer it's definately worth paying a few pounds/dollars more and future-proofing. If you get a gig of RAM you can always add later rather than pay another £350 to replace a graphics card
Dont bother with flashy LED crap ram. Just grab a gig of decent clocking TCCD/TCC5. CorsairXL will be *ok* its not great but it'll do. PSU, tad worried about that one, maybe look to a decent non modular? You've got a fair bit to power... Tagan/OCZ/Antec imo, powerstream over modstream as the rails are much better if you get an OCZ.
Yeah, I think I may change the PSU for one with more "oomph" and SLI power connectors. I also said I'd get some OCZ Platinum 2-3-2 RAM which someone told me is only a fraction slower than 2-2-2
Is Thermaltake Silent Purepower 680W PSU any good? It has two GPU power connectors two. I'll start reading some reviews . . .
the ram is a bit of a joke with the led's more of a gimmic than anything... you might benifit if you spend a little more on a better brand like xfx nice cpu you might want to consider some nice dell monitors you can get sli sff's and shuttles Oc a little but your deffinatly best going for a larger case like a lian li v1000 the psu first listed should be fine although you might want to look at OCZ's and enermax the thermaltake should be fine but i don't know but about them and check theres connectors for 2 gfx cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227211 dunno how much money that would be in uk but get that gold series instead.
