System building advice please.

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Allo all, 1st post here

right, ive decided to throw caution to the wind and build my own system. I have been looking at various components and have come up with this so far

P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe mobo
XFX GX2 gpu, undecided to go for their overclocked models yet. future purchase of another for quad hopefully
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, or maybe just the E6600
sound blaster audigy 4 pro
Corsair TwinX 2048Mb DDR2-6400
Thermaltake armour case
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
2 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

so is the above specs any good? I am looking at about a 2k sterling limit which will include 22-24 inch monitor and gaming peripherals

any suggestions on changes is welcome
 
Don't get a GX2. Get an 8800GTS or 8800GTX. Even a single 7900GTX beats a GX2, and an 8800GTS or 8800GTX pwns them all.
 
whoa, ive just checked out the 8800gtx. That is gonna be the big mamma, im gonna get that instead for sure. What about my choice for mobo? is that one anygood?
 
How bout this mobo the P5N32-E SLI its bassically the same except it uses the new nforce 6 chipset over nforce 4 and it has support for the new 1333mhz FSB for when the quad cores come out.
 
Nice system!! Your stuff looks good except for the video card, like MetalX said, and maybe a motherboard like skitzo_zac said. I'd recommend something like this for a monitor, unless you wanted to spend like $800 on a monitor :)
--kitty
PS Welcome to TechSpot!! :D :wave:
 
IMHO:

Case: Thermaltake Armor aluminum case

Power supply: OCZ GameXStream 700W

Motherboard: Asus P5N32-E SLI Socket LGA775 DDR2 800

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 CAS latency 5

Video card (up to you if you wanted 2 for SLI): XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCIe x16

This comes out to about 1,868 US dollars, which is about 967 GBP. If you wanted to do SLI, it would be about 2518 USD/1304 GBP.

I guess you could do the E6700 CPU, but that's like $200 more than the E6600. I guess hard drives and CD/DVD drives are sort of up to you.

hope this helps
--kitty
 
Depends on how much you really want to spend... If you want to overclock alot then get my build and just change the GPU to a 8800 ( Im getting SLi 7900s )

Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009
eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145566
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2


Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150150
XFX PV-T71G-UCF7 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail


Hard Disk Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail

DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076
NEC Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE / ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM

Sound Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829111002
DIAMOND XtremeSound XS71DDL 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133154
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail


Total: $1436 with shipping
 
Im going with these specs:

- Forget the mobo but its SLI ready
- 2gb corsair ram
- e6600(for the 4mb cache)
- 2x Nvidia Geforce 7600GT OC graphics cards

Including a monitor, HD, and everything else (case, etc) its gonna cost me $1300 Canadian
 
re psu

TimeParadoX said:
Depends on how much you really want to spend... If you want to overclock alot then get my build and just change the GPU to a 8800 ( Im getting SLi 7900s )

Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009
eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145566
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2


Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150150
XFX PV-T71G-UCF7 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail


Hard Disk Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail

DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076
NEC Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE / ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM

Sound Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829111002
DIAMOND XtremeSound XS71DDL 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133154
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail


Total: $1436 with shipping
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re the psu mentioned; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002

ive heard that that can be a very noisy psu, what is your opinion re it?
 
Thank you very much guys, you have been a great help, I think ill get the 6600 cos the quad will be too much to resist in a year or two :) the viewsonic monitor is the one for me. Only prob though is I cannot use newegg as im UK. Shame really as the prices in USA are much cheaper than in uk, bloody UK taxes.....grrrr

oh well. Im off to price this all up now.
ill let you all know how it goes, most probably will be posting again with a big HELLLPPP as ive never built a system before.


cheers again :)
 
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