Are these specs good? - Page 2

desie · June 17th, 2007

Ok here are probebly my final specs, still open for debate until the 28th July.

Intel Core 2 Duo 6320, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail - £97.40

Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS C55, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - £118.66

1GB CorsairXMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 - £45.40

320MB EVGA 8800GTS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1600MHz, GPU 500MHz, 96 Streams, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV - £181.98

250Gb Western Digital WD2500AAKS, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 9 ms - £44.34

Lite-ON LH-20A1S-11C LiteOn 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD + RW x8 / -RW x 6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Retail - £24.55

520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty - £68.02

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready - £12.16

Keysonic MS-WARP, Laser Mouse, 1600dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 3 Buttons, Silver - £11.22

Saitek PK06AVBK Keyboard Slimline USB Black Retail Box - £4.69

120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB £4.10

120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB £4.10

80mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED (S82-EB) £2.34

Net Total £526.78

Carriage £10.32

V.A.T. £93.99

TOTAL £631.09

I'm fedup of my like 4-5 year old wireless mouse so I'm going corded this time. And I want a black keyboard instead of this white one. I have a 19" LCD 8MS widescreen 1440x900 monitor so I'm ok with that.

Also I just got a new ADSL 2 router and we are upgrading this week from 512KB/256KB to 8MB/448KB connection so at least that will not be a problem. It's a 20GB cap but we only use about 2/3GB a month I've been monitoring it on Zen.

desie · July 3rd, 2007

Got £484 saved out of £630 I'm so close

come on roll on the 28th!!!

**LordOfLA** · July 3rd, 2007

Have a look at the Razer DeathAdder. As I understand things, its LED based and has better response then laser mice
.

desie · July 4th, 2007

£40 for a mouse no thanks.

**omg its nlm** · July 4th, 2007

One gig of ram? I would go with at least two.

desie · July 5th, 2007

I've said many times, I plan to get another stick of ram the following month. I'm not wasting time and money by buying 4 sticks of 512. I'd rather get 2 sticks of 1GB and HIGH SPEED ram of PC2-6400

**omg its nlm** · July 5th, 2007

ahh sorry, I did not feel like reading through all the cludder

dai · July 6th, 2007

if you are going sli look at a 750w psu they pull 198w in sli and 106w as a single card

**Sazar** · July 6th, 2007

I am seriously considering buying a P-190 from Antec.

Dual-psu already built-in and I will be running it with the fans on low.

desie · July 8th, 2007

That's getting expensive for high wattage PSU, I'd rather buy a good PSU with lower wattage, and upgrade it when the need arises. 520 watt should be more than enough for my current config I want to buy.

desie · July 10th, 2007

17 days left wooo

desie · July 25th, 2007

Ill be ordering it on Friday since I get paid then if I get round to it after work, any last minute changes? Note ill be getting another stick of ram the following month.

desie · July 26th, 2007

Well with the help of my Dad I ordered it tonight

,

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £99.86

Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS NF650i (C55), S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £108.56

1GB CorsairXMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £39.53

320MB EVGA 8800GTS Superclocked, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1700MHz, GPU 576MHz, 96 Streams, 2x DVI/HDTV £197.33

250 Gb Western Digital WD2500YS Caviar RE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.7 ms £44.52

Lite-ON LH-20A1S-11C LiteOn 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8 / -RW x 6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Retail £24.55

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £15.97

Keysonic WARP SOFTSKIN, Laser Mouse, 1600dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 3 Buttons, Silver/Black £10.34

Saitek PK06AVBK Slim Line Wired Keyboard, USB 1.1/2.0, Black £4.34

120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB x2 £8.20

80mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED (S82-EB) £2.34

600W Zalman ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled Modular PSU +80% Eff £77.54

Net Total £538.78
Carriage £9.93
V.A.T. £96.02
TOTAL £644.73

Since the GFX card & PSU were out of stock I decided to go for a higher end GFX card and a 600Watt Zalman CPU.

I'm well excited, should get it about Monday/Tuesday I think

.

**Aprox** · July 26th, 2007

Should be a good system, hopefully that 320MB framebuffer doesn't bite you in the ass later on. Not that you cant upgrade it too

Hooray for new toys!!

desie · July 26th, 2007

Ya well I skimmed read a review of it n they said clock speed is more important than memory since you are able to get higher FPS. So I am happy with my choice, hell when it gets cheaper ill buy a second one to make it in SLI mode

.

I can't wait.

**Sazar** · July 26th, 2007

You should have gotten the extra memory buddy

You can always oc for a higher clock but you cannot manufacture more memory for texture intensive games

desie · July 26th, 2007

Like I said when it gets cheaper Ill get it in SLI-mode, I need a new PC, I cannot wait any longer, I simply had to click the order button

.

**Sazar** · July 26th, 2007

Fair enough

But you don't gain extra memory with Sli.

**Aprox** · July 26th, 2007

Exactly... but don't worry about it. Its still a great performing card for an excellent price. In a year or so you can pick up a used 8800GTX or Ultra, or ATI (

) or whatever I'm sure for a bargin. Or buy a new current gen at the time and be very happy.

desie · August 1st, 2007

Scan.co.uk are ****ing useless wont get it till tomorrow they got everything twice and wondered why it was out of stock, now I ordered this last thursday I'm never buying from this crap place again.

But I'm going work tomorrow so I can't do it until I get home this is starting to really piss me of I've been saving for 4 months and I still aint got this ****ing PC.

Also yesterday I had to change my hard drive to a 250Gb WD SATA2 WD2500KS 16M/72 £34.99 and remove Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £15.97 cause they were out of stock.

I'm sooo annoyed by these people.

June 17th, 2007	Top \| #21
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Ok here are probebly my final specs, still open for debate until the 28th July. Intel Core 2 Duo 6320, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail - £97.40 Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS C55, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - £118.66 1GB CorsairXMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 - £45.40 320MB EVGA 8800GTS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1600MHz, GPU 500MHz, 96 Streams, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV - £181.98 250Gb Western Digital WD2500AAKS, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 9 ms - £44.34 Lite-ON LH-20A1S-11C LiteOn 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD + RW x8 / -RW x 6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Retail - £24.55 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty - £68.02 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready - £12.16 Keysonic MS-WARP, Laser Mouse, 1600dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 3 Buttons, Silver - £11.22 Saitek PK06AVBK Keyboard Slimline USB Black Retail Box - £4.69 120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB £4.10 120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB £4.10 80mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED (S82-EB) £2.34 Net Total £526.78 Carriage £10.32 V.A.T. £93.99 TOTAL £631.09 I'm fedup of my like 4-5 year old wireless mouse so I'm going corded this time. And I want a black keyboard instead of this white one. I have a 19" LCD 8MS widescreen 1440x900 monitor so I'm ok with that. Also I just got a new ADSL 2 router and we are upgrading this week from 512KB/256KB to 8MB/448KB connection so at least that will not be a problem. It's a 20GB cap but we only use about 2/3GB a month I've been monitoring it on Zen.

July 3rd, 2007	Top \| #22
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Got £484 saved out of £630 I'm so close come on roll on the 28th!!!

July 3rd, 2007	Top \| #23
LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 212	Re: Are these specs good? Have a look at the Razer DeathAdder. As I understand things, its LED based and has better response then laser mice . If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

July 4th, 2007	Top \| #24
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? £40 for a mouse no thanks.

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July 5th, 2007	Top \| #26
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? I've said many times, I plan to get another stick of ram the following month. I'm not wasting time and money by buying 4 sticks of 512. I'd rather get 2 sticks of 1GB and HIGH SPEED ram of PC2-6400

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July 6th, 2007	Top \| #28
dai OSNN Junior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 32 Reputation: 0 Power: 101	Re: Are these specs good? if you are going sli look at a 750w psu they pull 198w in sli and 106w as a single card

July 6th, 2007	Top \| #29
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,886 Reputation: 4110 Power: 312	Re: Are these specs good? I am seriously considering buying a P-190 from Antec. Dual-psu already built-in and I will be running it with the fans on low. Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

July 8th, 2007	Top \| #30
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? That's getting expensive for high wattage PSU, I'd rather buy a good PSU with lower wattage, and upgrade it when the need arises. 520 watt should be more than enough for my current config I want to buy.

July 10th, 2007	Top \| #31
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? 17 days left wooo

July 25th, 2007	Top \| #32
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Ill be ordering it on Friday since I get paid then if I get round to it after work, any last minute changes? Note ill be getting another stick of ram the following month.

July 26th, 2007	Top \| #33
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Well with the help of my Dad I ordered it tonight , Intel Core 2 Duo E6320, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £99.86 Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS NF650i (C55), S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £108.56 1GB CorsairXMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £39.53 320MB EVGA 8800GTS Superclocked, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1700MHz, GPU 576MHz, 96 Streams, 2x DVI/HDTV £197.33 250 Gb Western Digital WD2500YS Caviar RE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.7 ms £44.52 Lite-ON LH-20A1S-11C LiteOn 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8 / -RW x 6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Retail £24.55 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £15.97 Keysonic WARP SOFTSKIN, Laser Mouse, 1600dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 3 Buttons, Silver/Black £10.34 Saitek PK06AVBK Slim Line Wired Keyboard, USB 1.1/2.0, Black £4.34 120mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED S12-EB x2 £8.20 80mm Coolermaster Internal Case Fan with BLUE LED (S82-EB) £2.34 600W Zalman ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled Modular PSU +80% Eff £77.54 Net Total £538.78 Carriage £9.93 V.A.T. £96.02 TOTAL £644.73 Since the GFX card & PSU were out of stock I decided to go for a higher end GFX card and a 600Watt Zalman CPU. I'm well excited, should get it about Monday/Tuesday I think .

July 26th, 2007	Top \| #34
Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: Are these specs good? Should be a good system, hopefully that 320MB framebuffer doesn't bite you in the ass later on. Not that you cant upgrade it too Hooray for new toys!!

July 26th, 2007	Top \| #35
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Ya well I skimmed read a review of it n they said clock speed is more important than memory since you are able to get higher FPS. So I am happy with my choice, hell when it gets cheaper ill buy a second one to make it in SLI mode . I can't wait.

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desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Like I said when it gets cheaper Ill get it in SLI-mode, I need a new PC, I cannot wait any longer, I simply had to click the order button .

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Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: Are these specs good? Exactly... but don't worry about it. Its still a great performing card for an excellent price. In a year or so you can pick up a used 8800GTX or Ultra, or ATI () or whatever I'm sure for a bargin. Or buy a new current gen at the time and be very happy.

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desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 105	Re: Are these specs good? Scan.co.uk are **ing useless wont get it till tomorrow they got everything twice and wondered why it was out of stock, now I ordered this last thursday I'm never buying from this crap place again. But I'm going work tomorrow so I can't do it until I get home this is starting to really piss me of I've been saving for 4 months and I still aint got this **ing PC. Also yesterday I had to change my hard drive to a 250Gb WD SATA2 WD2500KS 16M/72 £34.99 and remove Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £15.97 cause they were out of stock. I'm sooo annoyed by these people.