My new ~ £700 build. Comments and thoughts please :)

[SiM]

If you are overclocking the P5Q-E is the minimum you want. Just look at how many e/sata ports and other features you think you will need.

[staffsMike]

With a 1600MHz FSB the plain old P5Q will be a decent enough overclocker, as is the PRO. The -E is the nicest balance of features and price and the deluxe is deffinatly aimed at overclockers.

But chances are if you have have a Q6600 you won't ever go over 1600MHz (400MHz) anyway.

[shrek101]

Thanks guys this is what I got so far changed spec a little

xxx=Todays offers

CASE
Antec P182 Advanced PERFORMANCE ONE SERIES Super Midi Tower Case, Gun Metal Black (no PSU)
£92.70

PSU
Xxxx 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty
£61.10

PROCESSOR
Xxx Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 SLACR, Kentsfield Core, Socket 775, 2.40 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, Retail + FREE USRobotics 809610A USB Skype Internet Speakerphone - USB2/1.1 - Bus Powered! - Best Seller!
£113.96

FAN
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU Cooler £22.27

MOTHERBOARD
Asus P5Q PRO
£88.35

RAM
Xxxx 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18
£50.51

VIDEO CARD
896MB Gainward GTX 260 PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 1998MHz, GPU 576MHz, 192 Cores, 2x DL DVI/HDTV
£164.37


DVDWRITER
Xxxxx Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM
£14.09


HARD DRIVE

Xxxx 1TB (1000 GB) Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ
£85.76

Total CASE
Antec P182 Advanced PERFORMANCE ONE SERIES Super Midi Tower Case, Gun Metal Black (no PSU)
£92.70

PSU
Xxxx 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty
£61.10

PROCESSOR
Xxx Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 SLACR, Kentsfield Core, Socket 775, 2.40 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, Retail + FREE USRobotics 809610A USB Skype Internet Speakerphone - USB2/1.1 - Bus Powered! - Best Seller!
£113.96

FAN
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU Cooler £22.27

MOTHERBOARD
Asus P5Q PRO
£88.35

RAM
Xxxx 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18
£50.51

VIDEO CARD
896MB Gainward GTX 260 PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 1998MHz, GPU 576MHz, 192 Cores, 2x DL DVI/HDTV
£164.37


DVDWRITER
Xxxxx Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM
£14.09


HARD DRIVE

Xxxx 1TB (1000 GB) Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ
£85.76



Looking for a internal card reader and a 24" LCD with DVI.

Will I need some artic silver stuff as I plan on overclocking. At tips as I havent done any overclocking for along time

[staffsMike]

Nice Not sure how quiet the GTX is but otherwise it will be a very cool running and super quiet system.
Only thing I would change is the hard drive, to a WD 640GB, but if you need the space you need it, both perform around the same anyway

[shrek101]

Is that because it has 2 x 320gb platters?

I want space tbh as I want a new system rather than using to much from old. Daughter is getting my old pc. Dual core 2 2.4ghz

[staffsMike]

Well the 640 is 2 x 320GB yeah but I believe the 1TB is 3 x 335 (something like that) anyway so both perform very well

I just prefer WD really

Although having said I've never had a sammy up until now, I took a part a fairly old machine and low and behold.. a trooper of a 200GB IDE

[TAKTAK]

Well the 640 is 2 x 320GB yeah but I believe the 1TB is 3 x 335 (something like that)

/me thinks the 1TiB is 3 x 334GiB platters (oooh to be pedantic )

[staffsMike]

lol yeah yeah *mumbles 333.3 reccuring, still won't actually be 1TB anyway*

Cheap 24" here
http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...specifications

It should even be a VA panel but I think some are and some aren't.. some one else might be able to confim that.

[shrek101]

LOl I aint got my brain in use

Got me thinking now whether just to get a smaller HD and get 2 instead. Is it the 640gb the best one in terms of speed?

/me thinks the 1TiB is 3 x 334GiB platters (oooh to be pedantic )

[SiM]

Yup get 4 x 640gb drives and stick them in a RAID5 array

[TAKTAK]

Got me thinking now whether just to get a smaller HD and get 2 instead. Is it the 640gb the best one in terms of speed?

theoretically... yes... but real world performance difference would be negligible TBH.(you might notice some.. but it's not worth fretting over.). (but i would personally get 2 smaller drives.. as that way, if one dies you still have the other... so you haven't lost all of your files...)

[shrek101]

I never use raid tbh. I just need the space I always run out even with 2 usb hard drives with backups and mame etc

[shrek101]

Good reviews I would be interested in unbiased ones though dont trust any reviews on shops particularly ebuyer


Just want a good monitor as my eyes are going old age I am afraid

lol yeah yeah *mumbles 333.3 reccuring, still won't actually be 1TB anyway*

Cheap 24" here
http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...specifications

It should even be a VA panel but I think some are and some aren't.. some one else might be able to confim that.

[staffsMike]

If you want a decent 24" then the Dell 2408wfp is awesome. Most are coming with the revised firmware not which limits if not eliminates the input lag people moan about.

I scale firefox's text up these days. Strain my eyes reading from it at default lol

[shrek101]

Hi guys, does this look okay

I will be adding another 1 or 2 Hard drives (sata) possibly another sata dvdrw too from old rig

Just hope power is enough



I need to order tonight Thanks for any help

[staffsMike]

Awesome. Very balanced build

Should be very quiet and the power is more than enough.

The only thing I might change depending on my mood is the motherboard, to the Abit IP-35 PRO maybe.