needing advice on well almost everything:)

[brabusmike]

hello please be kind to me its been a while since i built a pc and have fallen by the way side regarding pc building and whats hot and whats not so i need your help


i have so far decided i want to build a

e6600 based system in a p182 case and have some form of 8800gts card

my main problem is motherboard choice the chances of me going sli are very very slim id like good built in sound, stable, good overclocking, decent features, quiet ! i like the look of the 680i boards but £130-£200 is just too much


also recommend a psu and memory also any decent 8800gts's ?

thank you for all your help

all the best mike

[Blitzen]

Depends how much you want to spend.

I was on a budget and put together the rig in my sig for a relatively good price and it does EVERRYTHING i cn throw at it and a bit more.

[brabusmike]

price is erm flexible but im getting married next year so i cant spend too much somewhere between 600 and 800

dont need a monitor etc

[Marcvs]

Will you OC?

anyway rough idea

C2D E6600 - ~ £130
Asus P5K - ~ £100
2gb Geil Ultra DDR2 800Mhz - ~£60
EVGA 8800GTS 320 (whichever is cheaper at the time) - ~£200
Antec P182 - ~£80
Corsair HX 520W - ~£60
DVDRW - ~£20
250GB HDD - ~40

comes to 690 and should give ya a rough idea..

MT

[brabusmike]

i will give oc'ing a go i dabbled on my last pc back in 2001 !

[Marcvs]

well that should OC pretty well; my evga 8800gts does 640+Mhz core and 1090+ mhz (effective = 2180) on the mem so you should be good to go.

[brabusmike]

thank you

any more info from people ?

[brabusmike]

i cant find a p5k on asus's site ?

[shaithis]

If your open to overclocking, get an E4300....You can run at at 3GHz+ which is more then enough for most people and its half the price of an E6600 (which would only clock slightly higher, if at all)

[brabusmike]

found them i like the look of the p5k3 deluxe/wifi

question cant the wifi bit work just as a wifi adapter to connect to an existing network or does it have to operate as an ap ??

[brabusmike]

If your open to overclocking, get an E4300....You can run at at 3GHz+ which is more then enough for most people and its half the price of an E6600 (which would only clock slightly higher, if at all)

i have a few friends that seem to have 6600 running at 3k+ by just adjusting the fsb

[Clunk]

Youll need ddr3 for the p5k3 deluxe, very expensive and not much of a speed increase over ddr2 yet.

P5K deluxe is the way to go at the moment

The wifi will work either way.

[brabusmike]

Youll need ddr3 for the p5k3 deluxe, very expensive and not much of a speed increase over ddr2 yet.

P5K deluxe is the way to go at the moment

The wifi will work either way.

ah thank you p5k delux then cool

[brabusmike]

just gotta find the cheapest prices for all this now

[moogle]

Will you OC?

anyway rough idea

C2D E6600 - ~ £130
Asus P5K - ~ £100
2gb Geil Ultra DDR2 800Mhz - ~£60
EVGA 8800GTS 320 (whichever is cheaper at the time) - ~£200
Antec P182 - ~£80
Corsair HX 520W - ~£60
DVDRW - ~£20
250GB HDD - ~40

comes to 690 and should give ya a rough idea..

MT

i would have recommended the same, graphicswise, the 8800 should drop as the hd2900's are coming out. if you want cheap prices, use scan and try ebuyer with google checkout. the geil ram you can get at microdirect or ocuk. apart from that its a top selection of components that will last you a good amount of years.

[brabusmike]

i hope it will last a while as now im older i just dont have the drive to spend lots on a pc's any more its better spent on the house and holidays lol

this has all been brought about by my desire to play c&c3 as my laptop will only play it in 800x600 with minimum everything lol