Im building a Gaming PC

[dankellys]

Thanks for all the help, this PC has came on a long way since i started (in fact, all of my original choices have been changed!)

I think i have decided what im going for:

Graphics Card - LN17575 - 320MB EVGA 8800GTS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1600MHz, GPU 500MHz, 96 Streams, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV - £179.99 - http://www.scan.co.uk

CPU - LN19275 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail - £122.19 - http://www.scan.co.uk

RAM - LN14277 - 2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, EPP - £66.96 - http://www.scan.co.uk

Motherboard - LN18794 - Gigabyte GA P35-DS3P, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E x16, DDR2 1066/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - 86.94 - http://www.scan.co.uk

PSU - LN15216 - 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty - £64.50 - http://www.scan.co.uk

Case - 570554 - JEANTECH PHONG 2 ATX CASE - £49.99 - http://www.pcworld.co.uk

DVD Drive - LN19006 - Samsung SH-S203/BEBN 20x DVD±R, 16x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM inc. Nero - £18.67 - http://www.scan.co.uk

HDD - LN17225 - 320 Gb Samsung HD321KJ Spinpoint T166, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 9 ms, NCQ - £44.05 - http://www.scan.co.uk

Vista - Home Premium Upgrade Edition - £60.00 - http://www.ebay.co.uk

Keyboard - LN11832 - Logitech 967559-0120 Media Elite Wired Keyboard, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, Black - £14.91 - http://www.scan.co.uk

Mouse - Black Microsoft USB mouse - £10.00 - http://www.ebay.co.uk

Joypad - PC Venom PlayStation 2-Style USB Joypad - £10.00 - http://www.ebay.co.uk

TOTAL: £708.20

What do you's rekon of that?

Cheers

Dan

[s_kinton]

I cant see alot wrong with that!! Pretty close to the spec I posted on the first page.

Order and enjoy...

[cotswoldcs]

That looks pretty excellent to me. You've chosen to spend £25 on a corded mouse & keyboard from two retailers. I'm surprised you didn't go for a combo (cordless or corded) from Scan but hey other than that I think you've made some excellent choices.

Let us know how the build goes and post some photos when it's complete!

Have fun!

[Thorsson]

Get a Logitech mouse. Unless you're left-handed.

[dankellys]

I say the mouse is £10 from ebay, but i already have it, bought it ages ago and never used it.

One more thing, has anyone used Arctic Silver 5 3.5g Thermal Paste and is it any good?

Cheers

Dan

[cotswoldcs]

Arctic Silver 5 is great stuff. Premium stuff as well - I don't know of much else that's better - but I have a feeling that someone will tell me...

[dankellys]

Does anyone know the delivery charge for scan.co.uk?

Is it charges per item, or will one order be a set delivery charge, no matter how much i buy?

Cheers

Dan

[cotswoldcs]

I'm not sure about delivery as I get Free delivery from Scan

Maybe you will one day soon!

[dankellys]

I'm not sure about delivery as I get Free delivery from Scan

Maybe you will one day soon!

Yeah ive just been looking into that, sounds good.

Does anyone have any questions i can answer to get my free delivery?

[Blitzen]

Arctic Silver 5 is great stuff. Premium stuff as well - I don't know of much else that's better - but I have a feeling that someone will tell me...

Its not actually as great as people make out.
The paste with the Arctic Colling HS/F's is as good.

[Lanky123]

Yeah ive just been looking into that, sounds good.

Does anyone have any questions i can answer to get my free delivery?

Theres always plenty to talk about around the different sections of the forum - General Discussion, Gaming etc.

Make sure you keep within the rules though...