Bite the bullet time !!!

[Gazcoop]

Well folks its that time, but would like bit of help chosing bits ?? thanks in advance


case - sonata 3
cpu-q6600
h/drive -500gig samsung

m/board ?? help dont think i will o/clock but ???
g/card ?? 1950pro ??
memory ?? 2 gig ??

Do gaming/ photoshop/ net

will case/psu be big enough for this ??

cheers Gaz

[jackvdbuk]

say your budget, do you need a monitor? what OS? not a fan of vista for example? and it will be much easier to 'choose' bits for you dood

[Gazcoop]

Hi, budget is bout £700-800 ish but that would have to include monitor, want to run Xp for now but maybe Visata at a later date

[NightshadowUK]

- Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 ~ £172.97
- Abit IP-35E ~ £64.74
- 2GB Corsair TwinX PC5400 4-4-4-12 ~ £52.33
- 320GB Samsung HD321KJ ~ £44.05
- 320MB XFX 8800GTS XT ~ £193.73
- Antec Sonata 3 ~ £75.07
- Samsung SH-S203/BEBN ~ £18.79
- 19" LG L194WT ~ £123.25
- Microsoft Windows XP Home OEM ~ £54.04

Total ~ £798.97

[arbitor]

Good job i reckon ^^^

[csi_grissom]

wot fan would anyone recommend for the quadcore?

[Pob255]

Well I'm not a great fan of the stock cooler, but a scythe mine, acrtic freezer7 Pro or Akasa AK-965 (basically a Acf7p copy) would be fine, esp if no extreem overclocks are involved.
They'll be fine for running stock speeds or a small overclock.

[Thorsson]

Thermalright Ultima 90-i. Teh dog's bolox. Teh badger's nadgers. Teh coyote's cahunes.

[Pob255]

And currently only avalible from OcUK who I currently refuse to give any funding too

Also twice the price of a Acf7p which can keep my P4 D at 35c idel and that's hardley the coolest of chips

Not that the thermalright Ultima90i a bad choise, if scan get any in I'll buy one

[dogie]

The reason Overclockers normally have stuff in earlier than anyone is that they preorder by months. Scan especially only like to take on products that they know once they sell their current batch they can get more when they want it.

[Gazcoop]

Thanks to u all Nightshadows spec is cool, i have Xp and want bigger h/drive so may get the samsung 500 gig, is all this stuff compatible ??? do i need a cooler ?? will it fit in that case ??

[csi_grissom]

i wouldnt buy anything else from OCUK if my rig depended on it.
im actually having trouble finding a nice new case i want one without anything like a window or front door on it but summit that looks sexy without costing the earth.
is the abit the best for the buck for this new quad? is the asus one any better?

[Pob255]

im actually having trouble finding a nice new case i want one without anything like a window or front door on it but summit that looks sexy without costing the earth.

Antec NSK6000 or Akasa Zen
Both plane, simple, fuctional, no thrills but no massive price tag.

[csi_grissom]

funny enough i was looking at them yesterday, there good, but just didnt turn me onto them yet, thanks for the links though i appreciate the help.

[MouseMonkey]

funny enough i was looking at them yesterday, there good, but just didnt turn me onto them yet, thanks for the links though i appreciate the help.

No windows or doors
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_in...34f3f3686e8e01

[Gazcoop]

Been thinking am using 21" ctr monitor (sony trinitron) would lcd monitor be any better ??? and thinking would 4 gig ram be worth it to ?? ??