Hi All
Building a new gaming rig. Here is what I have shortlisted. Components are from SCAN and OCUK.
SCAN:
LN19488
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail £140.99 £165.66
LN20680
Asus Maximus Formula, iX38, S 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1200/1066/800/667, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £134.39 £157.91
LN13080
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £13.39 £15.73
LN18867
Antec P182 Advanced PERFORMANCE ONE SERIES Super Midi Tower Case, Gun Metal Black (no PSU) £69.89 £82.12
LN15215
620W Corsair HX Series Modular SLi PSU, ATX, EPS 12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty £72.89 £85.65
OCUK:
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£289.99 (£340.74)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065) £74.99 (£88.11)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)
£61.99 (£72.84) <---data
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS)
£51.98 (£61.08) <---RAID0
2 x Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan
£15.98 (£18.78)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
£5.99 (£7.04)
Samsung SM-245B 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
£259.99 (£305.49)
Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro £24.99
£24.99 (£29.36)
Comes out to about £1450
Keyboard and Mouse will be added later.
I do not need a soundcard or speakers ( have these already )
The components I am unsure about are the MotherBoard and GFX card - I'm sure there are better deals to be had, but I want MAX performance for the same price.
Can you lovely lads/lasses please give these items a once (or twice ) over and suggest alternatives or better combo's that may save me money and/or gain me performance that i may have advertently overlooked.
Ye all be thanked !!!!