new pc specs

[staffsMike]

He is talking about the new 512mb GTS woth the G92 core. I would have that over the GT tbh.

[Destroyer^]

is this one from scan one with a G92 core? Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

[Blitzen]

The 8800gt 512 beats the old 8800gts 320mb
The new 8800gts 512mb beats the 8800gt 512mb

It's all a bit confusing, but that said the lowest I've seen the Gainward 8800gts for is £215 and I really wouldn't pay over £180 for the 8800gt

Also hope ether your hard drive or dvd or cdrw is sata.
Remember that the new motherboards only have 1 IDE port on them so you can use no more than 2 IDE devices.

I saw the Gainward card for £203.95 yesterday.
I think it was on the site 'that should not be mentioned'.

[Destroyer^]

which site is that? lol nothing to do with voldermort?

[staffsMike]

OCUK probably

Overclockers UK

[iranu]

8800GTS 512mb also overclock very well too. I've only started to OC mine and I'm at 760/1903/1030 (2060) for core/shader/memory clocks up from 650/1750/975 all without having to increase the fan speed manually.

[Destroyer^]

ok so my final specs are

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
(£29.36)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£63.44)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£110.44)

PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI £211

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case £88

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler £17


now only two questions is this card better then the 8800gt im told? and will 2 gb be enough to run vista?

[Blitzen]

ok so my final specs are

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
(£29.36)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£63.44)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£110.44)

PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI £211

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case £88

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler £17


now only two questions is this card better then the 8800gt im told? and will 2 gb be enough to run vista?

1. Yes this card is without a doubt better than the 8800GT.

2. Memory is SOOOOOOO cheap at the moment. If you can stretcg to it the defintely get 4gb. Vista does run better with 4gb as its memory management is superb.

[Destroyer^]

btw anyone know any reasonable differences between the PNY and the gainward 8800 gts?

[staffsMike]

Customer support mainly. All the cards are built in the same place.

Gainward are a very good company to deal with. Since PNY are sold in PC world I can only imagine that they are not

[Destroyer^]

was just looking at the inside of the antec p182 case and the hole for the psu is at the bottom instead of the top would that effect me in using my tagan 520w psu?

[staffsMike]

Unless the cables are particualrly short then no it won't. Usually the second motherboard power cable will be the problem.

[Pob255]

If you're buying from scan then go for the Asaka AK-965x3 instead of the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, it's just as good but a few quid cheaper
Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK at £11.74

They also has the e6550 for £105.75 or the slightly better e6750 for £118.50

[Destroyer^]

lets say if the cable wasnt long enough what could be done or would i have to get a different psu ?

[staffsMike]

Nah just get an extending cable. You can get them from scan and ocuk.

Something like
Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable

[staffsMike]

They also has the e6550 for £105.75 or the slightly better e6750 for £118.50

E6550 is actually £99 in the supersavers on scans today only