Hi Guys,
Before I start, I'd like to thank everyone for continued aid with this, especially TAKTAK and Adam from Scan.
I've priced up a system at £878, Any comments please, I'm up for constructive critisism
I would be massivley grateful if you have any essential changes to suggest that either
---- A) Improve Performance without increasing price *too much*
or
-----B) Lower price with no loss of performance
looks perfect to me, but i wouldn't get a Blu-ray drive myself... (but thats personal preference)
not my taste in case (i prefer Lian Li's, but they are quite expensive)
prehaps a better keyboard?
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TAKTAK.co.ukOriginally Posted by razer121
Bluray - I dont have a PS3, and with the graphics card linking up to my 32" TV or my montior it should allow me to watch some pretty sweet HD-nessUnless im missing something...
Case - Nor mine tbh, but I wont be looking at it
Keyboard - Definatley, I used to use a cherry keybaord when I was at the LAN Centres a few years ago and want to consult the old owner about those before I buy one, they felt immensley better than Zboards and i'm not keen on splashing out on a wireless as I dont really like themIn the meantime however, a cheap and cheerful Logitech should see me through
On the topic of keyboard aswell, what does everyone else use if they have one to reccomend?
Why SP1 disc separately? The vista you have selected comes with SP1 already...
I would look at x38 motherboards now... P35 is very old, it still good, but I would only use it for budget builds...
640gb hard drives only cost a few quid more and are faster...
make sure you check today only and shop offers before you order... (ram is £53.46 on shop offers, there are 2 different 4850s for £115 on today only)
richieuk (18-07-2008)
Be quick on the today only, its going to change any minute now
Motherboards - I understand the iP35 is old, but is there anything for a similar price that you would reccommend thats better all round and can still handle an overclock?
Hard Drive - I couldn't find a 640GB hard-drive thats faster :| Got a link?
Shop Offers - Cheers for the tips
BTW/ I'm not buying immediatley, I'm buying *probably* next friday after I do a car boot sale this week for deposit
I guess the software that comes with the drive does play back Blu-Ray, but I'd be careful.
You've always needed the "ultra" version of PowerDVD for HD playback. And I believe the latest version 8 of PowerDVD Ultra no longer supports HD-DVD.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144339
It was £51 the other day, but its gone up a bit now..
Rated access times are pretty much always BS, as proven here;
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 review
The Western Digital AAKS range are my drives of choice at the moment, they're speedy yet as good as silent.
How about this motherboard:
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=21230
To save £20 odd.
I'll be honest i'm not saying it is as good, but it's a choice.
In general though the overall list looks good i'd say, will be a killer system
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
System as shown, plus: Microsoft Wireless mobile 4000 mouse and Logitech Illuminated keyboard.
Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. Creative Gigaworks T40 SII. My wife. My Hexus Trust
I would get the Antec 300 over that case, It's £10 more but the cooling will be a lot better. Otherwise looks very nice.
MSIC's board suggestion isn't a bad idea either, you will still quite easily get to a 3.2 -3.4GHz overclock I'm sure.
richieuk (18-07-2008)
Updated Now £853
still looks good to me
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richieuk (18-07-2008)
Knocked off the Icybox, and through todays offers have knocked off over £40 and got Nero and Skype phone free...
I wet myself
Ordering as we speak :-)
Go for the MX-2 thermal paste doesn't require burn in as does AS5 and is a few pence cheaper!
Yep looks good, I built a near enough identical build earlier in the week
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