quick spec check

[vincent.m]

oh i didnt know that. sorry. kinda new

[PeterStoba]

oh no, i am trying to increase my post count as well

Thats not gonna go down well when a mod comes along.

He's copied and pasted the names, and the Freezer 7 Pro supports P4 upto 4.4GHz it says, he isnt getting one. The PSU is also fine, it's branded and has all of the connectors to power his system, which won't use near 380w whatsoever. I suggest before giving advice you make sure it's correct next time

[vincent.m]

Thats not gonna go down well when a mod comes along.

He's copied and pasted the names, and the Freezer 7 Pro supports P4 upto 4.4GHz it says, he isnt getting one. The PSU is also fine, it's branded and has all of the connectors to power his system, which won't use near 380w whatsoever. I suggest before giving advice you make sure it's correct next time

so yoru telling me, that if he wanted to go for 8800 gtx SLI (hardcore i know) then thats going to be enough power?

i think he mentioned that it was his brother's gaming rig no?

[PeterStoba]

1. 8800GTX are old cards now anyway. Why he'd use them I don't know...
2. He hasn't got an SLI motherboard so even if he had a 1500W psu he couldn't use them.
3. His main gaming use is said to be FSX, he can't be too bothered about the fps/details if he's using a 7800GTX anyway, if he does decide to upgrade it'd happily take a 4850 anyway.

[vincent.m]

haha oh yeah i keep referring to 8800 gtx because i have that one. well if hes on a budget then i guess his current card is acceptable

[RoBe]

yeah, the 7800gtx is an upgrade from a 7600gs which he seemed pretty happy with. Even if he suddenly needs a good gpu, there's plenty for <&#163;100 that'll do perfectly. It's only a 19" screen he'll be using anyway

[SiM]

Also, was there much need to triple post? Just use the edit button

He looks like a n00b
At least he is trying to help lol...

[vincent.m]

He looks like a n00b
At least he is trying to help lol...

haha i usually just buy whatever i can afford at the time, looking at my system i probably spend too much for basic exceling and word

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Right, here's the revised spec:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual/Quad Core Ready &#163;15.97

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1* 64Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD)&#163;88.42

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD&#177;R, 12x DVD&#177;R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM &#163;14.93

Intel Pentium Dual-Core, E5200, Socket 775, Wolfdale Core, 2x2.5 GHz, 2MB Cache, Retail &#163;64.85

Biostar TP45 HP, iP45, S 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/12006/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX &#163;90.24

and the antec nsk4480 ATX case with the 380w psu here: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130947

All coming to a grand total of &#163;337.40

I would save some money on the motherboard and get a Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148802

This could be paired with 4gb of PC6400 memory which costs under &#163;35.

For a budget build &#163;90 is a bit too high especially since the system is going to be used with middle end and low end components.

It has got a good review, is a decent overclocker and is also an all solid capcitor motherboard:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/575

A user review:

http://www2.custompc.co.uk/phpbb/vie...142936#1142936

It also supports most of the current socket 775 CPUs:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2779

Also check out the Akasa AK965 as a CPU cooler as it has got good reviews and is quite cheap:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=15387&page=2

http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=362