New system, uni.

[oshta]

Yikes, stay away from a Q-Tec PSU unless you fancy some fireworks. A cheap 300W PSU definitely wouldn't be enough for your system.

I beleve the PSU is a std ATX sized one, so i plan to swap it for a decent, quiet one.

Get an Asus Pundit-R!
- I love mine

Is that a Micro ATX case?
- I though it was only avalable as a intelbased barebones?

if you are going to uni for first year chances are you are in halls with fast network.
You will need:Any PC, Lots of large Hardrives or DVDRW and loads of blanks.

Yeah, i guess there truth in that!

[oshta]

I'd think about getting a better graphics card than a 6600 if you're tihnking about gaming. A 6600gt or x800gt would get you much better performance for only £20 more.

Also, I agree with going for a 6600GT instead of a 6600, for the price difference the GT is definitely worth it.

Ok, i'll look into that. Although god know what diffrence between them all is!
- It would be nice it where fanless.


Daniel

[Madafwo]

if you are going to uni for first year chances are you are in halls with fast network.
You will need:
Any PC
Lots of large Hardrives or DVDRW and loads of blanks.

No Point with resnet if thats what you're going through...

And as far as the system, its pretty much the same as everyone else, go with what you need it for now, dont blow all your budget on the system though, save a fair few quid for freshers week! Would say go for the X800GT or 6600GT though.

[oshta]

And as far as the system, its pretty much the same as everyone else, go with what you need it for now, dont blow all your budget on the system though, save a fair few quid for freshers week!
- Would say go for the X800GT or 6600GT though.

Ok, thanks.

I'll deffontly get onf thoese card instead, although god know which one

-As for blowing all my budget, its not mu budget, its my parents, but it only streches to £500 for everything, except the moniter. (prolly a 17" tft)


Daniel

[Dark Horse]

x800gt is a bit newer and probably has the edge over the 6600gt

[oshta]

x800gt is a bit newer and probably has the edge over the 6600gt

So if i get the 256Mb Sapphire PCI-E ATI X800 GT GDDR3, for £104.45 then spend £30 on a Zalman ZM-80D-HP for it, which brings it upto £134.45

Or the 256Mb Gigabyte PCI-E GV RX80256D-X800 DDRIII Silent Heatpipe, for £124.83, which already had a heatpipe cooler.


Danel

[chazt]

that gigabyte x800 would kick butt, go for that

[chazt]

oh, and you'd probably struggle to get that zalman cooler in a uatx case

[Dark Horse]

Good find for that x800, its actually better than the x800gt but will ramp the budget up a bit.

There is a passive gigabyte 6600gt here for £105.59 if the x800 is too much
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=164948

[oshta]

oh, and you'd probably struggle to get that zalman cooler in a uatx case

I might, but there are three PCI slot spaces to go at, as long as the NB/CPU dont get in the way, i think it should be fine.
- I can always RMA it.


Daniel

[merlin2001]

I would spend the extra to get more space on your harddrive. exta £10 now will stop you having to fork over again in a few months when your 80GB is groaning under the weight of all the junk you'll collect in it... ...Agree with Rohan - avoid the q-tec case - q-tec power supplies aren't worth the small saving they offer upfront (imho).

[oshta]

Ok, so its looking a bit like this now.

Case. . Q-Tec EL-Micro Case With 300W Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £25.73
Mobo. . Gigabyte K8NMF-9 K8-939 nForce4 fsb1600Mhz uATX . . . . . . .. . .. . £50.51
. . or . Foxconn NF48MA-KS uATX S939 nForce, SATA. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 52.06*
CPU. . AMD Athlon 64 3000 32/64Bit S939 Venice 90nm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £82.60
RAM. . 1Gb (2x512Mb) Corsair, DDR400/PC3200,CL2.5, . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . £65.33
HDD. . Samsung SpinPoint P SP1614C 160GB SATA 8MB Cache . . . . . .. . . . . £58.46
G Card. . .256Mb Gigabyte PCI-E GV RX80256D-X800 DDRIII Silent Heatpipe . £124.83
Cpu cooler Akasa AK-859 Paxpower Pure Copper Heat Sink Fan. . . . . . . . . .. . £21.02
. . . . NEC ND-3540A 16x DVD±RW DualLayer DVD-Writer, OEM .. . . . .. . . . . . £28.96
. . . . 1.44Mb Sony Silver Floppy Disk Drive OEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . £4.34
. . . . 45cm Akasa SATAII Blue HDD Cable, w/R.angle connector. . . . . . . . .. . £2.69
. . . . 60cm Akasa Round IDE Cable ATA-133 Certified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.93
. . . . 45cm Akasa Round Floppy Drive Cable . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1.63

[kempez]

I would get an x800GT and get a nice TV card that gets digital freeview and plays under Win XP. That way you have a GPU AND TV on your PC....you'll be the favourite guy in your halls

[oshta]

Avoid the q-tec case - q-tec power supplies aren't worth the small saving they offer upfront (imho).

Yeah, i've heard that.
- I *think* the that case supports full size ATX PSU, in which case i get somthing good, and quiet (seasonic maybe) or else i'll have to find another case?

[edit]
In order this remains ontopic, ive started a uATX Case thread HERE


Daniel

[FEAR]

if your going to uni, think about bigger hard drive or buying another one to go with that,

when i was in halls last year I had a download speed of about 1mb a sec! filled up 250gb in about a week.

[arthurleung]

if your going to uni, think about bigger hard drive or buying another one to go with that,

when i was in halls last year I had a download speed of about 1mb a sec! filled up 250gb in about a week.

Agree, there are too much stuff out there on the internet that you want. But once you want it you can't be arsed to look at it. Because it is junk you don't want to waste your expensive dvds burning those junk, and of course made more waste to the environment.