NEW Rig! See my components:

[Ben_]

finally came to a final decision and heres what im getting! feel free to comment and advise and drool

1Gb XFX 7950GX2, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1200 MHz, GPU 500 MHz, 48 Pipes, S-Video/2xDVI

750W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan 87%+ Efficiency Quad+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E

£269.00 £316.08


AMD AM2 Athlon 64 4600 + Windsor Core, Dual Core 2.4GHz, 512KB x 2 Cache, Retail
£143.89 £169.07



ASUS M2N32-SLi Deluxe NF590 SLI, Socket AM2, PCI-E(x16), DDR2 800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX, Wireless

£112.27 excluding VAT
£131.92 including VAT


2GB (2X1GB) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5
£102.54 £120.48

Coolermaster Wavemaster Ltd. Ed Blu Limited Edition Blue Case
£102 exc, £119.85 inc.

OR Antec P180 , cant decide!!


160 Gb Samsung HD160JJ SpinPoint P80, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, NCQ, 8.9 ms
£34.89 Ex VAT
£41.00 Inc VAT

Sony DWG-120A10 Ivory 16x16x4 DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD Writer OEM UK
£20.85 Ex VAT
£24.50 Inc VAT

Logitech G7 Cordless Laser Mouse UK Retail
£42.86 £50.36

20.1" NEC LCD20WGX2 MultiSync® TFT, 1680x1050, 6 ms, 700:1, 470 cd/m2, Silver/Black
£344.99 Ex VAT
£405.36 Inc VAT

[BUFF]

1Gb XFX 7950GX2, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1200 MHz, GPU 500 MHz, 48 Pipes, S-Video/2xDVI

750W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan 87%+ Efficiency Quad+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E

£269.00 £316.08

see the thread about this offer - the gfx card may not be what you thought.

Coolermaster Wavemaster Ltd. Ed Blu Limited Edition Blue Case
£102 exc, £119.85 inc.

OR Antec P180 , cant decide!!

the blue Wavemaster is nice (got 1 myself) but I would have thought that you could find it for less & of course it's not the best cooling case in the world.

[Ben_]

i dont really get that 7950 thread, is it a 7950 or not

feel free to suggest some other cases im completely open to new ideas. all the other stuff is coming from scan so if scan has it in stock then thats ideal

[Mr Pants]

What games were you deciding on playing because I would highly advise getting a X1900XT rather than a SLI solution

The monitor is great but if you want to save money then the DELL 2007FPW (£328.71 inc del) is good value for money, both are good quality just the nec has better response time and better colour quality but the £80 is worth it if you can afford it

Look at another retailer you dont want to buy off loads because of postage costs but you will have more choice if you pick 2 or 3

Also have you considered socket 939 processors? If you dont want to upgrade the cpu or ram in the future then you can get better ram and the motherboard will be cheaper

[nvening]

Cases:

in first place the AKASA eclipse 62 / mirage

in second place P180

In other words get the AKASA Mirage FTW

[Alvin.Sue]

for game perfomance.. core 2 duo is definitely a better choice over x2 4600.
even the cheapest E6300

[Ben_]

my plan was to upgrade in a couple months to conroe

[Ben_]

bear in mind that i want to buy this now.. so everything needs to be in stock etc

Scan seems a lil bit short on CPU's

games i was planning on playing are HL2, BF2, GRAW, Quake 4, FEAR, Prey, Hitman, Civ4

mainly FPS tho

[rainbow]

Cases:

in first place the AKASA eclipse 62 / mirage

in second place P180

In other words get the AKASA Mirage FTW

i have been tlaking to ben on msn, he wants something that looks good and there no getting away form the fact thatthe eclipse isnt good looking my borther has one its ugly.

the wavemaster us a good case, well designed ie. can take out motherboard trays and thins and is easy to take aprt, also it looks good, can take 4 80 mm fans,and is light, and comes in nice silvers blues and golds. u have to remember not every1 wants case that mayb great for cooling but looks ugly and bored. thats why i recomened the antec p180, or a wavemaster. antec better cooling but imo and his the wavemaster has great looks, also dont go on about conroe in every post the guy has said he wil upgrade later just give it a rest u conroe whores

[Will]

I would recommend going for an Allendale processor (e.g. e6300) and coupling it with any intel board you can find that supports sli. These new intel processors are miles ahead of amd.

[NightshadowUK]

my plan was to upgrade in a couple months to conroe

Bit of a waste of £300 worth of CPU and motherboard...

[Mr Pants]

Bit of a waste of £300 worth of CPU and motherboard...

QFT, Wait a month or 2

[Madafwo]

Just go Conroe now, it might set you back an extra, well, nothing to be honest, you might have to wait a week or so for stuff to arrive but you will be happy with your system and not get stuck with hardware that to sell you have to make only 50% of what you paid for it.

Its worth getting Conroe now and waiting, believe me, if I were building a system now it would be conroe, no matter how long the wait. Seriously, it's not worth buying AM2 or 939 now and selling ina couple of months, wait a week and get conroe, even if it is the E6300.

And in all honesty, anyone that says the Eclipse is ugly hasn't seen the build quality and finish of the inside, if you want a rig that looks gorgeous with a window, nothing will beat the eclipse (or mirage)

[Ben_]

i dont wanna wait cos its my hols coming up and im impatient. besides it seems like its always 'wait for this, wait for that' .. in 3 months it'll be 'wait for dx10'

it wont be a waste its goin to my bro to improve his box

[Ben_]

could get one of these now :

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 S775, 1.86Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, Conroe Core, 2M Cache OEM (w/o Heat Sink Fan)

[Swafe]

go on then