New gaming rig - need crit

[tigerboyce]

Well here is my put together of a rig and i am looking for any changes/suggestions that should be made:


Belinea 2225S1W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver - £211.49 inc VAT
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 800MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail - £109.97 Inc VAT
Gigabyte GA 965P-S3 iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - £66.73 Inc VAT
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) - £146.86 inc VAT
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - £177.94 inc VAT
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - £25.84 inc VAT
Antec Basiq Power 500W ATX 12V PSU - £39.07 inc VAT
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - £61.09 inc VAT
Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN Black Lightscribe 18x18 ±R/RAM DLayer DVDRW Writer OEM UK + Nero - £19.95 Inc VAT

Total Price: £858.94 inc VAT

[moogle]

looks pretty decent but one thing looks wrong.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - £177.94 inc VAT

8800gts for £177? if thats without vat then its still low. if it is £177, then please let me know where I can get one

[tinners]

looks pretty decent but one thing looks wrong
8800gts for £177? if thats without vat then its still low. if it is £177, then please let me know where I can get one

Its the 320Mb one. Are they even out yet ?

[moogle]

Its the 320Mb one. Are they even out yet ?

not till march im afraid, and if your converting from us prices to uk, add a few £ to it because its always more here.

[Nick Smith]

that looks good, wheres it all from though?

[moogle]

that looks good, wheres it all from though?

from the near future

joking aside, i'd like to know too

[Nick Smith]

yer a 8800 for 177 quid aint too bad even if it isnt out yet

[moogle]

yer a 8800 for 177 quid aint too bad even if it isnt out yet

the time will come my friend
just gotta hold the urge of getting one now. I mean time is flying quick. It's almost end of Jan, I saw on the news about something the gov set up called SOCA or something? It's almost a year old, and I remember it like it was yesterday.

[tigerboyce]

yes its coming out late feb-early march and it will be a 320Gb 8800 GS and is Nvidia's way of trying to get a few sales over ati's X1950 pro. only problem is theyl lose alot of sales on thier & series. should be good though

its from Scan and OC UK not sure bout card till it comes out

[Thor]

Are you sticking with standard stock coolers or will you be going with aftermarket ones as you have stated any?

[moogle]

it will be a 320Gb 8800 GS and is Nvidia's way of trying to get a few sales over ati's X1950 pro.

320Gb!
Damn, you sure you meant to say MegaByte?

[frazered]

i would change 1 or 2 things if it was mine

the mobo, never been a fan of gigabyte, not the best overclockers and I assume you are looking to do that with the e4300

and the psu - will it deliver what you need for that card? I like antecs on the whole though

[moogle]

i would change 1 or 2 things if it was mine

the mobo, never been a fan of gigabyte, not the best overclockers and I assume you are looking to do that with the e4300

and the psu - will it deliver what you need for that card? I like antecs on the whole though

i agree with the board. i dont like gigabyte either BUT! the board you have is not good for overclocking. you should get the DS3 version, as you see you have the S3 ver. as for the psu, if it has the amps he needs then its ok, but if hes overclocking the cpu, then he wont have much room to do so with that 8800 in there. if i was to choose a psu, i'd choose the Xclio 700w version from scan. it gives good watts per £ and it has a good efficiency, above 80% at all times.

as for the ram you've chosen. where can you find it for £146? the only problem with scan is they only have corsair ram , i know you and corsair guys are buddies scan but its starting to look like the intel and dell friendship. the only other ones i know of with GeIL are OcUK and MD. if theres another please tell me

[SuicidaL]

as for the ram you've chosen. where can you find it for £146? the only problem with scan is they only have corsair ram , i know you and corsair guys are buddies scan but its starting to look like the intel and dell friendship. the only other ones i know of with GeIL are OcUK and MD. if theres another please tell me

ocuk have that ram for £140 (£165 inc VAT) iirc thats about £20-£30 cheaper than it was before chrimbo, wanted some more myself but wasn't goin to pay the goin rate for it.

edit. md have the same kit for about £7 cheaper......horses for coarses

[moogle]

yea but he states the prices inc vat at £146, im pretty sure he means + vat? md sell it cheaper by about £5 so. but i'd say OcUK stock the best range of ram.

[tigerboyce]

ok how about dropping that monitor as its kind of big lol, plus ill be using it in UNI as im going next year and i doubt ill evn fit a 22" in the room!

I have also changed the PSU to a Corsair 520w - more reliable and looks alot cooler

And im Scared of overclocking ALOT so i decided to change to a C2D E6400 2.13 to be safe

And about the motherboard,i am always most confused about the motherbord and i was told to choose this by frriend. will it work with my new changes or are there any better solutions?

I am also thinking about just going for a 640mb 8800 gts as soon as they drop for around £230 hopefuly

how about this setup:

Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor, £136 inc vat
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - £140.87 inc VAT
Gigabyte GA 965P-S3 iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - £66.73 Inc VAT
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) - £146.86 inc VAT
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - £177.94 inc VAT
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - £25.84 inc VAT
520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU - £69.29 inc VAT
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - £61.09 inc VAT
Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN Black Lightscribe 18x18 ±R/RAM DLayer DVDRW Writer OEM UK + Nero - £19.95 Inc VAT

Total Price: £844.57 inc VAT