New Pc thoughts

New Pc thoughts

What do the 'nerds' on here think of this ?

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £67

Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory
- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130429 £64.99

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB - £129
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-OK&tool=3

Extra Value 550W ATX Silent Neon PSU - £20
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/10299...ffset=10&review_type=both&review_order_by=RUF (is this enough wattage?)

can anyone suggest a motherboard/cpu probly got around £250 or so


> Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £72
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131173/show_product_overview

>Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz Socket 775 4MB Cache 1333MHz - £167
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130483/show_product_reviews

will this all work together?

did you have an overall budget in mind? and do you plan to overclock?

i'd say to go for a Q6600 or not....FSB is slightly lower at 1066mhz but it has double the cache and it's quad core. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823

Mobo...i'd reccomended Asus P5K http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129125 - excellent for overclocking, i opted for the next model up - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129126

RAM is good, and that's a surprisingly good price for ebuyer, they are usually shit for RAM. I have the same stuff but I went for the C4 as opposed to C5.

PSU, forget about a cheap one, seriously...known system killers. I'd suggest this, especially since you are going for an 8800GT: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945 Although personally i'd go for a 600w+ ( I got the TX750). yes its considerably more expensive, but it's not worth running such good components on a shit PSU, it's asking for trouble.

graphics card ain't bad, perhaps consider spending a little more and going for an overclocked card such as this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1008 - i have the OC2 version, great card.

What about a case?

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A closet geek rossy! All this time and I didn't know.

That PSU should be fine to be honest, Corsair ones are really good quality. Chances are my 720w is a bit overkill but it's always good for future expansion and future builds.

canny pc by the way! i have a p182 too, good case.

...tick....tock....tick... bing! its out of date


nar, it's not that bad anymore...

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what games do you play then?

Am gonna be getting a new one soon.

Anyone recommend any from anywhere, i was gonna upgrade mine but for what you pay now i will just buy outright.

I will want it about 2/3GB Ram for the speed basically and cos the one i have now is slowing down cos of music i will probs buy an external hard drive to stop that.

Cheers

budget?

exernal HDD shouldn't make any difference, just defragment from time to time and get a decent size HDD...ie 500GB+

About 3/400?

I was gonna even buy now pay later on one cos its what i did last time, the one i have now is 250 GB HD and thats about all i know tho when i first got it it was the shit, i have hammered it with music tho and only last year got it cleaned up which i dont wanna do again.

Even if u find some online where i could buy now n pay later or whatever really?

Cheers

ah i assume you are wanting pre-built then? Dell have some canny deals like:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspndt_531?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

This whole PSU business is a trick! You need to fully understand how it works in relation to having enough power to run a high end graphics card and whatever else there is. I don't understand though so maybe someone else will tell you. The reason I say this is because my Dell PC has a 375W psu and runs the 8800GT fine whilst I play Crysis with graphics on very high. :spangled:

Does anyone still play the original Unreal Tournament? I'll give you a game if so

Also another note.. if you're gonna be playing some FPS games and you can see yourself getting pretty addicted to one in particular, make sure you have a good mouse. I first started playing UT with a decent Logitech mouse and although I didn't realise it at the time, it makes it a lot easier to aim because now that I'm using a standard Dell one, I can't seem to hit anything.

*Oh and an extra not - I couldn't be any happier with my Dell XPS 420. It's a very complete and functional package and it's given me way less trouble than my custom built system did.

I have a 2000dpi G5, does the trick like

I think I'm gonna go for the Logitech MX518. I think it beat the G5 in reviews.. and it's a bit cheaper

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Download Unreal Tournament.. it's class and only about 400mb

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if u download it (for nowt) off a torrent , can u play it online (for nowt)? i'm really cheap.

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ManOf - my god, that game must cost a fiver now

UT3 is where its at like! Total carnage.

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Yeah. I bought the original, lost it, bought the GOTY edition then lost that in amongst my hoards of cd's so whenever I need to reinstall i just download it again. Also, I think it's way better than UT3 (at least from a fan or the original's perspective).

I personally only play Zeroping Instagib as I prefer simple clean cut shooting without annoying 12 year olds spamming rockets all over the shop