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| Thread ID: 81934 | 2007-08-11 06:30:00 | Building my own PC (compatible parts?!) | aonghas (12649) | Press F1 |
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| 579464 | 2007-08-11 09:57:00 | Ok guys I think I've come up with a revised system, tell me what you think Motherboard: Asus P5K-E/Wifi P35 (confirmed) CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2.4GHz (confirmed) Graphics: Palit Geforce 8800 GTS, 320MB, PCI Express RAM: 2x 2x1GB Crucial BALLISTIX DDR2 2GB PC2-6400 (total 4GB) PSU: Enermax Infiniti 650W (or 720W) I made this from your recommendations. Let me know if this now seems like a better configuration. Cheers aonghas |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579465 | 2007-08-11 10:14:00 | Cool, should all work together really well. Are you going to change the brand of the GTS at all? What case are you getting? and what OS will you run? |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 579466 | 2007-08-11 10:22:00 | Ok guys I think I've come up with a revised system, tell me what you think Motherboard: Asus P5K-E/Wifi P35 (confirmed) CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2.4GHz (confirmed) Graphics: Palit Geforce 8800 GTS, 320MB, PCI Express RAM: 2x 2x1GB Crucial BALLISTIX DDR2 2GB PC2-6400 (total 4GB) PSU: Enermax Infiniti 650W (or 720W) I made this from your recommendations. Let me know if this now seems like a better configuration. Cheers aonghas Looks terrific to me. Now all you gotta do is get them, and send them to me. ;) I'd recommend the 720W, as it looks like you'll be spending only $10 extra. It's worth it, as it lets you to future-proof your system a bit. Crucial Ballistix are excellent RAMs. You won't be disappointed. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579467 | 2007-08-11 10:29:00 | I'd recommend the 720W, as it looks like you'll be spending only $10 extra. It's worth it, as it lets you to future-proof your system a bit. You do realise that is from different retailers? the one that is more expensive (in relation) (Ascent) have amazing customer service and after sales support... Well worth it IMO | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 579468 | 2007-08-11 10:43:00 | Cool, should all work together really well. Are you going to change the brand of the GTS at all? What case are you getting? and what OS will you run? If I were to change the brand of the GTS it would be about $50 more for an Asus and then another $15 more for the Gigabyte version. I am a bit reluctant to upgrade this seeing as I have already spent more on RAM and the PSU. Do you think it is worth it for the extra $$? Or alternatively is it a better trade off to spend the money on the Crucial RAM and upgrade to 720W Enermax, and just keep the Palit GTS? I'm not sure about the case yet, I just have some iCute one at the moment (it was given to me) but it doesn't bother me all that much. Haha, OS... umm well I'm still on XP but my bro is on Vista. I might change to Vista since my new system should handle it well...right? |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579469 | 2007-08-11 10:47:00 | You thinking of getting one of those 'physics' cards? | JSF_enthusiast (8536) | ||
| 579470 | 2007-08-11 10:55:00 | Never mind the physics card. I personally don't think it's worth it and besides, I think Aonghas has overstepped his budget by quite a bit. Alternatively, Aonghas, if I were you I'd keep the Crucial RAM and downgrade to the 650W PSU, and go for an Asus 8800GTS. It may not make much of a difference - between Palit and Asus, but I believe Asus has longer warranty periods and is a larger company than Palit - for a peace of mind. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579471 | 2007-08-11 11:03:00 | The amount of money that takes you to the top tier of graphics cards isn't really worth it, i think your better getting a middle of the range one now and then waiting two series of cards (like going from the current 8 series from nvidia to the '10' series if their ever such thing) and upgrading to a new card from the middle of that range. | JSF_enthusiast (8536) | ||
| 579472 | 2007-08-11 11:08:00 | And when the 10 series are out, the 11 series will be out in 3/4 of a year, and the 12 series follows the 11 series in half a year.... That's how nVidia and ATi works, really..... |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579473 | 2007-08-11 11:27:00 | The latest PC Authority (what, you think I was joking Chris?) did a test on 3 PSU's, of which Enermax was the best as far as reliability, and noise (was the quietest). The other 2 were FSP Blue Storm, and Thermaltake ToughPower (neither of which passed the reliability test on the 5V rail test). The only thing the Enermax did fail on was pricing, it was more expensive (but then again, they were testing the 500W Blue Storm with the 700W Thermaltake, vs the 1000W Enermax; so pricing wasn't expected to be close). Modular PSU's mean PSU's where the cables can be unplugged from the main unit, so if you only need the main supply to the motherboard, plus supply to a few hard/optical drives, you can unplug the rest of the cables. |
Myth (110) | ||
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