New PC...

Ok for xmas I am playing to get a new pc, well parts and build it myself.

Up to know I think this is my final:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Gcard: Asus GeForce 8800 Ultra HTDP 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Ram: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) X2

HDD: Western Digital RAID Edition 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache X2

Total: £868.18

Do you have any comments? Anything you think I should change?

Thanks.

Looks good to me.

Very nice build.

omg martin you are getting huge upgrade for xmas,i wish i had the money to geta good upgrade for my pc. I might still ge a ps3 yet mate not sure yet maybe even a phone it will take a long time to work it all out.

Great times ahead though i will be using your pc to play all the latest games ha ha.

omg martin you are getting huge upgrade for xmas,i wish i had the money to geta good upgrade for my pc. I might still ge a ps3 yet mate not sure yet maybe even a phone it will take a long time to work it all out.

Great times ahead though i will be using your pc to play all the latest games ha ha.

geo_1989

Haha! dont get a PS3 lad, you know for a fact pc is better game play and a lot more enjoyable with the mouse and keyboard. The games are over prised and you know it!

Looks great, but I wouldn't do the raid.--Anna--

Ok thanks for the feedback, what is the reason for not getting the raid?

Ok for xmas I am playing to get a new pc, well parts and build it myself.

Up to know I think this is my final:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Gcard: Asus GeForce 8800 Ultra HTDP 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Ram: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) X2

HDD: Western Digital RAID Edition 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache X2

Total: £868.18

Do you have any comments? Anything you think I should change?

Thanks.

barri12345

what PSU are you getting?

[QUOTE="barri12345"]

Ok for xmas I am playing to get a new pc, well parts and build it myself.

Up to know I think this is my final:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Gcard: Asus GeForce 8800 Ultra HTDP 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Ram: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) X2

HDD: Western Digital RAID Edition 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache X2

Total: £868.18

Do you have any comments? Anything you think I should change?

Thanks.

verparanoidpers

what PSU are you getting?

Hmm that is a valid comment thanks. Erm I ain't sure can you recommend one please?

[QUOTE="geo_1989"]

omg martin you are getting huge upgrade for xmas,i wish i had the money to geta good upgrade for my pc. I might still ge a ps3 yet mate not sure yet maybe even a phone it will take a long time to work it all out.

Great times ahead though i will be using your pc to play all the latest games ha ha.

barri12345

Haha! dont get a PS3 lad, you know for a fact pc is better game play and a lot more enjoyable with the mouse and keyboard. The games are over prised and you know it!

true

[QUOTE="--Anna--"]Looks great, but I wouldn't do the raid.barri12345

Ok thanks for the feedback, what is the reason for not getting the raid?

Thanks for your input, I am finding it hard what to choose Dual or Quad a hand full of people on other fourms say get Dual and a hand full here and else were say get Quad. I have been shown benchmarks and the Dual looked better. For Quad overclocking keeps getting said I dont want to overclock for the simple reason incase it messes up and dont like the fact that you have to to get equal amount spec. Crossfire also keeps proping up what are the benefits?

Thank you again for your input.

most crossfire motherboards, unless you get one with something like an Asus crosslinx chip, will only deliver 4X lanes on the second PCIE slot. obviously, this means that the card will never get anywhere near close to its top performance. the next intel chipset i *think* will support full 16X lanes on the second PCIE slot under crossfire.

its most often always a better choice to buy one high end card over two lower spec cards.

Thanks for your input, I am finding it hard what to choose Dual or Quad a hand full of people on other fourms say get Dual and a hand full here and else were say get Quad. I have been shown benchmarks and the Dual looked better. For Quad overclocking keeps getting said I dont want to overclock for the simple reason incase it messes up and dont like the fact that you have to to get equal amount spec. Crossfire also keeps proping up what are the benefits?

Thank you again for your input.

barri12345

The 8800 Ultra is a great card...for a price. What resolution are you gaming in? If your answer isnt anything higher than 1680x1050, I'd recommend saving some money and going with the 8800GT 512 MB. Less than half the price for only a few less FPS. The 8800 ultra still holds the crown by far when you increase resolution because it has a lot more memory bandwidth, but if you are using a 1280x1024, it really isnt needed. Your call though. Looks like a good build.

Oh, and crossfire, that is basically the ATI/AMD equivalent to nVidia SLi. Putting in multiple GPUs to work together to achieve higher performance that one card (typically) can reach alone. [Shameless plug] There is a nice write-up on multiple gpu setups in the Overclocking Union Forum [/shameless plug.]

Thank you very much for your reply, I was in the need of a good PSU and will look into picking one of those. I have been advised to wait until January 20th 2008 when Intel release their new CPU.

Thanks again.

Lad you need to watch your money because everything is changing these days very quickly

and be very careful about picking your graphics card :o

A quad will take your performance a lot more; it will help you score much better benchmarks. Quad is the future - go with that. Dual-core was so last year. :)

A good PSU, a nice CPU, and a good GPU (i.e, go for a GTS or a GT) Very nice build, though.

Have fun building it. Happy building!