New Rig

[Domishere]

Ok, here is my new rig which i will be ordering soon :D would be grateful for any advice :)

1 x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II
7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM £45.211

1x Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
£54.111

1x Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Socket 775 (2.66GHz) FSB1333 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £92.411

1x Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM £12.911

1x Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty £55.31

1 x XION Solaris Black (Blue LED) Mid Tower Case - No PSU £17

1x Extra Value 12" Blue Dual Cold Cathode Kit £2.54

1x Belkin Serial ATA 2.0 7-pin Cable - Blue 18" £4.04

1x Point Of View 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
£91.051

1x Corsair VX450WUK 450W PSU £37.58

(ignore the bold italic stuff :))

That all comes out at £484 inc. P&P


so... what do you guys think?

:D thanks

[wonderlust]

Ok so as not to dissapoint everybody :D

Have a look at the Msi P35 Neo2-Fr it's a little more expensive, but has better features including an Heatpipe chipset cooler.

[alexnifty]

Ok so as not to dissapoint everybody :D

Have a look at the Msi P35 Neo2-Fr it's a little more expensive, but has better features including an Heatpipe chipset cooler.

You... I... But...

There are NO WORDS!


Do you work for Msi or something? Lol.

All kidding aside, the man is right :P

[Domishere]

thanks, will do :) everything else ok? oh and btw, I plan to do some high level gaming on this... will it take it?

[wonderlust]

You... I... But...

There are NO WORDS!


Do you work for Msi or something? Lol.

All kidding aside, the man is right :P


I wish, currently looking for a job....

[mlb07165]

Personally I'd look for something a bit beefier in the psu. OCZ 600w StealthXStream perhaps?

[mac124]

Personally I'd look for something a bit beefier in the psu. OCZ 600w StealthXStream perhaps?

I would agree, 450 whilst it would possibly run it it could well be running close to its limit.

[k.jacko]

What OS are you gonna put on it? If it aint 64-bit, no point in getting 4gb ram.
Not sure about the MSI Neo, but the DS3 is a spanking board for your overclocking pleasure. :D

I have 3 rigs based on that board all with E2180's and overclocked to over 3GHz on stock cooler.

[Domishere]

Will change the PSU then :D
I'm gonna put a 64bit Vista on it.
I'm not gonna overclock so would that board be ok?

thanks

[k.jacko]

yeah, its still a cracking board imho.

[wonderlust]

At stock speeds there is very little in performance between any P35 board.

It then starts coming down to cost/features.

Some have heatpipe cooling for the chipset others have the ICH9R for better HDD options. Some have firewire and or Digital audio outputs.

Choose a board that has the features you desire.

[Domishere]

thanks