Help needed building a new PC please!!

[Slipperz]

Hi People,

I am in dire need of a new PC my spec at the moment is a P3 933Mhz, ouch i hear you say!! ops:

It can just about play Counter strike source! (very badly 15fps) I also use several music progs e.g Reason/ fruity loops etc and the machine can just not hack it :x
After a lot of head scratching searching for this and that, this is what I have come up with.

I already have 2 dvd drives LG 4167b and LG HSA22 so I dont need any more of those.

I have a Radeon 9600 pro which was good once! not sure wheteher to try the Nvidia route this time? :? I think i will get back into gaming again, just haven't been able to run anything :evil: let me know your comments.


Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Retail 2x 1.86 2Mb 1066 MHz LGA775 BX805576300

Albatron GeForce 7950GT 512MB PCI-E 256bit DDR3, TV-OUT, Dual DVI **FREE TOCA Race Driver 3 GAME** Mfr# 7950GT

Asus P5B Deluxe P965 Socket 775 WiFi EDITION / CONROE READY / ARRAY MIC / DUAL CH DDR2 / SATA(II) RAID / ATX MOTHERBOARD

320GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA 2 ST3320620AS

Corsair Twinx 2x1GB matched XMS3200 TWINX2048-3200C2PT

NZXT Classic Alu Tower Chassis 2x usb, 4x 5.25\" 2x 3.5\" Led Cooling fans & Led Thermostat

TAGAN 530w TG530-U15 Power Supply Silent Modular PSU EasyCon

Look forward to your comments

SLIPPERZ

[Anonymous]

Perfect pick, i would say that what you have gone for cant be beaten.

[Sean]

Apart from the memory being wrong?

The one you've selected there is 184-pin DDR1, you need 240-pin DDR2.

Alternatives:
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=2gb+6400
OR
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=2gb+5300

Depending on your budget.
Rest looks absolutely fine.

[mac124]

Corsair Twinx 2x1GB matched XMS3200 TWINX2048-3200C2PT

Unless i am mistaken that memory is DDR where as the asus p5b requires DDR2 other than that it looks fine. Look to get some 6400 rated memory or better.

[Slipperz]

[quote:5e2d498847=\"Sean\"]Apart from the memory being wrong?

The one you've selected there is 184-pin DDR1, you need 240-pin DDR2.

Alternatives:
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=2gb+6400
OR
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Name=2gb+5300

Depending on your budget.
Rest looks absolutely fine.[/quote:5e2d498847]

Thanks Sean.

Whoops overlooked that one! ops: Its all a little confusing taken a while to get my head around everything.

I think I will go for this

Corsair TwinX 2GB XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC8500 TWIN2X2048-8500C5D

SLIPPERZ

[djdaface]

Isnt that ram a little extreme for your system, im not sure your motherboard will do it justice.


Save yourself £50 and go for the

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=25518

DDR2 PC6400 TWIN2X2048-6400C4D




Just my opinion anyway. Unless you want to put a better motherboard in

[Anonymous]

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[Slipperz]

Yes i agree with you both.

After some more searching I see that guys are using two hdd's one wd raptor for gaming/os and a standard sata2 drive for storage. I take it this is just down to speed whilst gaming?

Not sure either to go for the E6400 retail?

What are your thoughts of getting a DX10 compatible gfx card now like the BFG GeForce 8800 GTS? Cant see me upgrading after this for a while!!

Also can I load my existing legal copy of XP home onto my new system, or do I need a new copy?

Can i run XP x64 on this new system?

Slipperz

[mac124]

[quote:6a21537395=\"Slipperz\"] Yes i agree with you both.

After some more searching I see that guys are using two hdd's one wd raptor for gaming/os and a standard sata2 drive for storage. I take it this is just down to speed whilst gaming?[/quote:6a21537395]

They will be usng the raptor/raptors as the boot disk probably though maybe for games, personally i think they are a waste of money and highly over rated as they are expensive and noisey yet ony allow you to boot a few seconds quicker or be a few seconds quicker onto a game server.

[quote:6a21537395=\"Slipperz\"] Not sure either to go for the E6400 retail? [/quote:6a21537395]

Can you afford it? If so why not go for it

[quote:6a21537395=\"Slipperz\"] Also can I load my existing legal copy of XP home onto my new system, or do I need a new copy?[/quote:6a21537395]

Yup though you will need to revalidate and possibly phone up to get it validated. :roll:

[quote:6a21537395=\"Slipperz\"] Can i run XP x64 on this new system?[/quote:6a21537395]

Yes you can.

[djdaface]

if you upgrade to the E6600 and a 8800 gfx card your building a pretty similar system to what i shall be building in january.




im still deciding if i want a 74gb 10k drive for my O/s as im building a silient system that can be left on in the same room i sleep in, and these are meant to be noisey. But then overnight the o/s files wont be used much just the storage drive for downloads

hmmm choices.

[Aaron]

[quote:0f395fbf8f=\"mac124\"]personally i think they are a waste of money and highly over rated as they are expensive and noisey yet ony allow you to boot a few seconds quicker or be a few seconds quicker onto a game server.[/quote:0f395fbf8f]

I concur.