Building Gaming PC (Any Suggestions?) - Page 2

1 g0t 0wn3d · 10-26-2007, 03:51 PM

Pharoah posted and is running 2gb ram high res maxed at ~40fps i think srtest.com messed up on that one

wicked13 · 10-26-2007, 04:48 PM

tatsumaru,

The mobo you listed in post #19 (Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 - £120) uses an Intel chipset, so you'll have to use 2 ATI cards in crossfire if you want dual cards (but 1 nvidia card should work just fine). To use SLI you'll need a mobo with an nvidia chipset.

**TheMatt** · 10-26-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tatsumaru

Well, I've been thinking about it today, and I've been contemplating increasing my budget to £1000+, but for purchase in January. Mainly because I want to make sure my PC does not disappoint.

I've been having a little look around and this is what I've come up with, but it's just a list, so please give some opinions on my choices. Some of it is the same as in your previous list.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - £140
Quad core at the moment hasn't much use, but I think Crysis makes use of it, and so I'm guessing it's going to get more popular with games. Also I can OC it, try and get 3ghz out of it.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 - £120
This mobo seems to be good for the rest of the hardware.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132264

Case: Antec Nine Hundred - £70
I've heard it has great airflow and it's not too pricey.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118268

PSU: Seasonic X900 900W PSU - £140
I was gonna stick with the one you chose originally, but ebuyer says it's out of stock, so I looked around on the site and found this, bit more expensive, but I thought the 85% more efficient sounded good! and also the extra 50w might come in handy if I am OCing!(not that I know much about OCing.) I also found a review on it which praised it.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132063

RAM: 2x Crucial 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400/800MHz - £60
I've heard that these are great performers! Tad more expensive than the Corsair ones you selected though, but I was thinking that maybe, I should get 3 of them, which I couldn't with the Corsair ones, as they were a 2gb kit. But I don't know... Maybe 3gb would be going too far... as you said, it will go unnoticed. So possibly these.. But maybe just go with the Corsair RAM instead.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119273

HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda ES 500gb - £178
The same hard drives you selected, but at 500gb.... I've heard the Barracuda are good and I think I'll run through 250gb quite quickly (20gb+ of music, 20gb+ of Video files, 20 odd games 3-10gb each plus software windows and then just my random files, which I think go into 20gb) But tell me what you think.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113437

Cooler: ZALMAN CNPS 9500 - £24
On your advice.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116413

GPU: 8800GT 512mb - £125
Also on your advice. But I'm unsure if the mobo will be okay with SLi, because if it was, then I'd get two. But I have a feeling that i'd have to go ATI for SLi with the P35 board... But I'm not really sure.

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So that's what I've come up with so far, but of course, I'm all ears for suggestions as to how I can make it better. Let's say that my max budget is £1200. But also remember that this is not going to happen till January, so there might be some new stuff to come before then.

Looks very nice. Personally though I would just stick with the P35-DS4. You could also look at offerings from MSI or Asus that do not try to make chipset cooling a form of visual art.

tatsumaru · 10-27-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wicked13

tatsumaru,

The mobo you listed in post #19 (Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 - £120) uses an Intel chipset, so you'll have to use 2 ATI cards in crossfire if you want dual cards (but 1 nvidia card should work just fine). To use SLI you'll need a mobo with an nvidia chipset.

Aha! Yeah that's what I was thinking! Alright then, so really, it would be better if I went for an ATI card then (or two) So should I be looking at something like the 2900 XT? Or have ATI got some new tricks up their sleeve before January?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127550

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMatt

Looks very nice. Personally though I would just stick with the P35-DS4. You could also look at offerings from MSI or Asus that do not try to make chipset cooling a form of visual art.

Okay! Yeah, I see, they are both exactly the same except the price... Or at least that's what the specification says.

Alright, so I'll go with the DS4

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132263

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Are there any good 120mm fans out there which you'd recommend? The Antec Nine Hundred case can take another 2 fans, I can see one goes on the side, but I cannot see where the other would go.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

tatsumaru · 10-27-2007, 02:11 AM

Hmm, well looking at the ATI cards on the market at the moment, they are said to overheat more than the Nvidia ones.. So would it be better if I got an Nvidia SLi Mobo? I've been looking at one, tell me what you think.

Link Here.

**TheMatt** · 10-27-2007, 09:43 AM

The P5N32-E SLi supposedly had some bugs with it. I would stick with the P35 since you probably won't need SLi. By the time you want to upgrade, it would be more cost effective to get a new card.

**tosh9i** · 10-27-2007, 12:40 PM

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**tosh9i** · 10-29-2007, 12:20 PM

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