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[MAN23R]

cheers guys, here you go....

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)  £53.99
Akasa AK-P085FG-BK 850W PowerMax PSU  £73.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card - Retail  £78.99
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case  £64.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-02034)  £99.99
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)  £99.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail  £329.99
Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey  £389.99
Asus GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail  £329.99
EK Supreme Acetal (Socket A,754,939,AM2, 478 and LGA 775) CPU Water Block  £30.99
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5 Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard  £117.99
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)  £29.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)  £5.99

Total :  £2,151.86

thinking of getting soon

[learjet45dream]

What about an OS?

[MAN23R]

learjet45 aka JK, on Apr 13 2008, 04:16 PM, said:

What about an OS?

ah plus vista ultimate 64bit?

scott

[MIA-PILOT]

For a better gaming performance and that extra money you have I would suggest a 10K or 15K rpm extra Hard Drive.

Edited by MIA-PILOT, 13 April 2008 - 04:42 PM.

[Mark1]

learjet45 aka JK, on Apr 13 2008, 10:16 PM, said:

What about an OS?

He has already included the O/S in the price

[iKettles]

MIA-PILOT, on Apr 13 2008, 10:42 PM, said:

For a better gaming performance and that extra money you have I would suggest a 10K or 15K rpm extra Hard Drive.

I disagree. All 10k/15k RPM drives are very expensive, very loud and come in very small sizes. You'd be better off with a RAID 0 setup of some 7200RPM drives.

[learjet45dream]

Mark1, on Apr 13 2008, 03:44 PM, said:

learjet45 aka JK, on Apr 13 2008, 10:16 PM, said:

What about an OS?

He has already included the O/S in the price

Oh woops. i missed that.

[_TW_]

I'd get the Q9450 over the Q9550.  I'm sure it clocks just as well as a Q9550, but it's also quite a bit cheaper.  I know the money issue really isn't a thing, just throwing in my 2 cents.

[Windowseat]

still would not spend that much for what that is.... bet you won't get much more fps than a computer like mine, and mines not even worth a grand inside the box.

Edited by Windowseat, 14 April 2008 - 05:55 AM.

[Robin.]

You don't need to shell out £400 for Vista Ultimate either... In fact, the upgrade version of Home Premium is dirt cheap!

[MAN23R]

पअरअ, on Apr 14 2008, 08:55 AM, said:

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Computers change a lot, overkilling might be paying too much for nothing

You won't get any more frames from a computer which is $5500 (2700 pounds) than a computer which is $2000 (1000 pounds)

Case - $150
Q9450 - $350
8800GTS G92, atm the 9800GTX is not at a good price point -$220
8GB of DDR2 RAM - $200
X38 Mobo - $250
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, 320GB should do - $100
Windows Vista Ultimate - $400
Samsung 226BW - $320
Misc (Keyboard, mouse, fans...) - $100
Tuniq Tower $40

Total - $2130

with that, what would you suggest building, i need the computer for a year at least guys....

scott

[Mul.]

पअरअ, on Apr 14 2008, 02:55 PM, said:

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Computers change a lot, overkilling might be paying too much for nothing

You won't get any more frames from a computer which is $5500 (2700 pounds) than a computer which is $2000 (1000 pounds)

Case - $150
Q9450 - $350
8800GTS G92, atm the 9800GTX is not at a good price point -$220
8GB of DDR2 RAM - $200
X38 Mobo - $250
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, 320GB should do - $100
Windows Vista Ultimate - $400
Samsung 226BW - $320
Misc (Keyboard, mouse, fans...) - $100
Tuniq Tower $40

Total - $2130

With all due respect, I don't see the point quoting figures in US Dollars when the pricing here in the UK is clearly different. The suggested specification is near enough what you've said anyway, except we opted for a faster CPU.

Scott, your last spec is looking quite good. Just ditch the GPU cooler as it's a waterblock. You need a watercooling loop to use that. I'd sack Vista Ultimate and get Home Premium, unless the added features are a must for you. Also, replace the Corsair PC2-8500 for some OCZ PC2-8000 or even just PC2-6400 as it won't be holding you back.

OCZ PC2-8000C5 £88 (save £29)
http://www.overclock.......&subcat=817

Home Premium £70 (Save £47)
http://www.overclock.......=20&subcat=

Q9450 £258 (Save £120)
http://www.overclock.......&subcat=793

I've also had a slight change of heart about the Q9550 now that I've seen the price difference between that and the Q9450. An extra £130 for 166MHz per core is quite excessive.

Small compromises that'll do little to hurt performance and you save a bit under £200.

Edited by Mul., 17 April 2008 - 01:48 PM.

[Windowseat]

muls the man!

[MAN23R]

Windowseat, on Apr 17 2008, 02:14 PM, said:

muls the man!

agreed, absolute star mate, thankyou, right lets start building.....