I wondered that, but I can't afford to go any higher. That CPU costs around £220, but the next step up you're looking at £300 or more. The 3GHz Quad is £670!
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I wondered that, but I can't afford to go any higher. That CPU costs around £220, but the next step up you're looking at £300 or more. The 3GHz Quad is £670!
Its not slow, it only seems like that because its a quadcore.
there are 2 PCI Express 2.0 slots so both your graphics card go there.
there are 3 PCI Express 1 slots both your sound card and wifi adpater card can go there.
this is the best motherboard i found for that price.
p.s there's already an integrated audio chipset in the motherboard (Realtek ALC1200)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299
there are 3 PCI Express 1 slots both your sound card and wifi adpater card can go there.
this is the best motherboard i found for that price.
p.s there's already an integrated audio chipset in the motherboard (Realtek ALC1200)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299
So the Q9450 is alright then? That's a relief. I was getting worried there that I'd be spending all this money on a machine not actually good enough
im thinking of cutting my costs by going for Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz which is for $200. id rather get myself a good tv tuner card
Here's a similar one to your specs, and they're offering to give you that and the motherboard for $360, which, with the weak dollar is probably a good deal for you
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018
Look around that site, you might find the same exact one if you have time to browse
^lol, that's only 182 Pounds. I didn't know the dollar has sank that low
Probably a dumb question, but will American parts work in a British computer? Ie, is the voltage right, or is that what the PSU does?
<----- Idiot.
Heatsink and Fan are not included and no warranty^^
id say this is better although its 10 quid more expensive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
hmm, you better check with a qualified person, or someone else one here, but I think all you have to do is set the power on your power supply to however many volts your electricity is over in GB. I think it' s 2 hundred something... and the power supply should convert everything
Not bad. All this talk got me excited about gaming
Looking at that site newegg.com don't ship to the UK
Shame, since the stuff is cheaper there, though not by a HUGE amount.
Shame, since the stuff is cheaper there, though not by a HUGE amount.
I don't need a separate CPU cooler if I'm buying it retail, do I? It'll come with a fan.
I do need case fans, though. Must try and find some. I'm almost done
One of the last pieces now is my PSU. Anyone know roughly what I'll need? 800W? 900W?
I do need case fans, though. Must try and find some. I'm almost done
One of the last pieces now is my PSU. Anyone know roughly what I'll need? 800W? 900W?
case fan...cant get cheaper than this its 2 quid
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150007
fairly decent too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150007
fairly decent too
I don't need a separate CPU cooler if I'm buying it retail, do I? It'll come with a fan.
I do need case fans, though. Must try and find some. I'm almost done
One of the last pieces now is my PSU. Anyone know roughly what I'll need? 800W? 900W?
Well assuming that you're still going with the 2x radeon 4850s, then 800W should be more than enough.
I don't need a separate CPU cooler if I'm buying it retail, do I? It'll come with a fan.
I do need case fans, though. Must try and find some. I'm almost done
One of the last pieces now is my PSU. Anyone know roughly what I'll need? 800W? 900W?
The case will come with the power supply and some fans. Monitor your temperature for the first couple of days and see what it's like. If it's too hot, you'll need to buy more fans, if not, you're good.
The PSU surely outputs DC (3, 5, and 12v), so it doesn't matter?
How many power stations do you need to run that?
People who own that sort of hardware make me chuckle.
Might as well stick a car aircon in it and be done.
Too many.
Could I go with 700W then? Or is 800W the level I want?
You can never have enough Wattage.
I'd say you need at least 800w if you want a top end video card.
I was looking at this until I decided to just go for a PS3 instead. One of the many pluses is that it's a very quiet PSU, although you'd need water-cooling in the rest of your rig if you wanted if you wanted to make the most of it.
BTW, you have to call your PC a rig if you want to be considered 1337.
I was looking at this until I decided to just go for a PS3 instead. One of the many pluses is that it's a very quiet PSU, although you'd need water-cooling in the rest of your rig if you wanted if you wanted to make the most of it.
BTW, you have to call your PC a rig if you want to be considered 1337.
Dont go lower, again you want to future-proof yourself and it therefore prevents you having to upgrade it to a higher level when you suddenly realise that 700W is going to struggle with your next gfx card
Right, all in all it comes in at £926.62 if I group the items so as to reduce shipping. Everything is coming from www.cclonline.com and www.dabs.com. Some components were slightly cheaper elsewhere but this way I can reduce shipping costs which makes it cheaper overall.
If anyone's interested in what I've decided on it's:
CPU: £222.53 cclonline.com Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Processor 2.66GHz 12288KB L2 Cache 1333MHz FSB
Graphics: £261.98 cclonline.com Asus EAH4850/HTDI/512M 1.9GHz of 512MB DDR3
RAM: £89.77 dabs.com Corsair Memory 4GB DDR2 1066MHZ 240PIN DIMM UNBUFFER
Motherboard: £98.59 dabs.com Asustek S775 INTEL P45 DDR2 ATX AUDIO LAN P5Q PRO
Hard-drive: £64.67 dabs.com Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB S300 8MB
Sound: £27.83 dabs.com Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio 24BIT S/Card 7.1 OEM
PSU: £108.02 cclonline.com OCZ EliteXStream 800W Power Supply Unit
Optical Drive: £24.56 dabs.com Pioneer 20X DVD+/-RW 12xRAM SILVER SATA
Case: £57.31 dabs.com Thermaltake Soprano SECC Silver, Window
Looks to me like it'll do the trick, and it comes in at under £1,000. Which is very nice indeed.
If I can get it working myself (and I suppose there's no reason I shouldn't), then I'll be getting a better rig (there, Shotgun) for less money. The one I built before was already quite cheap in my eyes, but this one has a better processor (Q9450 rather than a Q6600), the same graphics cards, better RAM (1,066 MHz DDR2 not 800 MHz DDR2), a similar motherboard, a better harddrive (750 Gigs not 640 Gigs), a nicer case and a similar wattage PSU. All in all it's actually better and for even less money!
And to think, I was going to blindly order from Dell for £1,300 before I created this thread
If anyone's interested in what I've decided on it's:
CPU: £222.53 cclonline.com Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Processor 2.66GHz 12288KB L2 Cache 1333MHz FSB
Graphics: £261.98 cclonline.com Asus EAH4850/HTDI/512M 1.9GHz of 512MB DDR3
RAM: £89.77 dabs.com Corsair Memory 4GB DDR2 1066MHZ 240PIN DIMM UNBUFFER
Motherboard: £98.59 dabs.com Asustek S775 INTEL P45 DDR2 ATX AUDIO LAN P5Q PRO
Hard-drive: £64.67 dabs.com Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB S300 8MB
Sound: £27.83 dabs.com Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio 24BIT S/Card 7.1 OEM
PSU: £108.02 cclonline.com OCZ EliteXStream 800W Power Supply Unit
Optical Drive: £24.56 dabs.com Pioneer 20X DVD+/-RW 12xRAM SILVER SATA
Case: £57.31 dabs.com Thermaltake Soprano SECC Silver, Window
Looks to me like it'll do the trick, and it comes in at under £1,000. Which is very nice indeed.
If I can get it working myself (and I suppose there's no reason I shouldn't), then I'll be getting a better rig (there, Shotgun
) for less money. The one I built before was already quite cheap in my eyes, but this one has a better processor (Q9450 rather than a Q6600), the same graphics cards, better RAM (1,066 MHz DDR2 not 800 MHz DDR2), a similar motherboard, a better harddrive (750 Gigs not 640 Gigs), a nicer case and a similar wattage PSU. All in all it's actually better and for even less money!And to think, I was going to blindly order from Dell for £1,300 before I created this thread
Networking card, cooling fan?
If you want to save yourself some cash, swap the P45 out for a P35. It's not like you'll be using the 1600 MHz FSB unless you plan to overclock, and if you plan to overclock you want DDR3, not DDR2.
If you might want to run multiple graphics cards, swap the P45 out for an X38 or X48.
If you might want to run multiple graphics cards, swap the P45 out for an X38 or X48.
good choice on the PSU...i might get that too
You got your Vista 64-bit sorted out too then?
Yeh I'll be getting that seperately (though still legally
).And Wit: the case has two cooling fans on it, I didn't think I needed more? Also I already have the networking card -- I'll take the card out of my current machine (it's working fine).
Correction: Case has THREE cooling fans on it.
Righto ive decided on mine too!
OCZ EliteXStream OCZ800EXS 800W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 MCE Kit 1128 NTSC/ATSC/QAM/FM TV Tuner Card w/MCE Remote
Total - $943
rest from my current machine!
OCZ EliteXStream OCZ800EXS 800W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 MCE Kit 1128 NTSC/ATSC/QAM/FM TV Tuner Card w/MCE Remote
Total - $943
rest from my current machine!
Nice
No new processor in the end then? What do you have currently?
Oh, and I know that I should know this, but what's the static distributor thing you clip on your wrist called? I don't have one, and I definitely need one before I start fiddling around with expensive electronics!
feck forgot that
Nice
No new processor in the end then? What do you have currently?
Oh, and I know that I should know this, but what's the static distributor thing you clip on your wrist called? I don't have one, and I definitely need one before I start fiddling around with expensive electronics!
i currently have Pentium 4 3.00GHz and its called the anti-static wrist
No you don't. You can just touch the radiator before you start messing about, but I've never even bothered with that. As long as you don't walk around with platform crocs on your feet and wearing a polyurethane jumper you'll be fine
This is true.
However, after him spending close to a grand I suspect he is going to be that little more careful than usual.
not worth taking the risk!! it only costs a couple of quid.