New PC build help #7687

Standard Toaster

Alright guys....finally going for my first self build as I've finally got some €€€

Just planning on upgrading my whole machine. The whole lot.
I've decided on a Duo 6800. Seems the best bang for buck for the Duos from what I've researched during the week..
As the title suggests I'm looking to get my mits on an Asustek P5W DH Dexluxe. Looks the bussiness and has Intels 975 chipset.

Overclockers.co.uk it for €226 (This week only)
Elara have it for €242.83 (They have this one too for a few bucks more...what's the difference?)

I can't seem to find it anywhere else online for in and arund the €230 euro mark.

I'm still deciding on other parts (GPU, RAM, PSU, case, cooling etc)
Just want to decide on mainboard & CPU first.

The PC will be used for video editing and I'll be using VMware quite a bit.

Maybe get back into the gaming scene too *Sniff*

Can you guys just throw some links for online shops?
Any german sites? They're usually pretty competitive on pricing.
(PS I'm an e-bay virgin)

I'm more or less gonna use this thread to get my ideas down and links to various parts etc

Cheers

DemonOfTheFall

The X6800 seems like the best bang for the buck ?

It's 1000 euro ?!?!

How the hell is that the best bang for the buck.... the E6400 or E 6600 probably are.

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Sorry...ment E6600 :rolleyes:

All these new CPU's are all over my head atm

Anti

simple setup for you that wont break the bank.

e6600
2gb ram
the asus p5w
some big sataII hdds. 600w+ psu
7600gt or 7800/7900 class
case is up to you

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I'm not upto speed on the prices of conponents at all.
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
Is that the going rate...I guess there's probably not much in it.
Is it a good choice? (I'll probably overclock down the road)

Can you suggest a good 600watt PSU? (or point me in the right direction for reviews etc)

I'll probably get a 7800 hundred video card......undecided.
The little bro is a big gamer so I'll get something decent for him.

A few years ago I'd be the one firing over the suggestions but nowadays I'm lost with all the makes/models

That's what you get for not staying upto speed I guess. :rolleyes:

Cheers in advance!

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I like this case:



NZXT LEXA Black Aluminium €130

Anti

yeah not a bad case at all, the ram is fine also, good speeds, but dont worry about them unless your gonna overclock. But just use your head when buying, like you said you were up to speed a few years ago. so you know what makes are good and bad.

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I see you've a decent setup yourself there.
Where do you suggest one goes online to get one's credit card raped?

Is overclockers.co.uk the best?
I used to use komplett meself.

It's looking like this so far: (overclockers)

Anti

you have to use a few sites ot get the best value:

komplett overclockers.co.uk

www.over-clock.co.uk

www.watercooling.de

Are the eonly ones i use, main reason being i can trust them if i need to rma

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PogMoThoin gave me some ideas in this other thread.
My budget would be in the region of 1000 euros but I'll nadd the odd thing or two down the road. (cooler, second sata drive, etc)

Just need a decent base system running first as I have a 21inch monitor, 5.1 speakers, etc.

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anti wrote:

you have to use a few sites ot get the best value:

komplett overclockers.co.uk

www.over-clock.co.uk

www.watercooling.de

Are the eonly ones i use, main reason being i can trust them if i need to rma

Cheers for them links. I'll spend the next few days pricing parts.

Anti

forgot to add shop4memory.co.uk its a irish site with a uk registered domain.

on pricing things dont forget to take into account of shipping and conversation rates from £ to € when using uk sites.

sparowhawk360

If you're looking at cases, the Antec listed here is brilliant and gets brilliant coverage.
http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=09161

My brother and Dad have noth built their systems usign these babies and I hope to get one over the winter.

Peter

PogMoThoin

The_Edge wrote:

PogMoThoin gave me some ideas in this other thread.

:rolleyes: What i quoted in that other thread was a small bit ott

Get a decent brand psu, 500w+ if possible. Like this 1: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=315953

There's another thread here where sum1 built a nice conroe rig for E1200, i'll post a link when i find it.

Edit: here: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054984393

DemonOfTheFall

£91.99 x 1 - Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£214.95 x 1 - Belinea 102035W 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-003-BE)
£67.99 x 1 - Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
£144.99 x 1 - Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£124.95 x 1 - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.95 x 1 - Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£44.95 x 1 - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (SC-043-CL)
£33.99 x 1 - Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse - Retail (KB-069-LG)
£14.99 x 1 - Logitech Media Keyboard Elite - Retail (KB-066-LG)
£31.95 x 1 - Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£4.95 x 1 - OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£20.95 x 1 - Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)

I just ordered all that kit off of OcUk. I think you can save a nice bit of money by getting the gigabyte DS3, if you won't be overclocking.

If you're not overclockign you can get PC-5300 instead of PC-6400 and save a few bob.

The coolers that come with the graphics card and CPU are grand aswell unless you're overclocking.

For a case I got a P180 from komplett, for some reason overclockers shipping calculator puked if i added a case to the order

For HDDs i got 2x Seagate 7200.10 320Gigs.

The X1900GTO2 on ocuk special this week looks like probably the best deal going on a graphics card, its basically an X1900XT except downclocked a little bit, it still has all its shaders/pipelines/whatever unlocked.

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This is how she's looking at the mo:

Core 2 Duo E6600 (€344)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (€31)
ASUSTEK - P5W DH Dexluxe (€225)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz (€243)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)(€322)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache (€104) x2 (Possible Raid config)
NZXT Lexa Classic Series Ultra light Aluminum (€130)
Tagan TG420-UO2 420W I-XEYE ATX2.0 Silent PSU (€66)
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Blue EL Data Cable (€15)

That's it for the mo....I think
Does the CPU come with termal paste?
And do the HDD come with cables?

Is there anything I'm missing? (have OS, IDE DVD-RW, ms/kbrd/monitor)

Is there anyhing I'm skimping on or mad buying?



So, just over €1300
Cheers guys.