PC build purchasing advice?

superfly

hi guys

i'm about to order thes and i was just wondering if you can see any compatibility problems or if you any better suggestions without going to expensive?
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 256MB GDDR3,
- PCI-Express,ViVo,Dual-DVI-I,Lite-Retail
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 282.99 282.99
320535 XION II BLACK PEARL W/green led,
- X Factor metallic design (without PSU)
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 69.01 69.01
324680 NEC DVD-recorder ND-3570 IDE Black OEM
- DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer)
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 38.01 38.01
321120 AKASA Silver Based Thermal Compound 3.5g
-
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 6.5 6.5
320110 Zalman CNPS9500AT Ultra Quiet CPU
- Cooler, Socket 775
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 49.01 49.01
306460 Zalman VGA Cooler VF700-Cu
-
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 32 32
312838 Samsung SpinPoint T133S 400GB SATA2
- 8MB 7200RPM
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 128.5 128.5
312054 Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
- Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 303 303
307658 Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse,
- USB, PS/2
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 47.95 47.95
322632 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz Socket
- LGA775, 2MB, BOXED w/fan
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 235.01 235.01
323507 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4, P965, Socket-775,
- Firewire, ATX, GbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex16
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 173.01 173.01
315953 OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX 520W
- 120mm Fan, SATA, 20/24pin
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 95 95
312203 Creative SB Audigy 4
- PCI, 7.1,EAX4.0,Dolby Digital EX,Retail
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 69.01 69.01
312292 Creative I-Trigue 3330
- (2.1 Speaker system)
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 66.01 66.01
317721 Saitek PZ31A Pro Gamer Command Unit
- for PC, 20 buttons
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 46.5 46.5
317038 Samsung 19" LCD Syncmaster 940BF TCO-99
- Monitor, DVI-D, D-sub, 2ms
- Surcharges 0 per item will be added. 1 299 299

PogMoThoin

Looks good as it is. Nothin needing to change.

If your budget allows for more the changes i'd make are as follows in this order;
512mb x1900xtx
E6600 core2duo

Edit: go for creative x-fi extreme music, not much more expensive.

superfly

haha just looked at your sig
very similar
i'd like the 512mb version of the card but they only get a few in an they are snapped up whereas the 256 version they have 30 in stock
i'm not going for the 6600 as i don't feel the cost of over 100 euro is worth the jump
yeah i think i'll change the soundcard
do the Zalman coolers make much difference to the sound and temp?
thanks for your help

PogMoThoin

Here, 14 in stock, nice price: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=320626

Good choice. E6400 clocks much higher than the E6600, i think its something bout having smaller cache. It takes less voltage to do higher fsb speeds & therefore temps are lower. Some peeps on xs forums got them up to 4Ghz on air.

Zalman isn't as quiet as you might think, but a lot quieter than most coolers. Great for temps tho.

superfly

its the x1900xt 512mb i was trying for which is better than the 7900gt according to toms hardware comparison chart
have you tried Oblivion with that rig?

PogMoThoin

:rolleyes: Have it installed, but not played it yet. Been 2 busy playin Fear, COD2 & Doom3. Its a whole new world when you can play with everything maxed out. Might give it a go later on.

Drazhar

cheers to Pog for showing me this thread

To Pog and Superfly, what was the total cost of your rigs, including everything (shipping and the like)

PogMoThoin

Mine cost round 2 grand without the gpu, already had that. Had monitor, keyboard, wireless mouse & 5.1 speaker system

superfly

mine is coming in at €2021 with shipping off Komplett
i upped the sound card to the one Pog suggested and upped the PSU to a 600w as i read that that GFX card is a PSU killer
you'll really enjoy Oblivion and i'm sorry now i didnt hold off playing it till i got this new machine

DemonOfTheFall

You really really really don't need a 600watt PSU.

I got a 500watt Seasonic and with E6400 @ 2.8ghz, 2 gigs PC6400, X1900XT, 2 hard drives, 2 burners and an xfi the PSU doesn't even get slightly warm. In fact the fan stays close to minimum speed, I can barely feel any air coming out the back of it and the tiny but that is coming out is cool. I'd say I would have gotten away with a 430watt PSU no problems at all.

ger85

hello there- wonderin if anyone has a spare 20gig or low amount gard drive there not usin- need to get myself a pc toghether for college-- ye right. would be able to throw u a few euro for it. give me a shout.
south west dublin area.