New System (Suggestions)

Cabaal

Right I'm going about putting together specs for a new system, so far this is what I got

I'm trying to keep my budget around 1600e
http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.asp?mode=receive&si=261258&su=FA7F50AA-3257-4070-B605-CFD7339F261B

Any suggestions?

HungryJoey

Ok 1st of all.. Why have you picked such expensive RAM ? Are you planning on Over clocking. If not but you want to OC nicely, Not Extreme i Taking some cheaper RAM. 2nd of all.. You ahve decided to buy an SLI Motherboard... Would it not be better to buy 2 x 6600GT's in stead.

Let me take a look..

What about this :

http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.asp?mode=edit&ShoppingListId=261268

Or

http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.asp?mode=edit&ShoppingListId=261269

Cabaal

I get
Edit Shopping List
Access denied.


when I try acess both your links

HungryJoey

Try this : http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.asp?mode=edit&ShoppingListId=261268

Cabaal

HungryJoey wrote:

Try this : http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.asp?mode=edit&ShoppingListId=261268

Same error,
I've changed the Ram to http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=309659

As for the PSU I'll have a look around OCuk

HungryJoey

Well Fortron PSU's are fine. They do the job very well.

As regards the RAM.. U will not Need 2GB. It will slow your system down.
1GB is the most you'd want and this is what i Recomend :

2 Sticks or this : http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=301858&cks=PRL

That stuff is crazy...Should do you well

And i have picked in my list that doesn't work, 2 x 6600 GT's ( Club 3D PCI express ) 185 each ....

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 512KB, BOXED w/fan
275.00 275.00

Club3D GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express, VGA, DVI, Tv-Out, Retail
184.00 368.00

Cooler Master Wave Master Silver Aluminium (Without PSU)
177.00 177.00

Fortron/Source Powersupply ATX 400W rev2 120mm, SATA Special Edition, 24pin
65.00 65.00

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM NCQ
135.00 135.00

2 x Crucial PC3200 BallistiX DDR 512MB CL2 Non-parity, 2.8V, 64Meg x 64, 184pin
95.00 ( 192 / 2 )

IIyama 19" ProLite E481S-B TCO-99 Monitor, Black, 8ms, DVI-D (NEW!!)
409.00 409.00

MSI K8N SLI Platinum, nForce4 SLI, ATX Socket-939,4xSATA2,GbLAN,Firew,PCI-Ex16
164.00

Jammer

dont buy graphics card now, the new gen will be out soon. So prices of the 6XXX's will go down.

Cabaal

HungryJoey wrote:

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM NCQ
135.00 135.00

After FOUR Hitachi/IBM 60GB Deathstars dieing on me I will never buy anything made by them again

HungryJoey

Cabaal wrote:

After FOUR Hitachi/IBM 60GB Deathstars dieing on me I will never buy anything made by them again

:eek: That Suck's. I have never had or heard ony of them Hitachi's die Before. Anyway... Well the HDD isnt too important so get what ever 1 you want But i gotta say them Deskstar by Hitachi are amazing HDD's... Im getting another soon

Ans as said above, wait for next gen GFX cards... Next gen card's will be expensive and 185 quid for a 6600GT is pretty dam cheap ATM. But its up to you if you want to wait. MAbe 1 x 6800GT would be good for the long run but i know a single 6600GT plays everygame out there perfectly.

Oh also... They sell 6800Gt's for 249 Euro now on http://jes.de Which is VERY cheap, IF thats any intrest to you.

Gone West

your 4 drives, were they bought together? If so, they may have been part of a faulty batch. I have to say that any IBM/hitachi drives I've ever had never gave problems.

DemonOfTheFall

Why oh why would you buy 2 x 6600GT ??????????????

The whole point of SLI is so that you can upgrade in the future. Buy one 6800GT, itll be just as fast (much faster in a lot of things) and youll be able to upgrade a lot more easily in the future.

angelofdeath

hungryjoey when posting links to komplett make sure to log out, i think thats why you get that edit shopping list page, also as said you'll be far better off with one 6800gt than two 6600's

Cabaal

FuzzyLogic wrote:

your 4 drives, were they bought together? If so, they may have been part of a faulty batch. I have to say that any IBM/hitachi drives I've ever had never gave problems.

Nope, 2 drives bought together...both failed
Both replacements failed also

I wouldn't mind but they had drive coolers, at the timeit was a known issue with most of the Deathstar series of drives

ressem

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

Why oh why would you buy 2 x 6600GT ??????????????

The whole point of SLI is so that you can upgrade in the future. Buy one 6800GT, itll be just as fast (much faster in a lot of things) and youll be able to upgrade a lot more easily in the future.

Early tests show that you need EXACT copies to do Nvidia SLI. Same BIOS versions and everything.
"
But don't forget that if you have a 6600GT, 6800GT or a 6800 Ultra card that you need to get exactly the same brand and the card with the same BIOS. This may be very hard to do in six to eight months' time.
"
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24009


"NVIDIA's SLI falls down here because it demands an absolutely identical second card."
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050602/ati_crossfire-07.html#update

Buy the 6800, leave SLI/Crossfire to the early adopters in this generation of mobo.

Ciaran500

Between me and my brother we had 5 Deskstars die. One is still going strong in my Xbox.

HungryJoey

Well i would like a 6600GT SLI Setup but go for a 6800GT then or X800XL as you 1st suggsted. Fair bit of choice out there.

And as far as Hitachi Deskstar's... I think there amazing, Suxx to hear so many died but first i have heard.