building my own pc [Archive]

komae

July 4th, 2008, 12:14 AM

Im currently about to build my own pc and heres the spec:

motherboard: Asus Striker 2 formula SLi intel - £220

psu: 1000w icute modular atx quad vga power supply - £100

Ram: ddr2 4gb - £120

hard drive: oem 3.5in sata 2 hard drive 1tb - £150

operation system: microsoft windows vista ultimate 64 bit - £150

optical drive: LG super multi blu-ray and hd dvd-rom with rewriter - £90

cpu: intel core 2-quad q9300 - £230

graphics card: Nvidia geforce 8800gt 512mb peice - £180

case: Zalman gt900 z-machine black - £205

total: £1595

Tell me what you guys think and if i can change anything for something better but ive only got £1600 to make one.

GuitarrassDeAmor

July 4th, 2008, 12:19 AM

Change video card to 4850 or 4870. Change motherboard to x48 Asus board.

komae

July 4th, 2008, 12:22 AM

Change video card to 4850 or 4870. Change motherboard to x48 Asus board.

why?????????????????????????????????????

Judgegeo

July 4th, 2008, 12:27 AM

joeold

July 4th, 2008, 12:31 AM

I agree with the 4870/4850 swap. what site are you going to be shipping from?

komae

July 4th, 2008, 12:31 AM

Spend the money on something worthwhile.

like??????????????????????

komae

July 4th, 2008, 12:33 AM

I agree with the 4870/4850 swap. what site are you going to be shipping from?

www.maplins.co.uk, this is where its coming from.

jaewest304

July 4th, 2008, 12:35 AM

Sounds all good to me as well. maybe swap the video card for the higher resolution.

GuitarrassDeAmor

July 4th, 2008, 12:39 AM

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komae

July 4th, 2008, 12:47 AM

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jeez i only asked why, the nerve of some people....

joeold

July 4th, 2008, 12:55 AM

Yeah if you really want to get a good gaming rig right now. Yeah the ATI cards are it. Why do you want a blu-ray/hd dvd burner?
you should try http://www.scan.co.uk/

GuitarrassDeAmor

July 4th, 2008, 12:59 AM

jeez i only asked why, the nerve of some people....
The nerve of some people? Come in here typing and talking like an idiot will get you idiot responses.

komae

July 4th, 2008, 01:03 AM

Yeah if you really want to get a good gaming rig right now. Yeah the ATI cards are it. Why do you want a blu-ray/hd dvd burner?
you should try http://www.scan.co.uk/

maybe cos i wanna play blu-ray discs

GuitarrassDeAmor

July 4th, 2008, 01:07 AM

Nobody help this guy anymore. If you are going to sit there and be sarcastic with stupid *** responses, go somewhere else.

joeold

July 4th, 2008, 01:20 AM

Quick little build not including any extra fans or operating system

Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6, S775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 800/1066/1200, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX 173.89

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.5 GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB L2 Cache, Retail 173.65

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 54.57

Antec 900 - Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case with 200m Top Fan w/o PSU 72.84

850W Silverstone OP850 PSU Quad PCI-E, SATA 134.04

512MB Sapphire HD 4850, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 1986MHz GDDR3, GPU 625MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DL DVI/HDTV 128.02

1000 GB Maxtor STM31000340AS DiamondMax 22, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ 97.21

LG GH-20NS15 20xDVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM, 15.26

Recipe7

July 4th, 2008, 06:33 AM

1. You probably can save a few bucks on the power supply, 750 should be sufficient for what you have so far.

2. A Q6600 overclocked would do you just as well as a Q9300.

3. Should try and get an ATI 4870, they perform much better than the 8800gt for the same price (or around the same price).

Womble

July 4th, 2008, 11:07 AM

If im correct i read in another thread that some guy just bought a 4870 for £170 so i would go for that man, it's cheaper and from the benchmarks it performs better.

komae

July 4th, 2008, 01:23 PM

The nerve of some people? Come in here typing and talking like an idiot will get you idiot responses.

i said 'why????????????????????' to fill the 25 character requirment so there was no need for your silly reply, as for the sarcasm if people didnt ask such silly questions with obvious answers i wouldnt need to, if someone asks me why i want a blu-ray drive its obviously so i can watch blu-ray discs...

Thanks to everyone else for there feedback. :D

tmacfan4321

July 4th, 2008, 01:41 PM

i said 'why????????????????????' to fill the 25 character requirment so there was no need for your silly reply,Your posts were much more silly than his. If you leave an incoherent post, expect an incoherent response. The 25 Word rule is there for a reason, and it is not for putting "why????????????????????" so you don't have to put together an actual response.

komae

July 4th, 2008, 01:44 PM

Your posts were much more silly than his. If you leave an incoherent post, expect an incoherent response. The 25 Word rule is there for a reason, and it is not for putting "why????????????????????" so you don't have to put together an actual response.

how else would i ask why? 'im writing all this bs to ask you why because of the 25 character limit'... umm no thanks.

smiggy

July 4th, 2008, 03:27 PM

you could have said something like "why should i go with that card over the one i chose?" its not hard to write 5 words.

and he 1000w PSU is abit overkill, do what recipe suggested

Goldy14

July 7th, 2008, 10:38 PM

Do not start building your own computer until you have maxiumum knowledge of what you are doing.

Plus if you do the job bad you will either be able to sell it for pennys or you will not be able to sell it at all.

GuitarrassDeAmor

July 7th, 2008, 11:25 PM

Goldy, you don't know what you are talking about. It only takes looking at the directions, and not even that for most to build a PC....if he does a bad job he can only sell it to pennies....yeah sure.

NoMercy666

July 8th, 2008, 04:03 AM

Spend the money on something worthwhile.
This is worth the money! I want that, it's a pretty nice computer.

Duff-MaN_

July 8th, 2008, 09:18 PM

iBUILD™ AMD Gaming PC Performance,
CoolerMaster Elite 334 Case,
Corsair HX750W PSU,
ASUS M3N-HD HDMI,
AMD Phenom™ 9850 Quad-Core 2.5GHz 4MB L2+L3 Cache Socket AM2+,
Coolermaster Hyper TX2 Fan,
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz,
250GB 7200RPM SATA II,
Samsung SH-S203 20x DVD RW LightScribe Black SATA,
2 x nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB in SLi mode,
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium (64-bit),
22" Widescreen TFT 1680x1050 2m/s Monitor,
Keyboard and optical mouse with Desktop Speakers,
Built-in audio,
2 Years Return to Base inc. 2 Years Free Collect & Return Parts & Labour
£1,018.85
Sorry for hijacking the thread, is this a good deal i have absolutely no idea:)
thanks for any help
edit: forgot to mention its from Powerc
(http://www.powerc.com/uk/gp/home/1//pg/pc.main?gclid=CN3t1JmCsZQCFQeVMAodlEpwtw)anyone used them before?

jv17

July 15th, 2008, 01:45 PM

you got the top of the line pc..i love your set up though

rodolfoksp

July 21st, 2008, 08:57 PM

Wait for the new processors q9400 i guess much better coming really soon

Lemonade727

July 25th, 2008, 05:34 AM

Joeold posted a nice build. I agree with going the 4850/4870 route for the GPU.

OP, you can really save a bunch of money if you cut back on the PSU and case. If you only go single card then you can get away with a good 450-500W PSU with your configuration. Also, I think that case might be a bit overkill as well. I know cases are one of the luxury "preference" items when building a computer, but for function/price you can definitely snag something better.