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MSI P965 Platinum, P965, Socket-775 Firewire,SATAII,ATX,GbLAN,DDR2,PCI-Ex16
Â£100 Yup

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz Socket LGA775, 2MB, BOXED w/fan
Â£125.01 As RD said, at least 2 GHz

Crucial DDR2 Tenth Anniversary PC5300, 2048MB Kit w/two matched DDR2 667mhz
Â£175 Get faster stuff if you can

OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX/EPS 600W, 120mm Fan, SATA, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin
Â£85 NOOOES! Get an Antec

XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit
Â£325.01 8800GTX is outperformed by the X1950XTX significantly, so I cant see the GTS doing that well for the price. I know DX10 and all that...

IIyama 22" ProLite E2200WS-B1 Widescreen Monitor, Black, DVI-D, D-sub, 5ms
Â£265 mmmm iiyama

Total: Â£1075.02

what moniter you got now? get a 8800gtx, hehe thats what im getting, ram iv found doesnt matter on speed, the core duos even run awesome on ddr400, i dont know why but in games the fps drops by about 1 with ddr1 ram!

im getting the 8800gtx and a e6600 (clocking that to 3ghz), not sure on mobo yet, and keeping my old bits

no i wont

Scorched 1 v 0 RD :twisted:

lol sorry i apoligise :wink:

hehe, and to be fair, the asrock aint evem tpp shabby loose 11fps on bf2142 with the setup im getting running at 1600x1200! so for the sake of Â£150 on better ram and Â£100 on a mobo im quite happy to lose 11 fps.

Author:	Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:56 pm ]
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What do you think? I will have about Â£1000 to spend on a PC by the middle of next month and have come up with the following. I have cut back on the motherboard and Processor and intend to overclock it up to around the 2.5Ghz mark ( dont really have to go stupid) and intend to get the cut down 8800GTS and cant see myself forking out another Â£300+ to go SLI. I amazingly have enough dosh left over to afford a 22" widescreen monitor (I know there not the best but pretty are good value for money). I have been putting off buying something for a while now and am thinking now is as good a time as any. No I wont have to money for the Quad cores when they come out and I cant see myself needing that power regularly. It is either this or a laptop and a xbox 3660 MSI P965 Platinum, P965, Socket-775 Firewire,SATAII,ATX,GbLAN,DDR2,PCI-Ex16 Â£100 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz Socket LGA775, 2MB, BOXED w/fan Â£125.01 Crucial DDR2 Tenth Anniversary PC5300, 2048MB Kit w/two matched DDR2 667mhz Â£175 OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX/EPS 600W, 120mm Fan, SATA, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin Â£85 XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit Â£325.01 IIyama 22" ProLite E2200WS-B1 Widescreen Monitor, Black, DVI-D, D-sub, 5ms Â£265 Total: Â£1075.02

Author:	=VTA= Muncan [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:02 pm ]
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Thats looks like a sweet buy, i'm looking into buying a 8800, Good Luck with your build

Author:	simon [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:36 pm ]
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The main problem for me at the moment, is finding a Graphics card and a power supply, I've been told that Earnemax and Antec are good, but what do you guys say about OCZ? I do want to look into overclocking an E6400 but doubt I'll bother overclocking the graphics card unless it's BS (most likely the 7950GT or if I can stretch it... an 8800GT S/X, let see what Santa brings. )

Author:	Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:01 pm ]
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Hmm only downside to that set up is the E6300..could limit it in the near future... If you can stretch to it...and this will probably mean cutting back on something else...Get the E6600. Fantastic CPU.. But saying that... I would like an Xbox 3600

Author:	elbow=GCHQ= [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:02 pm ]
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Sleeper Service=GCHQ= wrote: MSI P965 Platinum, P965, Socket-775 Firewire,SATAII,ATX,GbLAN,DDR2,PCI-Ex16 Â£100 Yup Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz Socket LGA775, 2MB, BOXED w/fan Â£125.01 As RD said, at least 2 GHz Crucial DDR2 Tenth Anniversary PC5300, 2048MB Kit w/two matched DDR2 667mhz Â£175 Get faster stuff if you can OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX/EPS 600W, 120mm Fan, SATA, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin Â£85 NOOOES! Get an Antec XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit Â£325.01 8800GTX is outperformed by the X1950XTX significantly, so I cant see the GTS doing that well for the price. I know DX10 and all that... IIyama 22" ProLite E2200WS-B1 Widescreen Monitor, Black, DVI-D, D-sub, 5ms Â£265 mmmm iiyama Total: Â£1075.02

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Author:	elbow=GCHQ= [ Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:14 am ]
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xtx is about Â£70 cheaper....but in terms of performance... htttp://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=606&model2=585&chart=199 touche

Author:	=VTA= Muncan [ Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:54 am ]
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May i reccomend This Its a great card, just ordered one myself Just if you wanted to go a bit cheaper on the graphics card for a more expensive proccessor.

Author:	Dan [ Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:02 am ]
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Seasonic for the win

Author:	Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:16 am ]
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what moniter you got now? get a 8800gtx, hehe thats what im getting, ram iv found doesnt matter on speed, the core duos even run awesome on ddr400, i dont know why but in games the fps drops by about 1 with ddr1 ram! im getting the 8800gtx and a e6600 (clocking that to 3ghz), not sure on mobo yet, and keeping my old bits

Author:	Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:51 pm ]
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Scorchedbee =GCHQ= wrote: what moniter you got now? get a 8800gtx, hehe thats what im getting, ram iv found doesnt matter on speed, the core duos even run awesome on ddr400, i dont know why but in games the fps drops by about 1 with ddr1 ram! im getting the 8800gtx and a e6600 (clocking that to 3ghz), not sure on mobo yet, and keeping my old bits You'll need new RAM...DDR2..

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Author:	Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:18 pm ]
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Bilbo advice taken but you are wrong about the 1950XTX. Granted they are simliar at lower resolutions but they scale a lot better and the XTX costs about the same as a 8800GTS. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/980/ I know about the Power supply, I will probably get one of the new seasonic ones. theyve got nice modualr cables and all Ill be able to get the cpu up to 2.5Ghz so performance shouldn't be too much of a problem. Tomshardware has a thing on overclocking the cheaper core 2 chips and the lower cache doesnt hurt too much generally. I can use my zalman cooler I presently have (It came with a s775 mounting kit) so colling shouldnt be a prob http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/10/10/cheap_thrills_uk/ The crucials are good enough, im not going to be pushing any FSB overclocking limits and they are reasonably priced compared to the faster[/url]