i use four 80gig hdd's 7200rpm in a 2x2 striped raid ? 1 stripe for the system OS (vista X64) and 1 for game installs.

you dont need super fast mem unless you going to overclock by miles , i have a E6600 2.4ghzx2 running overclocked at 3.2ghz with crucial ballistix tracer 800 ram 4x1gb the CPU FSB is set at 1422 with the ram set 712 with ram at 800 i could set FSB at 1600 which would give me cpu 3.6ghz, but i dont think the 680i chipset likes it , current desktop temp = 40c, in game max i've seen so far 58c.

i use an Asus striker extreme mobo with a XFX 8800GTX XT graphic gard with the above cpu and ram.

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we live to die so why not do it online and get used to it !!.

did you order your parts yet?

here what i would buy if i was building a pc right now.

the cpu you wanted is not worth the extra when a q6600 will do the same.you could even get an e8400 that will do the same in games as not many programs will use 4 cores(mainly video apps)

ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP iP35 - 112.84

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142854


Nvidia 8800GTX - 219.87

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130449


Corsair HX Series 620W - 8545

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941


Q6600 G0 - 149.97

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823


150gig raptor - 129.94

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/110777


CRUCIAL BALLISTIX 4gig - 82.22

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.p ... =MY-090-CR


Antec P182 - 81.04

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126946


thermalright ultra 120 - around 30/40


£901.33

also you dont need that much power from your cpu,the one i chose will run the above spec and would easy run an sli system to.

Thanks Flatline.

No i havn't bought the parts yet. Still waiting for the CPU to be released. They're saying tomorrow but we will see. Im in no rush atm. Cos im on shifts. finish tomorrow though.

I had a look at yer stuff, Think i will go with the q9450.

Will read some about the ram as the Gskill and Corsair are around the same prices.

Not going to go for the raptor anymore. Everyone says they never even noticed the difference. so what the point.

GFX card ill do some reading about. As the GT's are cheaper even though the GTX's only give an extra 5% fps. :S not really sure its worth it.

Ill have a read about the motherboard tomorrow. As i liked the one i picked above cos its simple, nothing added to it. Dont need on board sound and all that as i have a sound card. But will see.

And finally, the PSU thing everyone has been telling me. there round about the same price the 2 PSU's whats wrong with having a bit more power. For later upgrades? :S

Or is the corsair just that excelentttteeee


Thanks.

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get crucial ballistix...end of

the cpu you want is a waste of money when you can have one that does the same thing for loads less.

the thing about psu's is that you want a proven top quality psu thats not gonna take you parts out if it blows.ill find the psu ranking board for ya so you can take a look

are you planning on overclocking at all? or running benhmarks?

take a read through that post if ya get chance

Crucial Ballistix was the ram i was going to go for but it was more when i was looking at it. Recently dropped?

Well i'v been posting on the overclockers forums alot and they have all said for the q9450. Its only about 50more. (price on overclockers is the preorder price.) It runs cool and has better cache. Do you have the Q6600? Or you planning to upgrade to it?

Right noted on the PSU, but i was just cooling at something about 700+ seeing as the GFX need over 600? But i suppose 620 is over 600

I will get a good investagation sometime. Thanks for the advise flatty.
You'll regret it when i take yer arse in COD4

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i have a q6600 go that oc's to 3.2 without changing any volts stays cool but im on h2o,even with the ultra 120 they stay really cool when oc'd.

i have a similar system to the one i quoted bar the mobo and 2gig less ram,the psu is more than enough and thats with 5 120mm fans and 2 h20 pumps.ppl run rigs like mine on the 520hx because they are top quality.

i would keep the raptor to as they are the pwn,windows boots real fast and games load quicker to

browse around here while you choose your parts as ppl are always asking what to buy.

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/

Well, in the end i got.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Running it at stock atm.
Zalman CNPS9500-AT CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) - Read reviews and this and the crucial were excelent. This was slightly cheaper.
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case (Gun Metal Black)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache and i bought a 300gb one a few weeks before.

Also running this with my 2 x 22" Iiyama monitors, dell keyboard, G7 and Creative megaworks speakers.

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how much did it set you back?

and when are you getting cod4 so i can pwn you ?

and let me know how the board overclocks as im after a new one but dont think ill have enough for a p5k premium

Think it was around 850ish, bought Vista the other day. Not had problems with it yet

Gonna get COD4 on Saturday most likely. If i cant get through to tesco (i live in a small town, cba getting it off the net) ill purchess it off steam.

So sunday probably.

Well when i finally read up about oc properly i will let you no then

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