Ok so my budget is around £750, can't go over £800, rather it was a couple of tenners below.
The thing is my Mums friends son is in the computer business( can't remember what he does, it's a wide field) and he is confident he can save me a good deal of cash compared to me going to say Ebuyer - Cheap Computers, Laptops, Digital Cameras, TVs & more! or something. I'm guessing he can get in touch with the factories that supply these online stores or that he knows of spare stock somewhere. I don't care about the specifics really but I'm keeping the build a little general in case he can't find specific items i want, although he's looked at my build and thinks he can get the stuff fine.
Ok on to the build...
PROCESSOR
Q6600, nothing to say here
MOTHERBOARD
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard. I have been told this supports DDR2 as well as DDR3, if not PLEASE TELL ME
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R Intel P35: This one is £4 more, it does say DDR2 and 3, the other doesn't say... does the above support DDR2 or just this one?
RAM
not being way brand specific but 2x2gb sticks of DDR2 800mhz, get a name brand, 4-4-4-12 timings hopefully.
GPU
ATI radeon HD4870, if he can't get it for under £170, probably a 4850 although in the end i'll probably spend more to get the 4870.
HARD DRIVE
seagate 500mb SATA2 hard drive, 32mb cache
OPTICAL DRIVE
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
POWER SUPPLY
Corsair 520w HX modular power supply
CPU COOLER
Artic Freezer pro 7. I know there's better but i'll only OC to like 3ghz, no extreme for me.:happy:
SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI)
CASE
NZXT tempest case, looks like it has tons of huge fans!
OS
Vista home premium 64bit
Ok so that's it. Just tell me if i'm on the right track basically. If you recommend something else please explain why it's a better choice.:happy:
The thing is my Mums friends son is in the computer business( can't remember what he does, it's a wide field) and he is confident he can save me a good deal of cash compared to me going to say Ebuyer - Cheap Computers, Laptops, Digital Cameras, TVs & more! or something. I'm guessing he can get in touch with the factories that supply these online stores or that he knows of spare stock somewhere. I don't care about the specifics really but I'm keeping the build a little general in case he can't find specific items i want, although he's looked at my build and thinks he can get the stuff fine.
Ok on to the build...
PROCESSOR
Q6600, nothing to say here
MOTHERBOARD
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard. I have been told this supports DDR2 as well as DDR3, if not PLEASE TELL ME
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R Intel P35: This one is £4 more, it does say DDR2 and 3, the other doesn't say... does the above support DDR2 or just this one?
RAM
not being way brand specific but 2x2gb sticks of DDR2 800mhz, get a name brand, 4-4-4-12 timings hopefully.
GPU
ATI radeon HD4870, if he can't get it for under £170, probably a 4850 although in the end i'll probably spend more to get the 4870.
HARD DRIVE
seagate 500mb SATA2 hard drive, 32mb cache
OPTICAL DRIVE
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
POWER SUPPLY
Corsair 520w HX modular power supply
CPU COOLER
Artic Freezer pro 7. I know there's better but i'll only OC to like 3ghz, no extreme for me.:happy:
SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI)
CASE
NZXT tempest case, looks like it has tons of huge fans!
OS
Vista home premium 64bit
Ok so that's it. Just tell me if i'm on the right track basically. If you recommend something else please explain why it's a better choice.:happy: