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Adie

Hi. Im planning on building a new PC - havent built one for a while and a
bit out the loop on what's current.

Want the PC for games and general stuff like watching movies and listening
to odd bit of music. Want it last a few years (3+) and be easy on the
maintenance/driver front.

Really would like it to be quiet as possible and be able to O'clock to
scrounge some life out of it later.

Does this kit stack up?


Core 2 Duo E6700 2.67ghz - Skt775 Fsb1066 4mb Cache Boxed In 112703 115
in stock £274.83 £274.83

Corsair 2GB DDR2 8500 (1066 MHz), 2x128Mx64, non-ECC, 2x240 DIMM,
unbuffered, 5-5-5-15, 64Mx8 DRAMs, E.P.P. Technology, matched pair, with
Heat Spreader, Lifetime Warranty 111440 3 in stock £238.85 £238.85

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe SKT 775 dual-core Core2Duo Conroe ready Crossfire
8channel audio ATX 113951 19 in stock £113.49 £113.49

Antec P180 EU Aluminium Super Miditower - No PSU 091721 69 in stock
£69.73 £69.73

WD Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache - OEM 106232 550 in
stock £122.99 £122.99

Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE (Black) - OEM
105824 196 in stock £17.79 £17.79

Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU SLI/CrossFire Certified - Blue 098564 108
in stock £55.13 £55.13

Samsung SyncMaster 205BW 20" 6ms 700:1 (1680 X 1050) HDTV Ready DVI input
with HDCP support Silver TFT Monitor 3 Years Warranty 114798 43 in stock
£249.99 £249.99

Microsoft OEM Windows XP Pro SP2B (Release 2) x32bit - 1PK 114053 422 in
stock £74.58 £74.58

Cart Total: £1217.38
 
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unclefrank24

your kit seems to be well above fine. the e6600 core 2 is far and away
the best performance affordable cpu on the planet and will blow
anything else away. I would scale up the power supply slightly to
just over 600W to handle future upgrades on graphics cards. What is
your graphics card going to be (no point in great CPU if using
onboard). for this system you are looking at a (radeon x1950)x 2 in
crossfire mode or just go all out for the latest nvidia 8800 if you
plan to play the best games, if not then a 7800gt should do. oh and the
entry level Xfi sound card should bring your tunes to life

good luck.
 
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unclefrank24

oh and if you are planning on running windows vista later on then you
will need to eventually look to direct x 10 graphics cards and the 8800
should cover it (around £400)
 
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Adie

your kit seems to be well above fine. the e6600 core 2 is far and away
the best performance affordable cpu on the planet and will blow
anything else away. I would scale up the power supply slightly to
just over 600W to handle future upgrades on graphics cards. What is
your graphics card going to be (no point in great CPU if using
onboard). for this system you are looking at a (radeon x1950)x 2 in
crossfire mode or just go all out for the latest nvidia 8800 if you
plan to play the best games, if not then a 7800gt should do. oh and the
entry level Xfi sound card should bring your tunes to life

good luck.
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Cheers Uncle Frank. Are any of these graphics cards silent - or at least
considerate of noise?

My last PC sounded like a Chinnook taking off.
 
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Dave

your kit seems to be well above fine. the e6600 core 2 is far and away
the best performance affordable cpu on the planet and will blow
anything else away. I would scale up the power supply slightly to
just over 600W to handle future upgrades on graphics cards.
Click to expand...

Also, I've read that the hiper brand is good EXCEPT for the modular ones.
Apparently they aren't grounded correctly. Swap over to an enermax liberty
620, and then all should be fine. -Dave
 
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