willay
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hey 
I need to spec up a new PC, I'm after the following:
Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Graphics card
Fast DVDRW/CDRW drive
200-300GB hard disk
Case
I've been out of the hardware game for a year or two so I'm after a little advice about what socket/CPU type to be going for these days. What clock speeds are the norm these days? I was looking at AMD (Intel isn't an option sorry folks!) and I was seeing dual core 3Ghz chips going for pretty cheap?
Memory, is DDR2 still the type to go? Whats the normal amount now? Can get 4GB of branded memory pretty cheap by the looks of things?
Graphics card - is it still about the PCI-E interface? Whats standard memory size and whats the suck me fuck me size now?
Motherboards - I'm normally good with this one, had good experience with Asus and Gigabyte, who do you suggest and why? I'd be looking to spend a decent wedge on the motherboard (a must imo)
Hard disks - going for SATA300 with a moderate amount of disk space (massive amounts not needed yet?)
Come on chaps, lets see what you've got  
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by willay]
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John
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Why is intel not an option willay, much better chips atm.
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Dom
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quote:
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Why is intel not an option willay, much better chips atm.
As john said, Intels are well and truely in the lead at the moment - plus you can have the Q6600 for £118 inc Del which easily sees 3.6GHz on air and around 4GHz on water  
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willay
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Intel Vs AMD isnt up to discussion here, they want an AMD chip so let them have it. 
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willay
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infact fuck it, I'd rather know why AMD is so poor this time round? is it performance or is it cost?
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John
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Performance and cost, they perform much better and are cheap as chips.
Better value for money, better performance per watt.
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willay
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quad core too right? (The one dom mentioned)
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John
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The one dom did is yip, cost me more than that for my dual core at the start of the year.
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willay
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yeah only £100 odd for the chip! thats nice... just convincing my mate to go Intel, it will be on my head if it goes tits 
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I've got a pack of 4GB OCZ Reaper RAM for sale for £60
Goes for £85 on Ebuyer. If you're interested
Edit - Brand new by the way
[Edited on 07-07-2008 by Aaron]
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Russ
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q6600
p5k-e or ip35 dark raider
9800gts
any branded 2x2gb ddr2 pc6400
HDD - seagate or WD and you cant go wrong
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sluts
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Dom
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look on Hexus.net forum under current bargins, some bloke on ebay was selling loads of Q6600 for £115 inc del. - a few people got them, said they were the legit!
I just bought -
Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro XE
4GB Crucial Ballistix
BFG 8800GT
Corsair PSU
And Raided 2x Seagate 160GB
The things awesome, spent around 600-700 but can't complain it works a treat!
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The Q6600 is old hat now.
I have the Q6700 replacement - the Q9450 - it kicks MY arse.
The Q6600 is a good budget quad core though, price is nice and low now. As is the Q6700. It used to knock around £300 notes, now its about £160 (last time i checked)
I recommend a Striker 2 Formula mobo too.
I have a BFG 8800 GTS 512MB OC graphics card, and would recommend that also.
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LOL you know fuck all, q6700 is better how? find me one reputable review site that would recomend it over the q6600 and i'll give you a spoon
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willay
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regardling the q6600, I can see two of them some 95w thingy and another one which is about £20 dearer?
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quote:
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regardling the q6600, I can see two of them some 95w thingy and another one which is about £20 dearer?
You're after the 95W SLACR G0 Stepping version as it's a better overclocker than the B3 Stepping version, get a retail version as that gives you 3years warranty rather than the 1year with OEM.
But the Q6600 is only worth it really if you plan to overclock it and if it's for playing games (rather than video editing, music work, graphics etc) then you might be better going with a dual core rather than a quad core as it's slightly better performing.
EDIT - Overclockers.co.uk are doing it for £119 (exc Del.) which isn't too bad, but like i say, guy on ebay is doing them for £115 inc del which is a bargin!
[Edited on 10-07-2008 by Dom]
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willay
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currently looking at the nforce 7 chipsets for the motherboards, can anyone vouch for any which have been good to them???
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Ok, the aim of this PC is to just go on to the Internet and use oldish games now, with the view to upgrading in the future when funds are different or there is a craving for new games etc. I've put on a good motherboard, good processor, then went for average spec memory, cheapo graphics card (will do the trick!), the cheapest hard disk (still cracking value) and a reasonable case and PSU
In theory this will mean if he wants to play decent games, he can purchase 4GB ram, a decent graphics card then perhaps O/C the CPU
Thoughts please.
***** draft spec *****
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
OcUK GeForce 8800 GS 384MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS)
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Enermax Pro 82+ 525W EPR525AWT ATX2.3 Silent PSU
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by willay]
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looks fine to me mate
top notch. he'll only need pc6400 ram, and try and scrape the pennies for a hd4870
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willay
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hd4870?
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Russ
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146429
monster gfx for bargain price.
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willay
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Only downside with the mobo is that it isnt SLI, its got that queer ATI stuff... but I dunno if hes ever going to go down the dual graphics card route.
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or http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=838515 if you prefer those stickers
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very few really use sli, plus the new ati cards are great, if hes loaded, the 4870x2 has 2 gpu's adn will blow any nvidia card out the water, even there dual gpu offerings
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