csweatherston
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Hi, starting to build up a new pc (after my psu killed the last one)
heres the spec i was thinking, it will be used for media/gaming...generally everything.
bits i already have:
Thermaltake xaser IV case
liteon dvdrw lightscribe
2x seagate barracude 500gb sata HDD's
2x nvidia 9600gt's (BFG oc'd)
Asus trinton cpu cooler (lga775).
Vista x64 ultimate
bits im about to buy:
coolmaster 850w psu, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132289
cpu, either q9660 or e8500, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950 , http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140428
mem, 2 lots of 4gb crucial ballistix, http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=BL2KIT25664AA80A
mobo, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147805
anything im missing here?... should be a pretty nippy machine i think.
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Russ
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if its for gaming go for the duo not the quad.
you should sell your gfx cards and get a single better card instead
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csweatherston
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such as?... 8800?.. could save a bit on the sli board too.
was thinking the q6600 to futureproof the system tbh.
anythings going to be an upgrade from my e5200 lol.
im using a D940 now 
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Russ
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8800 is ok, i have 8800GTS 512mb, it handles even crysis 1 fine, but you could.. sell gfx cards by a single one, get a p5ke mobo and save yourself £50 there too
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csweatherston
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tbh, i was looking for a long lasting system.
over the next few years isnt sli / xfire supposed to be introduced into more games/ programmes?
before my last system blew, it handled crysis warhead, farcry2,fallout3,mirrors edge all fine....on the highest gfx setting.
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Russ
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if your after future proofing then get core i7, but theres no such thing in all honesty
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Aaron
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Can you still buy P5k MoBo's Russ? My source couldnt get hold of a new one to replace the one i naffed up while doing a BIOS update (  ), so i had to settle for a P5Q
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Russ
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i dunno, i always recommend them but bought mine 12 months ago
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Aaron
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Yeah, great board...i was well narked when i fooked mine
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csweatherston
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i7's a bit pricey at the mo lol.
my last board was a p5n -e.... that was awesome!
serves me right for fitting a cheap psu... it blew my cpu, board, 2memory sticks and 1 hdd
luckily i recovered the hdd data though.
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8800GT is a good card, but the 9600s you have now aren't that different from an 8600. See if you would get enough money for a 9800GTX+ if you sold them. That's a beast of a card.
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FruitBooTeR
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Get a gtx280 very good cards
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csweatherston
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i was just looking at cpu benchmarks online, and the 6600 is over 1000 points higher (unclocked) than the 8500.
ive also heard running sli gfx with a quad core has added benefits, can anyone confirm this?
a lad i work with has a 280gtx....its a lovely card, a slight bit out of my price range though.
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Russ
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im selling bits off my pc if your after a q6600, Seasonic S12 PSU, ASUS p5k-e wifi ap/solo, BFG 8800GTS 512MB superclocked and 2x2gb Corsair XMS2 pc6400  u2u me for price of bits
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by csweatherston
tbh, i was looking for a long lasting system.
over the next few years isnt sli / xfire supposed to be introduced into more games/ programmes?
before my last system blew, it handled crysis warhead, farcry2,fallout3,mirrors edge all fine....on the highest gfx setting.
Quite the opposite. There is even rumours that dual graphics card wont supported in windows 7 (although I cant see it happening).
As mentioned above, you can get a decent single graphics card which will rape the two your looking at.
I currently have a single 9800 GTX OCX2 which will play Crysis at Ultra high (hacked to get beyong the default ultra) without any lag issues and without being overclocked (i do have an Intel Extreme CPU though).
For PSUs I would consider the Corsair modular stuff, its pretty good.
[Edited on 17-02-2009 by Bart]
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csweatherston
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russ, you have u2u.
looks like ill be getting a single gfx card then lol.
my 9600's have served me well.
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