New PC build,

[chris-red]

Right my motherboard has bittern the dust (well the raid controller has).


I had been wanting to upgrade to an i7 for a while so this is the perfect excuse.


Currently it Have a q6600 G0 stepping 2.4ghz - running at 3.2ghz under water.
4x1gb DDR2 800mhz

4x500gb western digital cavalier black in RAID 1+0 (well not any more)

8800GTS 640mb

Thermaltake Kandalf case

2x 22in HP monitors

Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Inspire T7700 7.1 speakers



On the to buy list

i7 930 2.8ghz (should be good for 4ghz+ under water)
3X2gb DDR3 1600mhz, Corsair XMS?
Motherboard - (looking at Asus P6X58D-E)
Sata Blu-Ray Drive
PCI Wifi Card

In future another 8800GTS to SLI with.

I'm also going to spray the inside of my Case as it doesn't have a finsh on it and considering how many windows it as it make it look crappy.

This thread is for any suggestions and to document the build. Hopefully will be ready by next week for Starcraft 2 which I have been waiting 12 years for

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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[RussG]

Your 8800GTS will be the only bottleneck, but they're pretty cheap now so running two should be a good stop gap until you buy something more beasty. But that just depends on what you want to play
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[chris-red]

[RussG]

Your current system is almost exact spec of mine

Don't use it enough to warrant upgrading it.

Russ's system
CPU: Q6600 G0 SLACR
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E/wifi a-p
RAM: 2x2GB CorsairXMS DDR2-800mhz
Storage: 2x500GB Seagate
Graphics card(s): BFG 8800GTS 512MB O/C
PSU: Seasonic S12
Case: Coolermaster Blackwidow
OS: Windows 7 RTM
Monitor(s): Hyundai N91W 19" 1400x900
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Geek, father, biker

[chris-red]

[Frost]

What do you plan to do with it? If it's a gaming rig you will be better off with 1 good card than 2 alright ones.

i7's are awesome, but i'd be tempted by DDR3

[chris-red]

[Frost]

Ah sorry, i thought that DDR3 was still only an AMD thing, clearly that changed a while ago

[chris-red]

I started tonight, I ripped all the old parts out the parts should be arriving Saturday, with any luck it should be running Saturday evening which is my birthday!


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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[Casper]

If those parts that got chucked in a tub are going a begging i need a HDD to finish a computer for a skint friend and is that a USB card reader? I need one that reads XD cards.

[chris-red]

[Casper]

Cheers Chris. As my old Gran once said "If you dont ask you dont get"

[chris-red]

KEY: Warehouse1 Warehouse2 Warehouse3 Warehouse4
Qty Product Description QuickFind Status Delivery Cost (ex VAT) Line cost
1 x Intel i7 930 2.8GHz Socket 1366 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor 193596 Pick in Progress Track £194.21 £194.21
1 x Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards 152641 Pick in Progress Track £131.47 £131.47
1 x Asus P6X58D-E X58 Socket 1366 Gigabit Lan Tripple PCI-E 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 219007 Pick in Progress Track £126.53 £126.53
2 x Akasa Cable management kit - AK-TK-01 150414 Pick in Progress Track £3.86 £7.72
1 x Samsung SH-B083L 8x Blu-Ray player with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA - OEM Black 221349 Pick in Progress Track £42.54 £42.54
1 x D-Link RangeBooster DWA547 Wireless-N PCI Network Adapter 119362 Pick in Progress Track £27.41 £27.41
2 x 12" Blue Dual Cold Cathode Kit 51686 Pick in Progress Track £2.54 £5.08
3 x Bitspower Smartcoil Antikink Coil UV Reactive Acid Green For 8-10mm Hose 180415 Pick in Progress Track £1.80 £5.40
1 x Samsung SH-S223 22X DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA - OEM Black 145450 Pick in Progress Track £12.75 £12.75






I want new tubing for my WC system but there wasn't any in Stock so it maybe have to wait for a while, also I'm unsure as to whether my old waterblock will fit the new processor.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[chris-red]

It all arrived today

Bad news my Waterblock doesn't fit, I thought it might have but no, I have ordered another one and some new tubing which should be here tuesday which Strangely is the day SC2 comes out.

I could put it together with the stock cooler but it needs access to the rear of the Mobo to fit the Watercooling. so there is no point. As I would have to take it all apart again.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[chris-red]