Pc Overhaul.... Need advice

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Pc Overhaul.... Need advice

Postby Celtman » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:30 am

Hi,

Im going to be completly re-building my PC soon, everything except the case and GPU is being replaced. Not usre what to get though :(

These are the current specs:

Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe (Socket 939)
AMD X2 3800+ OC'd @2.5Ghz
1Gb PC3200 DDR RAM
160Gb 7200RPM Maxtor HDD
BFG OC'd nVidia 640Mb 8800GTS GPU
550W PSU


Thinking on upgrading to this:

Asus P5N-E SLi (Don't need SLi, any better boards for the money?) -
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=329410

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (after 22nd, how much will these be in the UK?) -
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=330169

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2 2048Mb -
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=312054

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM -
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=320711

Not sure on a PSU yet, need on that will cover all this fine, and be suitable for some CPU OC'ing




Please offer suggestion / improvements. My budget is around
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Re: Pc Overhaul.... Need advice

Postby HugoCampos » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:20 am

All the components you indicated sound great. If you can afford the CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR memory modules, the system would be even better.
Intel Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz cooled w/ Zalman 9700
4GB G. Skill DDRII @ 800Mhz
512Mb AMD/ATI HD2900XT
Creative Audigy 2 ZX
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
FSX Deluxe version + Acceleration
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Re: Pc Overhaul.... Need advice

Postby ctjoyce » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Hugo, the only difference between the TWINX and the Dominators are the heat sinks. Other than that, they are the same sticks, the only reason to go with them is overclocking and even then the TWINX do just fine.

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