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02-05-2007, 09:56 AM
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Another First Build
Hello im just about to order my parts in the next few days and would appreciate any help and suggestions
the pc will be used for mainly gameing,dvds,internet entertainment system really CASE: Antec nine hundred gaming case 200mm fan - £69.98 or Antec p180 black - £103.31 (favouring the 900 at mo) PSU: OCZ GameXstream 700w 120mm fan atx 12v v2.2 -£99.86 PROCESSOR: Intel core 2 duo e6600 - £191.47 MOB: Asus P5b Deluxe wifi ap lga775 core 2 duo - £132.59 HARD DRIVE: Seagate 400gb 7200.10 drive sata 2 7200 rpm 16 mb cache -£104.60(might be the oem price) GRAPHICS CARD: hmm either the 8800 GTS OR GTX not sure is the gtx worth the extra and im getting a bit confused with all the diffirent versions of these ie BFG XFX RAM: Corsair xms2 6400 2gb £151.62 MONITOR: not sure open to suggestions lcd and at least 20" CD/DVD/ROM/WRITERS: not sure any suggestions looking forward to some input 
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02-05-2007, 01:12 PM
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look for SATA optical drives, i think lite-on is recommended frequently here, but i dont have one so cant really say. apparently there are problems with the 3rd party ide controller on the p5b's and may cause problems with ide opticals.
WRT your vid card, alot of people here have been suggesting a 7xxx series card until the dust settles on dx10 and more cards are available. unless you have lots of money its not a bad idea as the 8800s are 4x the cost of 7600GT cards after rebates. |
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02-05-2007, 02:29 PM
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If not into overclocking, the Corsair Value Select DDR2 667 is the best choice.
For opticals in IDE, Lite-On is the choice. If you want to go SATA, not sure what is avaiable in GB. HD: go with OEM, motherboard will have the SATA cables.
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02-05-2007, 02:51 PM
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I got a Samsung WriteMaster SH-S183A that didn't work which has prevented the PC from working. It was SATA and some of my specs are similar so perhaps it was an isolated case but another user had the same issue. Could be one to avoid.
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02-05-2007, 04:06 PM
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We generally recommend that you avoid Samsung hard drives and optical drives. They make great monitors but some of their other products leave something to be desired.
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