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Overkill-GB · 03-30-2008, 06:48 PM

Hello,

Heres my latest plans for my new PC.

Came to around £800.00

Graphics card isn't definite am going to wait for 9800GT card hopefully by EVGA when it finally comes out.

Anyway tell me what you think, this is my first time build but I am having a little help with a friend just so I dont mess things up

Thanks guys.

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Aluminium Case With Window No PSU
Liteon DH-20A1S-18C 20x DVDRW SATA Black with Nero
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA II 7200rpm 32Mb Cache 11ms 300Mb/s
Corsair XMS6400 4GB DDR2 (2x2GB) 800Mhz Non-ECC
Asus Maximus Formula x38 1333FSB Socket 775 DDR2 1066 Support SATA Raid GBLan
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Intel Quad Core Q6600 95Watt G0 Stepping (This is the one that Overclocks) 4 x 2.40Ghz 8Mb Cache 1066 FSB Quad Core Processor

**Alaron** · 03-30-2008, 06:58 PM

Looks like a great list to me.

Khalil · 03-30-2008, 07:43 PM

Very nice hardware indeed. It will give you superb computing.

Dave21 · 03-30-2008, 07:51 PM

If you do go with the 8800gts, go with evga.

shadowpr · 03-31-2008, 07:27 AM

Agreed. It looks good.

Katreat · 03-31-2008, 09:07 AM

Looks good. Be sure to read the reviews on that case. I used one once for a build and it seemed a bit cramped. Nice case, just was a bit smaller than my current cases and you should make sure it will fit whatever video card you end up with. It was a few years ago and I was not installing a very large video card so I am not sayiing it will not fit, just that the case seems a bit smaller than most.

Kat

Masaki 7-11 · 03-31-2008, 09:12 AM

If you are overclocking make sure you get a good aftermarket cooler for the CPU. Thermalright has some very good coolers, Zalman also has some very good coolers but are harder to install, and you can find a good baseline for an aftermarket cooler in the form of the Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Overkill-GB · 04-01-2008, 05:28 PM

Thanks guys for your wise words, have you got any ideas when the 9800GT will arrive to be available at ebuyer.com or novatech.co.uk?

TY

03-30-2008, 06:48 PM	#1
Overkill-GB Member (8 bit) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom Posts: 167	Ideas for new first time build. Hello, Heres my latest plans for my new PC. Came to around £800.00 Graphics card isn't definite am going to wait for 9800GT card hopefully by EVGA when it finally comes out. Anyway tell me what you think, this is my first time build but I am having a little help with a friend just so I dont mess things up Thanks guys. Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Aluminium Case With Window No PSU Liteon DH-20A1S-18C 20x DVDRW SATA Black with Nero ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card - Retail Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA II 7200rpm 32Mb Cache 11ms 300Mb/s Corsair XMS6400 4GB DDR2 (2x2GB) 800Mhz Non-ECC Asus Maximus Formula x38 1333FSB Socket 775 DDR2 1066 Support SATA Raid GBLan Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU Intel Quad Core Q6600 95Watt G0 Stepping (This is the one that Overclocks) 4 x 2.40Ghz 8Mb Cache 1066 FSB Quad Core Processor Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 \| 4GB of RAM (2x2GB) Corsair XMS2 Dominator \| nVidia BFG 9800GTX+ OC 512MB 760MHz \| Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64-Bit SP1 \| Corsair 620W HX Modular \| ViewSonic VX2260 2ms 20,000:1 \| Logitech G51 155RMS \| Roccat Kone \| Roccat Valo -Soon- \| Seagate 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache \| ASUSTeK Maximus II Formula P45 Republic Of Gamers Edition \| LiteON 20x \| Antec Nine Hundred \|

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03-31-2008, 09:07 AM	#6
Katreat Member (11 bit) Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,044	Looks good. Be sure to read the reviews on that case. I used one once for a build and it seemed a bit cramped. Nice case, just was a bit smaller than my current cases and you should make sure it will fit whatever video card you end up with. It was a few years ago and I was not installing a very large video card so I am not sayiing it will not fit, just that the case seems a bit smaller than most. Kat Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ ANTEC 900 / ASUS P5K / C2D E6750 / SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6750 1 GB/ CORSAIR 620 HX / CORSAIR XMS 4GB DDR2 800 / SEAGATE 320 GB / LITE-ON 20X DVD BURNER / WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL / LOGITECH MX 518 MOUSE / SAITEK ECLIPSE KEYBOARD / ACER 22” WS LCD

03-31-2008, 09:12 AM	#7
Masaki 7-11 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,358	If you are overclocking make sure you get a good aftermarket cooler for the CPU. Thermalright has some very good coolers, Zalman also has some very good coolers but are harder to install, and you can find a good baseline for an aftermarket cooler in the form of the Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Core i7 2600K @ 4.2GHz \| Corsair H100 w/ Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Med. Flow & AC MX4 \| 4 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800 \| HIS 1GB HD6870/ HIS IceQ X Turbo 1GB CF \| Asus P67 Sabertooth \| OCZ Vertex 3, WD Velociraptor 150GB & Seagate 1.5TB in Tt iCage \| LG 22X DVD+/-RW \| D-Link DWA-556 \| Corsair TX 750W \| Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 \| Windows 7 HP 64-Bit \| LG Flatron L246WH-BN 3D Mark11: P8491\| 3D Mark Vantage: P30840\| 3D Mark06: 29912

04-01-2008, 05:28 PM	#8
Overkill-GB Member (8 bit) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom Posts: 167	Thanks guys for your wise words, have you got any ideas when the 9800GT will arrive to be available at ebuyer.com or novatech.co.uk? TY Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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