[ferret00]

hello i am new to upgrading so be gentle this is my first upgrade and i am building a computer for games, movies general internet use my budget is 500 english pounds. The system will be overclocked by a friend heres what i am thinking so far
Intel core 2 duo E6700
innorvision geforce 8800gts 320 or a x1950pro ultimate 256mb
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz
ive already got hardrive and cd/dvd rw but need a new case any recommendations i would like the system to be quiet
do i need anthing else
please help many thanks

[alex]

Originally Posted by ferret00

hello i am new to upgrading so be gentle this is my first upgrade and i am building a computer for games, movies general internet use my budget is 500 english pounds. The system will be overclocked by a friend heres what i am thinking so far
Intel core 2 duo E6700
innorvision geforce 8800gts 320 or a x1950pro ultimate 256mb
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz
ive already got hardrive and cd/dvd rw but need a new case any recommendations i would like the system to be quiet
do i need anthing else
please help many thanks

For someone stating you're new to upgrading that is an exceedingly well spec'd system Ferret.

If oc'ing though i'd be going for an E6600 and a P5B-Deluxe (non-wifi) mobo, better voltages for overclocking. Better bang for buck with the E6600 combined with the Asus. The P5B has also shot down in price since the release of Asus' new revisions in the P5K series with Intel's new P35 chipset.

You'll also see a higher oc combined with lower temps with the Asus board more than likely. Especially if you combine these two with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro for the cpu hsf.

Very good choices on the cards. Personally I'd be going for the 8800GTS. If you're gaming above 1280x1024 though you might want to look at the 640mb version. If your friend is going to oc the card as well you may as well save some more money and go for a vanilla version rather than a factory oc'd version as you'll save some money on the purchase price. You can't overclock the stream processors yet, but even just oc'ing the gpu and ram should see a few percent improvement in games.

The X1950 is in no way a bad card but if you're oc'ing you don't want any bottlenecks. Plus they can tend to run loud and hot, hsf dependent.

You also might want to get some Arctic Silver 5 T.I.M for heat movement between the cpu and hsf. Cost's about a fiver.

For a case, and a rather cheap one at that I'd be going for the Antec 900. Very good case for the money and the case fans do run quiet. Mind you, any case you get you could just swap out the case fans, or mount them with the rubber screws you can buy separately. Could even Get a Cubed Big NG fan controller, awesome piece of kit. But a tad expensive for what it is.

[ferret00]

cheers for the quick reply have you got a link where i could buy the motherboard. what is a vanilla version?
and again thankyou

[alex]

Originally Posted by ferret00

cheers for the quick reply have you got a link where i could buy the motherboard. what is a vanilla version?
and again thankyou

Motherboard Here

By 'vanilla' when referring to the card I mean that the gpu, ram and stream shaders are set at the default reference speeds and not overclocked. Asus, XFX etc charge a premium for card's that have been pre-overclocked.

What psu?

[ferret00]

thankyou once again heres what i think so far
Processor £139 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=112706
Motherboard £59 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113965
RAM £76 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=116755
Case £29 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105235
Graphics Card £182 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=125325
CPU Cooler £16 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105994
psu http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/90613
what do you think

[ferret00]

thankyou here is my shopping list
Processor £139 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=112706
Motherboard £59 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113965
RAM £76 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=116755
Case £29 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105235
Graphics Card £182 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=125325
CPU Cooler £16 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105994
psu http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127861/rb/0
what do you think

[alex]

Originally Posted by ferret00

thankyou here is my shopping list
Processor £139 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=112706
Motherboard £59 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113965
RAM £76 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=116755
Case £29 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105235
Graphics Card £182 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=125325
CPU Cooler £16 : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=105994
psu http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127861/rb/0
what do you think

It all looks good Ferret.

Although the cpu cooler link takes me to an extended warranty.