[jackdrew]

i am building a computer and i am wondering if these specs are good for playing the most recent games out and also for the money £561.95 ........Nvidia 8800. Intel® Core® 2 Duo. (6750 (2.66GHz 4MB, 1333FSB) , 750 Watt. Nvidia GForce EN8800GT 512MB Graphics , 80GB Hard Drive , 2048 DDR 2 667 MHz , Xp Home With SP2 & Disc , Sony 18 X DVD Dual Layer Writer , Msi P945P Neo5 Motherboard.. thank you

[mcbee]

I think you need a better motherboard and DDR2 800 memory.

[jackdrew]

any motherboards and ram u recomend

[alex]

Yup, agree with McBee.

Bin the MSI. 945p is a decent chipset but you can do much better for about the same money and it would be a shame considering the cpu and gpu you've spec'd.

I'd be going for an Asus P5k, any model. And Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800mhz.

It'll be a beast of a build then.

Also, 750w for the psu is overkill, save some money (and put it toward a better mobo and ram) by going for a 600w psu. Enermax Liberty 620w would be my choice.

[mcbee]

One of the Asus P5K series depending on your budget, and memory from one of the good brand names. Others will be better able to guide you.

[mcbee]

Sorry Alex we posted together it must be a case of great minds thinking alike!

[jackdrew]

and here is another build idea at £631.57


CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40Ghz, 8MB Cache, 1066Mhz FSB)
CPU Cooler: Standard CPU heatsink & fan
Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (nForce 650i chipset, SLI, Firewire)
Memory: 2.0GB Kingston DDR2 667mhz (2x 1GB)
Hard Drive: 500GB S-ATA2 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NEW! NVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Operating System: None
PSU: 600W
Case: Coolermaster Cavalier 3

[alex]

Originally Posted by jackdrew and here is another build idea at £631.57 CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40Ghz, 8MB Cache, 1066Mhz FSB) CPU Cooler: Standard CPU heatsink & fan Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (nForce 650i chipset, SLI, Firewire) Memory: 2.0GB Kingston DDR2 667mhz (2x 1GB) Hard Drive: 500GB S-ATA2 3.0Gb/s Optical Drive: 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Graphics card: NEW! NVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio Operating System: None PSU: 600W Case: Coolermaster Cavalier 3

I'd be concerned over the stock intel cooler on a quad. Temps approaching 70c are not rare using this, and that's near the thermal shutdown threshold of this cpu.

Tuniq Tower or Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro would be a better option.

You'll suffer using 667mhz ram with that cpu as quads are more bandwidth hungry than dual's. It'll be more noticeable in a gaming build.

Bin the 650i chipset 1) because it's SLI and you're only going single card, and 2) because it's basically lousy.

Rest of the spec looks fine.

[alex]

Originally Posted by mcbee Sorry Alex we posted together it must be a case of great minds thinking alike!

Yup. Unless we're both completely wrong.