new pc?

[Focus Owner]

ideas?
links are in order of the view in the list
any better parts you can see just say

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=6624

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=10613

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=7180

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=14318

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=14253

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=19760

 

[soap_dodger]

Don't run all that on the PSU you will get with the Case. Get a corsair 520.

 

[Focus Owner]

understood

 

[ScoobyChris]

What's the PC going to be used for and what OS are you gonna be running on it?

Chris

 

[Focus Owner]

gonna by vista to see what its like

games mainly

the plan is to speed up map compiling mates duel core does it twice as fast as my PC

 

[ScoobyChris]

Not sure the gfx card will be up to gaming - there's a thread from the last few days with some alternative recommendations....

Rest of the spec looks fine though

Chris

 

[Focus Owner]

Gp card will be sure i think at mo the 6600 is fine ish cost was another thing
mate surgests diffrent ram

 

[soap_dodger]

Get 2Gb ram for Vista at least!

8600 Series will do Counter Strike etc ok at low settings.

 

[ChrisUK]

nVidia are crap. Pay a bit more and get a Radeon HD 3850-3870 which will knock the crap out of a 8600 Geforce.

 

[Focus Owner]

soapy have a closer look at the picture

 

[Stu DemonD]

2GB of RAM indeed

 

[Focus Owner]

Get 2Gb ram for Vista at least!

8600 Series will do Counter Strike etc ok at low settings.

6600 has being doing cs:s on quite high settings for ages
taking your psu tip tho

 

[BigglesPiP]

clocking?

 

[Focus Owner]

nope

just runs / did (cheers steam)
getting a diffrent set up now tho

need a link for a part just aask
prob gonna order this tonight once bro looks over the set up

 

[Focus Owner]

this is latest at mo

 

[soap_dodger]

Looks alright to me.

 

[jug]

GFX card isnt great, 8600GT is only a 128bit interface, which really isnt good enough any more.

the first 8600GT you chose with 256MB is actually better than the second you chose with 512MB since the first had GDDR3 ram instead of GDDR2.

8600 range is pretty crap, the 8800 range is A LOT better. if you want to play games its important to get the right card, the 8800GT would be a much better choice, its twice as good as the 8600GT.

the 9600GT in your second spec is a good card.

 

[Focus Owner]

little bit topo pricey i only try to spend less than 70 quid on gp cards

 

[Stu DemonD]

I am probably getting the HD 3870X2 as my next card

 

[Focus Owner]

lucky you (what ever that is)