Spec me some bits bitches

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 4th, 2008, 9:25

Rebuilding comp cos it's shit

I need:

A motherboard
A graphics card
Processor
RAM

I will post my current specs later if needed

CHARS!!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 4th, 2008, 9:26

As i'm a lazy cupcake.

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14074

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 4th, 2008, 9:55

This man knows ^

I think a couple of people have given these builds a go and been pretty happy. Which will come first though, bits or broadband?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 4th, 2008, 10:01

Dog Pants wrote:I think a couple of people have given these builds a go and been pretty happy.

I'd be interested to know who's built one and if it asploded in their faces

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 4th, 2008, 10:05

How much money is always a good start

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 4th, 2008, 10:22

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:As i'm a lazy berk.

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14074

I also am lazy, didn't even search

As for money, not really a problem, looking to be spending £600 ish

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 4th, 2008, 10:34

Anery wrote:As for money, not really a problem

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=744

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 4th, 2008, 10:40

Oh god, my eyes!

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 4th, 2008, 11:03

Good grief - if you get that then it's certainly not money that is your problem. All that, and only 300GB of storage, no monitor and 2GB of RAM.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 4th, 2008, 11:06

Bloody hell, the paintjob runs £450

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 4th, 2008, 11:34

mrbobbins wrote:
http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=744

OMGWTFBBQ!
THAT kind of money is a problem, that's half a deposit on a house!
Not buying a new system, though that did make me /drool, just bits to upgrade mine.

**EDIT**

Just been looking through overclockers. This is what I have decided upon, what do you think? there must be some glaring error that I have missed...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MB-138-AB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =CP-210-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-059-BG

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MY-090-CR

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 4th, 2008, 17:17

That q6600 is a waste of money imo. A normal non 'pro' version will oc to 3ghz per core without any troubles.

If you get an evga 8800, then you might luck out on the upgrade program they run and be in line to buy a 9xxx series card. If your not bothered then the bfg offers very good bang for buck, it's very close to gtx speeds and plenty cheaper.

The mobo is nice but are you going to be oc'ing all the time? If not you don't need to buy a mobo like that. If you want the whole 45nm thing then the x38 boards at overclockers are all crossfire and you are getting an nvidia gpu so you might want to look for an sli version of a x38 chipset mobo (if they exist, I'm not sure) in case you want to get another gts.

Related note, if you're going to oc then that ram needs to be faster, if not then it's a good choice.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » March 4th, 2008, 20:37

Hmmm, overclocking, there's something I'd not considered doing to this machine yet...

The Incredible... · Post by **The Incredible...** » March 4th, 2008, 20:51

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
I'd be interested to know who's built one and if it asploded in their faces

i built the 'fast' one, in a antect 900 case with an enermax liberty 500psu and a evga 8800gts and its the nuts

runs crysis at high just about and runs unreal 07 with everything full without batting an eyelid

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 5th, 2008, 2:32

HereComesPete wrote:That q6600 is a waste of money imo. A normal non 'pro' version will oc to 3ghz per core without any troubles.

looks like they've fucked with stuff recently. just get a G0 SLACR.

I also wouldn't worry that much about the ram, I run ram at 800mhz and cpu at 3ghz with no issues.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 5th, 2008, 8:40

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I also wouldn't worry that much about the ram, I run ram at 800mhz and cpu at 3ghz with no issues.

This

2.4Ghz Duo @ 3.4Ghz with 800Mhz RAM

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 5th, 2008, 10:02

Made some modifications to my order

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =CP-192-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MB-131-AB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... 11&subcat=

How does it look now?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 5th, 2008, 10:19

Personally, I'd still take the Q6600 (as you'll easily get 3ghz from it) just not the verified overclocker one.

and avoid that soundcard like it has aids and wants you to lick its seeping boils - it'll be little better than onboard.

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 5th, 2008, 10:55

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:avoid that soundcard like it has aids and wants you to lick its seeping boils - it'll be little better than onboard.

At a bit of a loss for a sound card, they either seem to be cheap or expensive, I have an old sound blaster in my machine at the moment but Fista doesn't like it. What do you recommend?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 5th, 2008, 10:57

XP, I imagine.