1st build?

dazftw

Ok so I have a job now until 5th january(christmas staff).. but now I "might" be getting kept on im not sure a good few people are leaving..Anyway if I do ill be saving for and building my 1st pc If I dont ill have to find another job to get the money lol :rolleyes:

I hoping to spend around 1500ish for the pc itself and then buy monitor separate not sure what to go for there quite yet.. Maybe a nice dell one?

Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black, Brushed : €179.95
XION Powersupply ATX 500W Retail SLI, LxWxH mm(163x150x85) Blue LED, 20+4 pin : € 85.00
Asus P5B, P965, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, 6xSATAII, PCI-Ex16 : € 141.00
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED w/fan : € 330.02
Crucial DDR2 PC5300 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched DDR2 PC5300 1024MB CL5 : € 246.01
Gainward GeForce 7950GT 512MB,1,4ns DDR3 ,PCI-Express, "BP7950GT-512-TV-DD" : € 312.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM : € 99.95
NEC DVD±recorder AD-5170 IDE Black OEM DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer) : € 36.00
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2b English OEM : € 98.00

All that comes to €1527.93Excluding VAT!

All from Komplett!

Im going to wait and see what the price changes are with the new 8800's if they go cheaper ill get one...

Does that look ok? or is that any incompatibilities? I think its ok!? Could I go cheaper? Anything I could change?

I will be using it for mainly games(battlefield2 counter-strike source half-life 2 and maybe some new games...) and then just plain internet, msn and stuf.. not important but i said id throw it in there haha!

Right so opinions? :rolleyes:

matdabomb

psu go for seasonic or ocz or tangan.

everthing else is fine.

Anti

You are throwing your money away with the case and psu.

As mat said go for ocz tagan or seasonic for the power supply. no need for anything over 500W. As you can run a 8800gtx sli setpu on 450W.

The ram you have is a very bad choice. you need 6400 not 5300. The board is a okay choice. but personally id get a 680i or the aw9 max from abit.

Also for the money your spending on the 320gb hdd, you could get 2x250gb samsung spinpoints for a small bit more.

Also change the 7950 for a x1950pro. Make sure you get the 512mb version.


But if you havent got the cash to buy now. This thread is pointless. As in 3 months all of the hardware will change. AMD will have out its 4x4. ati will have dx10 cards out.

challengemaster

8900gtx vs a r600.. that'll be good

but anyway, all the intels prices are dropping in jan/feb. that 6600 will be about 220 probably.

dazftw

8800GTS 640mb(485) or 7950GT 512MB (312)?

Battlefield 2 Counter-strike Source and Half-Life 2 and the other ones that come out....

Wont be playing many other games tbh!

Should I save and go for 7950 512mb? or maybe wait and see if the prices drop..?

I wana get the best value for money!

awhir

8800GTS for vista and futreproof

dazftw

Reckon it will get cheaper in the next couple of months?

BadCharlie

DeafVision wrote:

Reckon it will get cheaper in the next couple of months?

Yes