Proposed new build - comments/advice please!

CapedCrusader

Hi folks,

Could you please comment on my proposed budget gaming system?

The total comes to €565.58. For around the same total money, what would you chage for overall gaming performance?

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Tray 6144Kb, LGA775, 64bit
€ 127,36 €
GFX:
Club3D 8800GT, 512MB, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT, PCI-Express
€127,73 €
Mobo:
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R ,Intel P35, ATX, PCI-Express
€ 87,94 €
RAM:
2048MB Aeneon X-TuneKit CL4, PC6400
€ 63,94
DVD RW:
LG GH20N bare schwarz
€ 25,61 €
HD:
Samsung HD252HJ, 250GB, 16MB
€ 35,85 €
Case/PSU:
Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt
€ 97,15 €

partyatmygaff

im sure I and many others wouild agree

this is a better system

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Tray, 8192Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Kentsfield

ready for dispatch 137,92 €
MOBO:Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L ,Intel P31, ATX, PCI-Express

ready for dispatch 47,03 €
Cooler:Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Sockel 775

ready for dispatch 13,27 €
Ram: 4096MB-Kit GEIL Value PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL5

ready for dispatch 69,61 €
case: Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt

ready for dispatch 97,15 €
GFX: Club3D HD4850 512MB, ATI Radeon HD4850, PCI-Express

ready for dispatch from 2008-07-10 138,15 €
HDD WD Caviar SE16 500GB SATA II 16MB

ready for dispatch from 2008-07-10 54,69 €
DVD-RWSamsung SH-S203D bulk schwarz

ready for dispatch from 2008-07-11 19,98 €
Sum: 577,80 €


Oh yeah your spec does not have a cooler for tyhat tray processor so that is the price difference

a far superior system!

CapedCrusader

Thanks a million for the feedback.

So the performance gain is mainly coming from the upgraded processor?

The RAM was actually 4GB in my oiginal spec - I forgot to say 2x - the price was correct for 4GB though.

CapedCrusader

So tell me... why P31 mobo instead of P35?

partyatmygaff

cheaper
Normally i'd recommend the P35 since it has Raid and Sli and supports the new 45nm cpus

But i wanted to stay under budget
if you want to be truely future proof, change the p31 for a p35

CapedCrusader

So why this

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Tray, 8192Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Kentsfield

Instead of this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Tray 6144Kb, LGA775, 64bit

What are the arguments in terms of gaming performance? There's nothing between them in price really.

Cheers

shrapnel222

CapedCrusader wrote: »

So why this

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Tray, 8192Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Kentsfield

Instead of this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Tray 6144Kb, LGA775, 64bit

What are the arguments in terms of gaming performance? There's nothing between them in price really.

Cheers

i'm looking to upgrade at the minute, and from asking the same question, this is what i understood. The E8400 is going to give you better gaming straight off the bat but the quad 6600 is going to be a lot more future proof as developpers start to use its capabilities more and more

CapedCrusader

Thanks a million shrapnel - that's really helpful.

Think I'll go for the the 8400 Core Duo.

turly

I'd consider spending a few bob extra and getting a 750GB Samsung F1 drive, AFAIK HWV has them for around 67 euro now...

Plus those EP35-DS3* or EP35-DS4* mobos all work very well indeed as a Hackintosh if you're into that kind of thing.