My New PC Build

[Socks]

Hey bud,

Just a thought, if you wait a couple of weeks (3 maybe 4) i'll have an E6300 for sale, i havent abused this one like my old one so its in tip top condition.

Good little cpu too. only asking £30 with P&P.

 

[kojo88]

thanks for all the help guys, I'll keep the set-up a mystery for now and let you know how it all goes, will probably publish proper project log or something! and will do all the benchmarks i can so we have facts and figure to go buy, although your opinions are very helpful!

 

[FarFarAway]

Good job mate. Looks like you're all sorted C2D ftw tbh

 

[kojo88]

ooh my case arrived this morning, its actually quite nice!!! its definately big enough for what i'm putting in it! also i managed to get a motherboard/processor/memory bundle and I also have some spare memory so I'm going for 3gb atm! Managed to pimp some old disk drives with a little spray paint, they will go nicely with the case and assuming the other bits arrive in next 24 hours I may have a PC by Sunday night as I work weekends

 

[kojo88]

Its Built

Hi Guys my new pc is now built and the photos will be uploaded over the next few days!

Basic Spec

Nvidia 8500GT 512mb

AMD ATHLON X2 6000+

250gb Sata HDD

20gb IDE-Sata HDD(for installation of linux)

DVD-RW

CD-RW

470W Thermaltake PSU

2Gb Ram (3GB tomorrow)

XP Pro

 

[Hassan]

Did u get that bundle by any chance from CCL Online and what Motherboard did u get?

 

[kojo88]

my bundle was from komplett and the mobo is a gigabyte sli capable s-series

 

[Hassan]

I've seen the bundle. Seems good, but as for the motherboard I aint that sure as I am not that familiar with Gigabyte products apart from their cases - heard they are good

 

[ionicle]

Hi Guys my new pc is now built and the photos will be uploaded over the next few days!

Basic Spec

Nvidia 8500GT 512mb

AMD ATHLON X2 6000+

250gb Sata HDD

20gb IDE-Sata HDD(for installation of linux)

DVD-RW

CD-RW

470W Thermaltake PSU

2Gb Ram (3GB tomorrow)

XP Pro

good choise on spec's, glad to see you went AMD

my bundle was from komplett and the mobo is a gigabyte sli capable s-series

I've seen the bundle. Seems good, but as for the motherboard I aint that sure as I am not that familiar with Gigabyte products apart from their cases - heard they are good

Gigabyte used to be really popular and up there with DFI and asus on the performance side, infact, i believe they still are with their DS3 & 4 range for LGA 775

their boards are usually good quality, and really quite stable, having owned one for socket A a while back

 

[Hassan]

Pictures please!!!

 

[Pat123]

Yeh i have a Gigabyte board, the P35-DS4 its an LGA-775 board, rock solid for me, not a single problem with it.. im sure yours will do you just fine (Y).. seems and nice system.

I think its been said before but if you fancy upgrading anything your going to need a better PSU..

And when you say you sprayed your HDD's did you make sure to keep the breathing hole clear... My friend forgot to do this and ending up busting his Hdd.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

Bit late, but i find this so fun. If i was you i'd have: 2gb ram add £25 for 4gb. Has a v cheap psu. Similar to the one in my computer now and still working fine v stable. And a HD3850 gfx card all within budget.

Enjoy. P.s. your amd build will be a scorcher. My first build was an amd 3700 single core. Was awesome.

 

[AdamR79]

dont think i'd be putting a 3850 in there, far better nvidia cards out there, for less!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

 

[cl0ck_ed]

dont think i'd be putting a 3850 in there, far better nvidia cards out there, for less!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

What card would you put in for £80?

 

[AdamR79]

sorry didnt mean for less,

but i'd be spending £10 more and getting far better oomph in a 8800GTS

 

[kendo]

Don't want to blow your budget, but you do have a spare molex to 4pin atx adaptor as I think you'll need the 20+4 on that psu for the 24 pin atx on the mb?