Project V1

[purplemonkey]

Afternoon everyone!

I've been after building a PC for a while and finally will be biting the bullet at the beginning of Feb and building a new rig!

I've decided to go for the following:

Coolermaster CM-690 V2 Dominator Black Midi Tower Case with Mesh Top Panel w/o PSU

£58.72

Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel X58, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1066/1333/1600(OC), SAS/SATAII, ATX

£238.61

Intel i7 920, Socket 1366 (B), Nehalem, 2.66GHz, Cache 8MB, Retail

£239.40

Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366RT 120mm heat sink KIT for Intel1366 CPU inc 1600RPM fan

£52.31

896MB XFX GTX 260 Black, 2300MHz GDDR3, GPU 666MHz, 216 Cores, 2xDL DVI-I + Far Cry 2 + FREE voucher

£218.80

6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 8, DHX, EPP

£193.34

520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty

£79.95

500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms

£43.54

Samsung SH-D163B/BEBE Black, 48x CD-ROM 16x DVD-ROM, SATA, OEM £12.02

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1* 64Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD)

£149.44

As i will be buying in around 2 weeks time I'll check the price of the GTX285's before I purchase a GTX260

I can't decide whether to go for:

3gb or 6gb of ram

520W or higher PSU as I might be getting a GTX285 (I'm after as quiet as possible PSU)

Total cost of build is

£1299.88

Does this offer a considerable performance upgrade over my original intention of getting:

Abit IP35 Pro XE

Q6600

XFX 9800GTX+

4gb DDR1066 Ram

Which would only cost £840?

Is the i7 build worth another £500???

 

[Aquarius]

ASUS?

Other option?

 

[purplemonkey]

the other option I was looking at for the i7 was the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5

Why what did you have in mind?

 

[Aquarius]

GIGABYTE advntgs for 24 Gb supprt,ASUS only 12 Gb,of course with some money addtion

 

[Aquarius]

If you not looking for tri way sli ,maybe MSI X58 Platinum is nice choice

 

[purplemonkey]

yea definitely not looking for tri sli but I've heard the Gigabyte and Asus boards are good overclockers... hoping to get a decent OC on the 920

I'm still pondering as to whether now is the right time to pay a £500 premium for an i7 machine vs the Q6600

decision decisions

 

[purplemonkey]

and 24gbs overkill 6 is enough for me I think!!!

 

[TonyG]

V1 ?

 

[Aquarius]

I use Q6600, big step to i7,btw its a good idea,

Q6600 enough for overclocked,i reach 3.2 GHz,with value mb,value ram,and stock cooler,

may it reach 5.5Ghz,if marry with the nice system,

Foxconn Renaissance?

 

[purplemonkey]

V1 as it's aviation themed google Vspeeds or V1

I intend to mod case in keeping with the theme but I'll initially get a CM690 to tide me over

Mmm i looked at Foxconn, i'm going to stick with Asus, Gigabyte or EVGA, most probably one of the first two...

 

[TonyG]

V1 V2 cool idea

 

[purplemonkey]

thanks tony g

hmmm my wallet is thinking i7 but £500 ouch

what PSU do you guys think if I opt for a GTX285?

I'm also think of going watercooled but at a much later date...

 

[TonyG]

Best try one of the PSU calcs online. Why I am interested cos I collect V1 stuff,like books and models.

 

[purplemonkey]

first purchase!!!

4gb ocz reaper 1066mhz!

Can you guess which system im building!!!

I got the ram for a steal at £54.99 delivered from an online retailer!

I'm now just trying to fish out a cheap 9800gt/8800

I've decided to build a cheap system to practice overclocking

 

[Socks]

first purchase!!!

4gb ocz reaper 1066mhz!

Can you guess which system im building!!!

I got the ram for a steal at £54.99 delivered from an online retailer!

I'm now just trying to fish out a cheap 9800gt/8800

I've decided to build a cheap system to practice overeq clockinggt

If you want to get yourself some good parts for cheap fly over to www.watercoolinguk.co.uk and sign up, get posting and then get into the trade section, LOADS of good bargains to be had. will be following this build

 

[purplemonkey]

Here's the first arrival of my very first PC build! My 4gb OCZ Reaper Kit!

The monitor (staying) 2232BW 22" Samsung, it's quite nice (shame about lack of adjustable height) plays the PS3 well which is also hooked up to it

The laptop is a HP DV6599EA (Also staying as it's my mobile office/entertainment centre)

Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 - 2GHz (x2), 800MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache

RAM: 4gb DDR2 (upgraded)

Hard Drive: 160GB SATA 5400rpm

Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800

Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer with LightScribe

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8400M upto 895MB

 

[purplemonkey]

parts have finally arrived!!!

see attached pics

 

[purplemonkey]

Final spec:

Case - Hiper Osiris Black

Mobo - P5Q-E

CPU - Q6600 & ACF7P

Mem - OCZ Reaper 4gb PC2-8500

GPU - XFX 9800GTX+ Black Edition

PSU - HX 520 Corsair

DVD - DRU-V200S Sony DVDRW

HD - Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB

O/S - Vista Ultimate Retail edition (ouch expensive!!!)

Total cost of build ... dread to think will tot it up though

 

[zak4994]

Final spec:

Case - Hiper Osiris Black

Mobo - P5Q-E

CPU - Q6600 & ACF7P

Mem - OCZ Reaper 4gb PC2-8500

GPU - XFX 9800GTX+ Black Edition

PSU - HX 520 Corsair

DVD - DRU-V200S Sony DVDRW

HD - Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB

O/S - Vista Ultimate Retail edition (ouch expensive!!!)

Total cost of build ... dread to think will tot it up though

The gun metal version looks nicer.

 

[purplemonkey]

zak thanks bud but went for black!

like the all black look rather than grey with black mesh as it is on the gun metal version!