Dear All,
The time has come for me to buy a mooosive PC for gaming. Thanks to previous posts on and around this subject i reckon yoyotech is my chosen complany to purchase from (unless a majority have terrible things to say about them).
I reckon i'll be going for customised Viper III:
Antec Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case- no PSU
Corsair 750W TX Series Powersupply (not much extra cash for the extra power in case of future upgrades).
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache CPU - Retail - G0 Stepping
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler Intel Celeron (Skt 775)
Patriot 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800Mhz Extreme Performance Memory (or should i stick to Corsair?)
Samsung 500GB HD501LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Hard Disk Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition (well, we'll all have to bite the bullet eventually)
So, so my problem with motherboards, the options are:
Abit IP35-E Intel P35, Dual DDR2, Sokcet 775, 7.1 Audio, PCI-E, SATA 2, ATX Motherboard
Abit IP35 Intel P35, Dual DDR2, Sokcet 775, 7.1 Audio, PCI-E, SATA 2, ATX Motherboard [+£14]
MSI P35 Platinum Socket 775, DDR2, SAT2, ATX Motherboard [+£33.03]
Asus Commando Socket 775 P965 DDR2 3X PCI-E Vista Ready Motherboard [+£36.12]
Asus P5N32E-SLI 680i 1066FSB Socket 775 Dual DDR2 PCI-E SATA2 DUAL GLAN USB2.0 Motherboard [+£56.11]
XFX MB-N680-ISH Socket 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard [+£56.56]
Abit IX38 QuadGT Socket 775, Dual DDR2, SATA Raid, IEEE 1394, HD 7.1, Vista HW Ready Motherboard [+£72.24]
Asus Striker Extreme Socket 775 680i QUAD Core Ready DDR2 3X PCI-E Vista Premium Ready Motherboard [+£90.14]
Abit IN9 32X-MAX Nvidia® NF680i SLI Triple PCI-E, DDR2, DUAL GLAN, HDMI, 1394, WiFi Module, 5-phase Digital PWM Motherboard [+£98.64]
Now, firstly, is the default board a good one? Or is it worth the cash to go for the Asus P5N32E or even up to Abit IX38 (vista ready)? They all seem to have the same number of USB, PCI... all i want is something with decent on-board audio that won't compromise the graphics cards/processors without costing too much (i'm trying to keep the total under £1000 inc VAT but minus perhiperals).
The next bit i'm a bit stuck with... i want one of the 8800GTX cards, choices are:
MSI 8800GTX 768MB DDR3, Dual DVI, Overclocked Memory, Graphics Card [+£80.41]
Asus EN8800GTX/HTDP/768M 8800GTX 768MB DDR3, Dual DVI Graphics Card [+£83.6]
XFX GeForce 8800GTX XT 768MB SLI HDCP Enabled Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics [+£125.4]
So two at about £80 extra and one at £125 extra! The Asus is the one i'm drawn towards at the moment , perhaps because it comes with ghost recon game and i can't really tell the difference between them!
So, if you've read this far then thank you very much, your comments/help will be appreciated!
TB
The time has come for me to buy a mooosive PC for gaming. Thanks to previous posts on and around this subject i reckon yoyotech is my chosen complany to purchase from (unless a majority have terrible things to say about them).
I reckon i'll be going for customised Viper III:
Antec Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case- no PSU
Corsair 750W TX Series Powersupply (not much extra cash for the extra power in case of future upgrades).
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache CPU - Retail - G0 Stepping
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler Intel Celeron (Skt 775)
Patriot 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800Mhz Extreme Performance Memory (or should i stick to Corsair?)
Samsung 500GB HD501LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Hard Disk Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition (well, we'll all have to bite the bullet eventually)
So, so my problem with motherboards, the options are:
Abit IP35-E Intel P35, Dual DDR2, Sokcet 775, 7.1 Audio, PCI-E, SATA 2, ATX Motherboard
Abit IP35 Intel P35, Dual DDR2, Sokcet 775, 7.1 Audio, PCI-E, SATA 2, ATX Motherboard [+£14]
MSI P35 Platinum Socket 775, DDR2, SAT2, ATX Motherboard [+£33.03]
Asus Commando Socket 775 P965 DDR2 3X PCI-E Vista Ready Motherboard [+£36.12]
Asus P5N32E-SLI 680i 1066FSB Socket 775 Dual DDR2 PCI-E SATA2 DUAL GLAN USB2.0 Motherboard [+£56.11]
XFX MB-N680-ISH Socket 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard [+£56.56]
Abit IX38 QuadGT Socket 775, Dual DDR2, SATA Raid, IEEE 1394, HD 7.1, Vista HW Ready Motherboard [+£72.24]
Asus Striker Extreme Socket 775 680i QUAD Core Ready DDR2 3X PCI-E Vista Premium Ready Motherboard [+£90.14]
Abit IN9 32X-MAX Nvidia® NF680i SLI Triple PCI-E, DDR2, DUAL GLAN, HDMI, 1394, WiFi Module, 5-phase Digital PWM Motherboard [+£98.64]
Now, firstly, is the default board a good one? Or is it worth the cash to go for the Asus P5N32E or even up to Abit IX38 (vista ready)? They all seem to have the same number of USB, PCI... all i want is something with decent on-board audio that won't compromise the graphics cards/processors without costing too much (i'm trying to keep the total under £1000 inc VAT but minus perhiperals).
The next bit i'm a bit stuck with... i want one of the 8800GTX cards, choices are:
MSI 8800GTX 768MB DDR3, Dual DVI, Overclocked Memory, Graphics Card [+£80.41]
Asus EN8800GTX/HTDP/768M 8800GTX 768MB DDR3, Dual DVI Graphics Card [+£83.6]
XFX GeForce 8800GTX XT 768MB SLI HDCP Enabled Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics [+£125.4]
So two at about £80 extra and one at £125 extra! The Asus is the one i'm drawn towards at the moment , perhaps because it comes with ghost recon game and i can't really tell the difference between them!
So, if you've read this far then thank you very much, your comments/help will be appreciated!
TB