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"Building a PC mk2"

Ok, finally the finances have been confirmed so looking to build a new tower in the next couple of weeks (Unless CrossFire & R520 arrives in the next 4 weeks!)

Here's what I have so far:

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case
OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM
Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X850 XT PE ICEQII 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
2x LG GSA-4163BA 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
2x Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (OA31637)
2x Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin


Viewsonic VP191B 19" LCD Monitor 1280*1024

Apple iBook 12" (Wife)

Windows XP Pro SP2 OEM

Total: £2,409.35

Just got to check that the HIS GFX card will fit on the Neo4!

I'm going to start buying parts for my uber-pc soon, probably. Can't believe that the most expensive thing is going to be the graphics card! I'm setting myself slightly lower budgets than Tyla, so I'd be interested to see how his machine turns out.

On hard-drives - I must recommend Seagate Baracuda 7200.8s . Very fast indeed, no trouble at all...

Plus got great reviews all over.

Choose different hard drives. They're the 120GB version of mine (I have 2x 160GB drives) and they've caused me no end of hassle. Go for Maxtor or Western Digital instead.

Tyla wrote:
> to get the wife an iBook (12 inch)

Compensating, eh? Don't blame you.

Anyway, apparently the 7800 and R520 are VERY close, so you might want to hold on (although don't forget you'll be able to hook up that X850 to a crossfire enabled card for the same effects)

Ok, finally the finances have been confirmed so looking to build a new tower in the next couple of weeks (Unless CrossFire & R520 arrives in the next 4 weeks!)

Here's what I have so far:

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case
OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM
Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X850 XT PE ICEQII 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
2x LG GSA-4163BA 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
2x Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (OA31637)
2x Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin


Viewsonic VP191B 19" LCD Monitor 1280*1024

Apple iBook 12" (Wife)

Windows XP Pro SP2 OEM

Total: £2,409.35

Just got to check that the HIS GFX card will fit on the Neo4!