Finallly decided new £1000 gaming build - Overclock.net

Jehan · 08-23-08

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33Ghz

Heatsink fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

Thermal grease: Pre-applied Arctic Cooling MX-2

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

Memory: OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB)

Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5

Hard Disk Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II (32MB cache)

Optical Drive: LG GH20NS15 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)

Power Supply: Corsair 620W HX Series Modular

Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 534 (Silver)

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD (Glossy Black)

Headset: Sennheiser PC 166 Pro Gaming USB

Wireless Adapter: Linksys WUSB54GR 54MBps RangeBooster USB 2.0 Suggest a PCI card

Monst3r · 08-23-08

go with the antec 900 for case.. Suits a gamer like urself better :P and go for 5.1 surround sound zalman headphones old but they rock my socks

Takendown2 · 08-23-08

very nice but id go with a ASUS P5E which is a x38 board and supports full *16 crossfire and can be flashed into a rampage formula bios which has alot more options for overclocking

Jehan · 08-23-08

No, I do not like the Antec 900 case due to poor cable management. The case is something that I am very happy with. If I had the money, I would get the CM690 though. I don't care for CrossFire, and am very much a "single graphics card" kind of guy. :P

Monst3r · 08-23-08

Well like ive been telling people, its ur choice mate whateva floats your boat hehe

if u have extra cash id upgrate the zalman cooler not really a big fan of those.. Why not go a true with 2x 79cfm fans or even a xigmatek both top #2 after market coolers

Jehan · 08-23-08

Are there any more suggestions you can make?

Monst3r · 08-23-08

yeh i edited above^^

lamboman · 08-23-08

Processor: Q6600

Heatsink fan: Xigmatek HDT-S1283

Thermal grease: MX-2 and OCZ Freeze are slightly better, but it doesn't make a huge difference.

Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Pro

Memory: GeIL Black Dragon PC6400 4GB

Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5

Hard Disk Drive: WD6400AAKS
Optical Drive: LG GH20NS15 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)

Power Supply: Corsair 620W HX Series Modular

Case: CoolerMaster CM690

Monitor: http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...209&CatId=3058

Headset: Sennheiser PC 166 Pro Gaming USB

Wireless Adapter: (Something PCI).

The_Rocker · 08-23-08

OCZ Vendetta 2, Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme for coolers...

A decent X38 or X48 motherboard as well.

Monst3r · 08-23-08

nah i wouldnt go quad for gaming.. Single cores carve up quads at gaming everyone knows that.. id definately stick with the E8600 mate, im gettin one next week also!

08-23-08	#1 (permalink)
Jehan New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 509 Rep: 7 Unique Rep: 6 Trader Rating: 0	Finallly decided new £1000 gaming build Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33Ghz Heatsink fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Thermal grease: Pre-applied Arctic Cooling MX-2 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Memory: OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Hard Disk Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II (32MB cache) Optical Drive: LG GH20NS15 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) Power Supply: Corsair 620W HX Series Modular Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 534 (Silver) Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD (Glossy Black) Headset: Sennheiser PC 166 Pro Gaming USB Wireless Adapter: Linksys WUSB54GR 54MBps RangeBooster USB 2.0 Suggest a PCI card Last edited by Jehan : 08-23-08 at 08:32 AM

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08-23-08	#2 (permalink)
Monst3r 4.0ghz Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The best.. Aussie mate! Posts: 2,763 Rep: 571 Unique Rep: 205 Trader Rating: 1	go with the antec 900 for case.. Suits a gamer like urself better :P and go for 5.1 surround sound zalman headphones old but they rock my socks

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Jehan New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 509 Rep: 7 Unique Rep: 6 Trader Rating: 0	No, I do not like the Antec 900 case due to poor cable management. The case is something that I am very happy with. If I had the money, I would get the CM690 though. I don't care for CrossFire, and am very much a "single graphics card" kind of guy. :P

08-23-08	#5 (permalink)
Monst3r 4.0ghz Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The best.. Aussie mate! Posts: 2,763 Rep: 571 Unique Rep: 205 Trader Rating: 1	Well like ive been telling people, its ur choice mate whateva floats your boat hehe if u have extra cash id upgrate the zalman cooler not really a big fan of those.. Why not go a true with 2x 79cfm fans or even a xigmatek both top #2 after market coolers

08-23-08	#6 (permalink)
Jehan New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 509 Rep: 7 Unique Rep: 6 Trader Rating: 0	Are there any more suggestions you can make?

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Monst3r 4.0ghz Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The best.. Aussie mate! Posts: 2,763 Rep: 571 Unique Rep: 205 Trader Rating: 1	yeh i edited above^^

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Monst3r 4.0ghz Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The best.. Aussie mate! Posts: 2,763 Rep: 571 Unique Rep: 205 Trader Rating: 1	nah i wouldnt go quad for gaming.. Single cores carve up quads at gaming everyone knows that.. id definately stick with the E8600 mate, im gettin one next week also!

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