Hello
I have been asked by a work colleague to build him a tasty PC for about £2000(roughly$4000)
at the moment i have a few ideas and i would like your advice on what i should go for.
for the CPU there are a few options
i was looking at the
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9650 S775 3.0GHz 1333MHz FSB 45nm Yorkfield Core 12MB Cache, Retail (£668)
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850, Socket 775, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail (£587)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Kentsfield Core, 8MB Cache, Retail(£318)
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, OEM (£155)
AMD Phenom 9700 Quad-Core - skt AM2 + - 2400Mhz - 4MB Cache - 125watts (£189.16)
but since not really many programs utilise 4 cores it seems a bit of a waste of money and if we went for a really good dual core processor for less money say the
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, S775, 3.0 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail (£164)
and the money we save from that can be used in 2 years time to upgrade to a much better processor.
so next question is what would be the best motherboard to go with? i mean if we are going with the Dual core option we would be looking at something that was future proof for another couple of years.
i heard some of the new AM2+ mobos are supposed to be fairly future proof. any suggestions.
the next question is graphics cards.
2 options i have but if anyone has a better idea then please advise.
option 1 would be to have 1 geforce 8800 GTX ultra
768MB Asus 8800 Ultra, PCI-E (x16), Mem 2160 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 612 MHz (£397)
or go for 2 8800 GTX in SLI
2x 768MB ScanFX 8800GTX, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1800 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 575 MHz(£566)
the thing i worry about the 8800 is that it has been out for quite a while now and whether its worth waiting a bit and getting the next generation of Nvidia cards. i dont see us building this computer until January time anyway.
right the last question.
Flash drives? any good?
i was thinkning of plonking in a
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache (£69.31) for storage
and then possibly going for
Samsung MCAQE32G5APP-0XA00 32GB 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive(£223) just for a gaming drive.
question, if we went with the solid state drive would installing windows on it be a good idea?
if we dont go for the solid state drive then i was thinking about the
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache (£126.89)
basically those items are what i need information on.
oh yeah with regards to the motherboard issue am i better to wait and get a DDR3 supported motherboard?
if you guys have any good ideas i would be very happy.
the £2000 is really only a guide line but im sure i could go over or under.
oo also whats a good monitor to go for,
either 2 screens or 1 big screen.
Thanks for your time
Fras
I have been asked by a work colleague to build him a tasty PC for about £2000(roughly$4000)
at the moment i have a few ideas and i would like your advice on what i should go for.
for the CPU there are a few options
i was looking at the
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9650 S775 3.0GHz 1333MHz FSB 45nm Yorkfield Core 12MB Cache, Retail (£668)
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850, Socket 775, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail (£587)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Kentsfield Core, 8MB Cache, Retail(£318)
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, OEM (£155)
AMD Phenom 9700 Quad-Core - skt AM2 + - 2400Mhz - 4MB Cache - 125watts (£189.16)
but since not really many programs utilise 4 cores it seems a bit of a waste of money and if we went for a really good dual core processor for less money say the
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, S775, 3.0 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail (£164)
and the money we save from that can be used in 2 years time to upgrade to a much better processor.
so next question is what would be the best motherboard to go with? i mean if we are going with the Dual core option we would be looking at something that was future proof for another couple of years.
i heard some of the new AM2+ mobos are supposed to be fairly future proof. any suggestions.
the next question is graphics cards.
2 options i have but if anyone has a better idea then please advise.
option 1 would be to have 1 geforce 8800 GTX ultra
768MB Asus 8800 Ultra, PCI-E (x16), Mem 2160 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 612 MHz (£397)
or go for 2 8800 GTX in SLI
2x 768MB ScanFX 8800GTX, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1800 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 575 MHz(£566)
the thing i worry about the 8800 is that it has been out for quite a while now and whether its worth waiting a bit and getting the next generation of Nvidia cards. i dont see us building this computer until January time anyway.
right the last question.
Flash drives? any good?
i was thinkning of plonking in a
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache (£69.31) for storage
and then possibly going for
Samsung MCAQE32G5APP-0XA00 32GB 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive(£223) just for a gaming drive.
question, if we went with the solid state drive would installing windows on it be a good idea?
if we dont go for the solid state drive then i was thinking about the
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache (£126.89)
basically those items are what i need information on.
oh yeah with regards to the motherboard issue am i better to wait and get a DDR3 supported motherboard?
if you guys have any good ideas i would be very happy.
the £2000 is really only a guide line but im sure i could go over or under.
oo also whats a good monitor to go for,
either 2 screens or 1 big screen.
Thanks for your time
Fras
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