Building a new computer - Need help and advise

[TchuBacha]

As the title says im building a new computer and need help and any advise that past computer builders can offer. Below is a list of hardware I have spent the past 4 hours compiling.

My budget is £1000 and im building the computer to play the latest(ish) games (not neccessarly at the highest resolution), internet and also for doing some photo/video editing.

My main concern is with the GPU. I understand graphics cards are becoming more and more power hungry and require a fairly decent PSU, so will the PSU I have chosen play nice with the 8800GTS?


Also which is the best brand of GPU to go for? POV? XFX? Innovision???


GPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/138416/ - Point Of View 8800GTS G92 512MB GDDR3 - £191.44
CPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950/ - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 - £168.11
Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120936/ - EVGA nForce 680i SLI SKT775 - £124.99
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/111439 - Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz - £54.99
HDD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228 - Western Digital 500GB OEM - £63.61
PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114933/ - Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - £74.99
Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123912 - Aplus Twin Engine Case - £67.29
Monitor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125099/ - Samsung SM226BW 22" - £199.75
Keyboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130500 - ZBoard Black/Silver Merc Gaming Keyboard - USB - £22.99
Optical Drives - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127442/ - LiteOn 20X SATA DVD+-RW - £22.00

[Jale]

I wish I could get those components at those prices

As for video card brand, being nVIDIA, XFX is a very good one.

[TchuBacha]

I wish I could get those components at those prices

You need to emigrate.

[Jale]

Yeah, I'm thinking on moving to Denmark soon... or maybe to London.

[TchuBacha]

Couple more questions

• Do retail CPU's come with thermal paste?
• and do I get a sata cable with an OEM HDD or will I have to buy it seperatly

[Jale]

That depends, but mostly they're sold separately.

[Zach]

OEM drives usually don't come with cables. Retail CPU's come with a retail HSF unit, this has pre-applied thermal interface material (TIM).

TIM's are notoriously poor performers, but they work fine for the stuff they are used on, since most people don't overclock their CPU's etc..

Your PSU has more than enough juice by the looks of it.. I own a modular PSU made by Antec myself, though I forgot the wattage.. it's probably 500 something.. or 460, or something, heh..

[Jale]

My computer came with a 250 W PSU and replaced it with a 550 W almost a year ago.

[azoreseuropa]

GeForce 8800GT 512mb is an excellent option for you.

I don't understand your money. I don't know what is £ for $900. Heh... Anyway..

I am going with budget computer:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6750 (2x 2.66GHz/4MB L2 Cache/1333FSB),
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512mb and 2GB memory

It's a bit expensive but it is only $900 dollars with a free shipping.

[TchuBacha]

ATM £1 = $2 so my budget is $2000 give or take a few bucks