First things first, the background - My old rig was the below:
Abit AN8 32X
8600GT w Zalman cooler
S939 X2 4400+ w Freezer 64 pro
2GB RAM
Corsair HX620 PSU
Pioneer DVD RW drive
Creative X-Fi Extreme PCI-E X1
320GB System drive (Dead)
2 x 1TB storage drives (Alive, I think)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic external DAC/Soundcard (Via USB, can be run from optical if necessary)
P180 case
To cut a long story short, the PSU in this rig is fubar, and has now blown up 2 seperate hard drives, one less than a day old. I'm also reasonably certain theres something amiss with the motherboard, since its pretty quirky about USB sockets working with specific things, and also, when posting, I would have to turn the computer on, then reset it after a few seconds, in order to get the POST sequence to correctly detect my 8600GT and give me a video signal onscreen.
The other items are fine, but fixing this rig now would be more cost than its worth, so I'm building a new one, and salvaging the GFX, DAC, living HDDs and Case from the old unit. Everything else is being sold.
Here's the new rig below, as configured on Scan.co.uk:
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1080/mvdq04py.jpg
total price including VAT and shipping - £916
Anyone have some input on what kind of compromises are being made here that could be better served elsewhere? I know the RAM is overkill, but I'm willing to pay for the extra even if its not fully utilised, since I do a lot of parallel working between programs and I use some that are RAM hogs. I'm mainly worried about any reccomendations people may have on the other parts that would come out around the same cost, but with better performance. Gaming will happen on this machine, but not so much that its a primary concern, and nothing more demanding than occasional TF2 rounds, hence the keeping of the 8600GT.
Quick Edit - Forgot to include my 'monitor' in the original posting - I'll be running this system exclusively through a 32" 1080P LCD , an LG 32LH7000 to be exact.
Abit AN8 32X
8600GT w Zalman cooler
S939 X2 4400+ w Freezer 64 pro
2GB RAM
Corsair HX620 PSU
Pioneer DVD RW drive
Creative X-Fi Extreme PCI-E X1
320GB System drive (Dead)
2 x 1TB storage drives (Alive, I think)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic external DAC/Soundcard (Via USB, can be run from optical if necessary)
P180 case
To cut a long story short, the PSU in this rig is fubar, and has now blown up 2 seperate hard drives, one less than a day old. I'm also reasonably certain theres something amiss with the motherboard, since its pretty quirky about USB sockets working with specific things, and also, when posting, I would have to turn the computer on, then reset it after a few seconds, in order to get the POST sequence to correctly detect my 8600GT and give me a video signal onscreen.
The other items are fine, but fixing this rig now would be more cost than its worth, so I'm building a new one, and salvaging the GFX, DAC, living HDDs and Case from the old unit. Everything else is being sold.
Here's the new rig below, as configured on Scan.co.uk:
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1080/mvdq04py.jpg
total price including VAT and shipping - £916
Anyone have some input on what kind of compromises are being made here that could be better served elsewhere? I know the RAM is overkill, but I'm willing to pay for the extra even if its not fully utilised, since I do a lot of parallel working between programs and I use some that are RAM hogs. I'm mainly worried about any reccomendations people may have on the other parts that would come out around the same cost, but with better performance. Gaming will happen on this machine, but not so much that its a primary concern, and nothing more demanding than occasional TF2 rounds, hence the keeping of the 8600GT.
Quick Edit - Forgot to include my 'monitor' in the original posting - I'll be running this system exclusively through a 32" 1080P LCD , an LG 32LH7000 to be exact.
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