right, well, methinks, unless someone can really give a good reason otherwise I'll go with the cheaper MoBo.
I'll also go for 2.1 then. Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 Speakers - OEM = £23.49
Hard drive...well I don't intend to put films on the desktop. It really is just gonna be for games, the laptop is my everyday, general stuff these days. So I was just looking for quick, but not too expensive (10k RPM costs too much)
Mouse. Hmm. Ok. Logitech wireless it is, but not too expensive.
Actually changed my mind. Will save me a few bob, not much, but I'll go with a Logitech setup. Laser mouse, and ergonomic keyboard...yeah... Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort Laser = £41.11
So total now is £654.36 excluding graphics card. And I'm still not so sure about the hard disk either, one I currently have still works fine...only thing is I'm not sure exactly how quick it is...it'd knock another £44.64 off the price.
Hmm, some thinking left to do, but if nothing else, next day or two, between exams, I'll order the parts in the list which are on the one week offer thing.
I've echoed advice a million times to you but I will say this, do some serious, and I mean serious research on any motherboard you buy, particularly the Chipset. Look on the manufacturer support site for problems or incompatibilities people have been having.
Trust me, when you're building top end computers, if you get the motherboard wrong, you're fucked.
In general I think Nvidia chipsets are still having trouble supporting high amounts of RAM when used with Intel processors in alot of scenarios so unless you're specifically planning to SLi some GFX cards, I strongly advise going for an Intel chipset. Having said that, I haven't researched the 7series of chipset much, so I don't know on that one.
The Chipset makes a huge difference to so many things, so the 780 would be no doubt preferable over the 750, don't screw up a fast machine by putting it into a board that doesn't have the FSB and onboard processing power to manage it all
Ok, taken advice, I've gone for a slightly more expensive Asus MoBo, based on the Intel P45 chipset. I've done quite a bit of reading on both. As a whole the P45 is just an evolution of the P35, and while not revolutionary, it is still a decent chip, most obvious thing is it's additional support for PCI-E 2.0 Again, reviews for the Asus seem good, looks like a pretty solid MoBo, very reliable and with everything I need.
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) = £105.74
As far as I can tell, good choice, compatible with everything else, and I havn't read about any problems with it or the chipset. Also, BIOS apparently is pretty good, and still expected to improved even more as the chipset is new, i.e., pre-order of the MoBo still. So yeah, I think that's the one. Also I've decided to save a bit more money, and not go with the new Hard disk, just use the one I've already got, for the time being anyways. If I desperately suddenly need a larger/faster hard disk, I'm sure it won't be too difficult.
So pre-GPU, total so far is £627.34
I'll order at the least all the components which are currently on offer tomorrow, before they stop being on offer. And if I'm really lucky, components I'm looking at will go on offer! Unlikely, but you never know. And then I just have to decide about GPU.
I'll also go for 2.1 then.
Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 Speakers - OEM = £23.49
Hard drive...well I don't intend to put films on the desktop. It really is just gonna be for games, the laptop is my everyday, general stuff these days. So I was just looking for quick, but not too expensive (10k RPM costs too much)
Mouse. Hmm. Ok. Logitech wireless it is, but not too expensive.
Actually changed my mind. Will save me a few bob, not much, but I'll go with a Logitech setup. Laser mouse, and ergonomic keyboard...yeah...
Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort Laser = £41.11
So total now is £654.36 excluding graphics card. And I'm still not so sure about the hard disk either, one I currently have still works fine...only thing is I'm not sure exactly how quick it is...it'd knock another £44.64 off the price.
Hmm, some thinking left to do, but if nothing else, next day or two, between exams, I'll order the parts in the list which are on the one week offer thing.
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Trust me, when you're building top end computers, if you get the motherboard wrong, you're fucked.
In general I think Nvidia chipsets are still having trouble supporting high amounts of RAM when used with Intel processors in alot of scenarios so unless you're specifically planning to SLi some GFX cards, I strongly advise going for an Intel chipset.
Having said that, I haven't researched the 7series of chipset much, so I don't know on that one.
The Chipset makes a huge difference to so many things, so the 780 would be no doubt preferable over the 750, don't screw up a fast machine by putting it into a board that doesn't have the FSB and onboard processing power to manage it all
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Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) = £105.74
As far as I can tell, good choice, compatible with everything else, and I havn't read about any problems with it or the chipset. Also, BIOS apparently is pretty good, and still expected to improved even more as the chipset is new, i.e., pre-order of the MoBo still. So yeah, I think that's the one. Also I've decided to save a bit more money, and not go with the new Hard disk, just use the one I've already got, for the time being anyways. If I desperately suddenly need a larger/faster hard disk, I'm sure it won't be too difficult.
So pre-GPU, total so far is £627.34
I'll order at the least all the components which are currently on offer tomorrow, before they stop being on offer. And if I'm really lucky, components I'm looking at will go on offer! Unlikely, but you never know. And then I just have to decide about GPU.
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