I thought about getting an AMD 4000+ jobbie but ended up ordering this lot to update my present 2500+ Barton cored unit that was gasping on some games even when overclocked by 300Mhz. Should give me some extra headroom in performance for a year or two.

Decided not to get Windaz Vishnu...

(Vishnu is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a Cosmic Form which is beyond the ordinary limits of human sense perception - as in why would they want it to do that bloody stupid thing for?)

1 of Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce 680 SLI PCI-E (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard

1 of Intel Core 2 DUO E6420 2.13GHz Conroe 4Mb Cache LGA775 (1066 Mhz) - Retail

1 of BFG nVidia GeForce 8800GTS OC2 580Mhz 640MB DDR3 Dual DVI/HDTV Out (PCI-E) - Retail **Lifetime Warranty**

1 of TekValue 2GB DDR2 1066MHZ PC8500 Dual Channel Kit

1 of Aerocool ExtremEngine 3T Black Case with 25cm Side Fan

1 of Hiper HPU-4K530 Type R 530W Modular (580W Peak) ATX2.2 PSU - UV Black

1 of Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM
     
1 of Samsung SH-W183A S-ATA 18x18 Dual Layer DVD-Rewritable Black - OEM

Nice setup, though I would be inclined to RAID it if you dont keep unrecoverable data on it.  Was considering one of the 6420s when i got my new shiny setup, but opted for the 6000+ instead.  

Nice spec. I love my Hiper Type R PSU. Whats the damage total?

About £850, Just do the math for ya cause I bought a couple of their mugs/ratpads too.

mobo £139.83
cpu £119.89
GC £269.96
ram £99.99
case  £58.69
psu £56.40
HD £78.00
R-writer  £20.97

Total £843.73 but they are shoving the mobo, cpu, graphics into the case and testing them for me so a tenner for that plus postage. Prices include vat and are £100 less than last month so Im reasonably happy. Last setup I bought from Tekheads has lasted me three years and only craps out on a few high spec games like Stalker. If this keeps me going for a similar time I will be happy again

My brother upgraded his 3200+ a week ago when I found a 3800+cpu on special, with a new heavyweight cooler it cost less than £50!  :shock: Handles pretty nicely TBH...

Nice setup, though I would be inclined to RAID it if you dont keep unrecoverable data on it.  Was considering one of the 6420s when i got my new shiny setup, but opted for the 6000+ instead.  

My brother has raid on his, every so often we find a game that doesnt like it - usually every one he wants to play so its going to get an extra IDE drive in for those Still think I might add a second drive in a few months tho

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Nice spec. I love my Hiper Type R PSU. Whats the damage total?

hyper owns

Why do you think I ordered one after looking through a frickin great big wodge of reviews? Best PSU for my purpose at the lowest price

stuff arrived this morning, packaged to Clockds standards - two metres of bubble wrap around the re-writer and usual box for the HD unit

So far I have put the PSU and optical drive in the case. The case is very nice, no removable mobo tray but otherwise its very good. 25cm side fan should give extreme cooling for the internal bits and the front doors are just right, clunk closed like they should.

Should be getting on with the rest of it but decided to have a look on here instead

went and brought one of those antec P182 SEs from ebuyer cause of the google checkout

sorely tempted to upgrade the contents as well (old sys is barton 3200+, X850 XTPE, 2GB, Nforce2)

lemme know how that little lot behaves  :-)