Gigabyte K8NF-9 ~ or ~ Asus A8n SLI

[IceRaptor]

ohhh....i see....

Well for now i'll go with the antec since i only have 1 harddrive and a 6600 rather then the 6800 which you have,

hopefully i shouldnt be any majot issues,

If there is a problem i can always make use of the money back thing,
And i can always upgrade in the future anyway,(when i get more money)

This system cost me a total of £535
So as u can see i've gone way over my limit,i think i'll have to starve myself for a month to make up for the extra money i spent.

[GrahamGarside]

Ahh but it's worth it because you've gone for the price/performance sweet spots so the components will last that little bit longer

[IceRaptor]

Thanks....

Made me feel kinda better..

Anyway i've ordered the following,:-

black Antec case with power supply,
geforce 6600
19"moniter
lanparty ultra-d

They should all be here soon, I'll post and let you know when they arrive because most likely i may need help setting everything up as this is my 1st system that i'm building!

[GrahamGarside]

What make of 6600 is it? They overclock quite well so you should have no problem getting near 6600GT performance from it.

The DFI board has a 24pin ATX connector but the 20 pin Antec psu should work just fine

[IceRaptor]

the 6600 is a gigabyte,

whats the difference between 24 pin and 20 pin?

[GrahamGarside]

it's just a newer standard for ATX PSU's but NF4 boards work fine without it, there are some reports of stability issues when using SLI with only a 20pin PSU but on a single card setup you should be fine.

any idea which model gigabyte?

[IceRaptor]

Its the DP version

model number:- GV NX66128DP

[GrahamGarside]

The cores on those are quite overclockable, ~500mhz shouldn't be a problem, I've even read of them reaching 600mhz.
The memorys a differant story though, you probably won't get much over the stock 550mhz though, but for playing at 1024x768 with no FSAA it will do just fine

[IceRaptor]

OMG!!!
I just got my 19" flat screen moniter today and its compltely cracked from the side!
All the bottom left hand corner has crumbled to bit,
Surprisingly the moniter still works,
I got it from ebay so i'm not sure if i can egt my money back or something,

[danrok]

Originally Posted by IceRaptor

OMG!!!
I just got my 19" flat screen moniter today and its compltely cracked from the side!
All the bottom left hand corner has crumbled to bit,
Surprisingly the moniter still works,
I got it from ebay so i'm not sure if i can egt my money back or something,

How did you pay for it? PayPal?

[GrahamGarside]

Did you opt for delivery insurance? If so then you can claim on that.

[danrok]

How was it packed? Was it second-hand or new?

I understand that PayPal sides with the buyer and should issue a refund if you report it. Apparently, it is good to pay with paypal, but a bad idea to sell using paypal. I avoid ebay myself, but this is what I'm told.

[IceRaptor]

Luckily i used PayPal...

I have written an email to the seller and to city link(postal service) explaining what has happened,

i'm going to call City Link Tomorrow and see if i can aviod havin to call Paypal...

The item, it was second hand but in good condition, also i think it came decently packed with loads of bubble wrap,

I'm not sur whether i was insured...I'll ask the seller