Check my Gaming computer spec!

Stretch your budget and get this:


Samsung SM-245B 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £274.99
(£323.11) £274.99
(£323.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £249.99
(£293.74) £249.99
(£293.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 Q6600 2.40GHz Retail / Asus P5K / 2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle £298.97
(£351.29) £298.97
(£351.29)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £881.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £156.61
Total : £1,051.50

Pick a case of your choice.
 
triggerthat said:
Stretch your budget and get this:


Samsung SM-245B 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £274.99
(£323.11) £274.99
(£323.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £249.99
(£293.74) £249.99
(£293.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 Q6600 2.40GHz Retail / Asus P5K / 2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle £298.97
(£351.29) £298.97
(£351.29)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £881.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £156.61
Total : £1,051.50

Pick a case of your choice.
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he's going to be gaming a lot 20" is enough imo
 
Similar spec to what I just built :) The scythe fans are damn quiet tbh, can actually hear the slight buzzing noise from my keyboard backlight over the fans in my p182, heh.
 
Nanoman said:
No way! 22" at least i reckon, though im using 24" and couldnt imagine going back to anything smaller so i maybe a bit bias!

22" aint much more really though anyway.
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Agreed

I would definately recommend a 24 or 22" monitor over a 20" especially if you plan on keeping the rig long term, it would be a shame to have such a poweful system limited to gaming at 1680 x 1050 due to your monitor, i'd go for a 24" even if it meant saving up for a bit longer
 
truebluecfc said:
If you want it to last 4 years then I'd defiantly try and squeeze in another 2GB of RAM somewhere, note: your need a 64bit OS to fully utilise all 4GB of RAM.

OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300C5 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Vista Approved Kit
£99.99
£117.49 inc VAT

Or you could obviuosly buy another set of the Ballistix RAM later on :)
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For the moment im sticking with Windows XP 32bit, i have vista home premium 32bit and i find that has too many combatibility issues and very unstable. So 64bit is not a option for me although i will add more ram at a later date if needed.

Tripnologist said:
Very true. I have a few of them and I can barely hear anything coming from the case. I can actually hear an old IDE hard drive over the fans.
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Thanks for that, going to get the 1600rpm fan for defo now


Nanoman said:
No way! 22" at least i reckon, though im using 24" and couldnt imagine going back to anything smaller so i maybe a bit bias!

22" aint much more really though anyway.
Agreed

I would definately recommend a 24 or 22" monitor over a 20" especially if you plan on keeping the rig long term, it would be a shame to have such a poweful system limited to gaming at 1680 x 1050 due to your monitor, i'd go for a 24" even if it meant saving up for a bit longer
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Whats the point in getting a 20" over a 22"? The pixel rate is the same. You'll be happy with me though... For £50 over the first spec i now have...

A GTX instead of GTS 320MB :cool:
A 24" monitor instead of a 22" monitor :cool:
I changed the G15 for a saitek II keyboard
Got rid of the raptor
Changed the cooler

So here it is

spec4.jpg


Sub Total:£1,010.90
Shipping: £14.95
VAT: £179.52
Total: £1,205.37

Can this be improved in anyway? Is that a good 24" monitor for gaming? Thanks so much you have all been a great help. :)
 
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You missed the dell 24" when it was below £400 inc vat :(

Personally not a fan of pioneer drives, i've had nothing but problems with mine. Would read up some reviews before clicking "buy"

Other than that looks like an awesome system.
 
the G15 keyboard,the quality is about twice as good as the saitek, as i have both.
those scythe fans are excellent, if you are going quad,they are the only fans i would get.Ive got 3 x1600rpm on PA120.3 but turned down on a controller for quietness(5v-7v)on 12v they are not silent,nor loud..if that makes sense lol:D

if you dont use much storage,i wouldnt get 750Gb, i would however get 2 x raptors in raid (I did and i would never go back.they are still faster,no matter how many people on here put you off them...no offence:D)I do a clean install every 2xmonths or so,it would take a week to fomatt 750Gb.

hope this helps m8:D
 
1mm3 said:
You missed the dell 24" when it was below £400 inc vat :(

Personally not a fan of pioneer drives, i've had nothing but problems with mine. Would read up some reviews before clicking "buy"

Other than that looks like an awesome system.
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Thinking of going for the sata samsung 20x20 instead? Im still not sure about the monitor, apprently the viewing angles are really bad on it, i might go back to 20" i have no use for 24". Thats for the input about the harddrives and fans

Ah i dont know what keyboard to get, just something that lights up :p

Hmm
 
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