Please spec me a £1000 PC

[Aod]

after realising she hadn't given me anything for 2 years, my grandmother has generously decided to give me £1000, which i think should be spent repacing my 5 year old (failing) current desktop.

having been out of the loop for so long, i'm not really sure whats good and whats not. back when i was PC mad, Athlon64s were king, and everyone was going mad about winchester core A64s. my how time has changed.

Anyway, i'd be much appreciative if you could help me out.

Oh yes, i don't need screens or a keyboard, and i would like an Antec P180 (black) and a Logitech G7

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no wireless is required, i use good Old fashioned CAT6

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'm afraid you are out of luck on the G7 front since it isn't currently being produced, the P180 has been superceded by the P182 although you can at least still purchase the P180 if you really wanted to and do you perhaps mean cat5 cable?

This is pretty much bang on the budget although note that if you are using a 32bit OS that you will only be able to access about 3.5gb of the Ram.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300C5 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Vista Approved Kit £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £72.99
(£85.76) £72.99
(£85.76)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £33.99
(£39.94) £33.99
(£39.94)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £264.99
(£311.36) £264.99
(£311.36)
Sub Total : £836.89
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 : £148.72
Total : £998.56

 

[hp7909]

That ^^ should last you another 5-years Hope you'll be gaming, otherwise its overkill.

Also, don't need a screen? Would be a shame to waste that 8800GTX on anything less than 20"

 

[the shadow]

unless u do a lot encoding and play the latest games on max.just spend 500 pounds.

 

[DavidB]

Oh yes, i don't need screens or a keyboard, and i would like an Antec P180 (black) and a Logitech G7

The p182 is the same price from here with just a few extra features, would you prefer it ?

 

[hp7909]

unless u do a lot encoding and play the latest games on max.just spend 500 pounds.

I guess you missed the point...

after realising she hadn't given me anything for 2 years, my grandmother has generously decided to give me £1000, which i think should be spent repacing my 5 year old (failing) current desktop

Assuming if, that's how long he plans/wants to keep it

 

[the shadow]

Well why pay for a quad if it wont be used? may be it will get used for games that will use all four cores in ere ? i wouldnt buy it now mostly hype just my 2 cents.Now some ones gona say crysis,etc .depends what games he will play.vista or xp.

 

[Aod]

i'll be Dual booting to XP x64 and Vista Ultimate 64.

i'm looking for the motherboard that will provide the most reliability.

i think i'll get two of these; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC

so the mobo will need to have 4 DDR2 slots, which rules out the DDR2-DDR3 combi-boards.

 

[yantorsen]

so the mobo will need to have 4 DDR2 slots, which rules out the DDR2-DDR3 combi-boards.

why? they have 4 ddr2 slots aswell, and 2 ddr3 slots.

 

[Aod]

the gigabyte has 3 of each.

 

[semi-pro waster]

the gigabyte has 3 of each.

It might look like that but it is actually 4xDDR2 and 2xDDR3. You can check the specification here.

 

[yantorsen]

It might look like that but it is actually 4xDDR2 and 2xDDR3. You can check the specification here.

yep thts true ^^^

 

[Aod]

excellent.

 

[Aod]

woo-hoo! PC hath been ordered! come-on Friday!