2k budget - need a pc

[Stusteel]

Okay, I have a 2k budget. I am aiming for the muts nuts..or atleast what ever 2k can buy me.
I do not need monitor, dvd, mouse, keyboard, or massive storage. Everything else is game.
PC is for gaming, C0D4, BF2, WoW.

Thinking Quad Core, Water cooled, 4GB memory, SLI? maybe..

Anyone able to offer me an opening gambit?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brian Stuart]

A 2K budget is massive overkill for your needs. Why spend an extra £1000 for a possible 5% improvement is performance.

Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) S
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£108.09) £91.99
(£108.09)
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9650 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
(£681.49) £579.99
(£681.49)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
(£12.91) £10.99
(£12.91)
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 VGA Cooler
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
Sub Total : £1,170.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £0.00
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £204.91
Total : £1,375.81


As future proof as it can be with great performance plus it will be as quiet as a gnats fart.

 

[Cupra]

if you have 2k to spend then ddr3 with a new gts, 8800ultra or crossfired 3870's would be a better option than an 8800gt, if going ddr3 then sli is out of the question for now, ddr2 is not future proof at all its old tech and a waste of money in a 2k spec

 

[helmutcheese]

Hmm, PLEASE wait 8weeks or so, dont buy 2 Ultras etc now as new ones due soon and new Mobos etc etc.

2K is a lot to spend to be outdated in only 8weeks.

 

[Brian Stuart]

Agreed that DDR3 is more future proof but I think the performance difference is minimal. I agree about the 8800GTS missed the bit about gaming

 

[junpei]

Heres the spec im going with in january when the HD3870x2 is released

Monitor - £211 Acer 24"
Speakers- - £70 USB Logitech Z10
Mouse - £47 Razer Lachesis
Keyboard - £46 Razer Lycosa

- £374



case - - £100 Coolermaster Cosmos
power - - £105 Thermaltake Tough Power Modular 850
RAM - - £135 OCZ 4gb PC28000C5 1000mhz
mobo - - £141 Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 Intel X38
HDD - - £130 2x WD 500gb
DVD - - £21 Pioneer DVR
processor - - £155 intel core 2 quad 6600 pro
cpu cooler- - £41 thermalright ultra-120 cpu cooler
fan - - £8 Sharkoon Silent eagle 120mm fan
graphics - £500-600 estimate 2x HD3870x2 (quad crossfire)

- £1810

well, im only get one of the graphics cards now and another in feburary when more cash comes in

 

[Ben M]

"Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)"

if you're spending 2k on a system... don't but this...

get a thermalight 120 extreme, and lap both it and your processor.

 

[Cyanide]

Monitor - £211 Acer 24"

Total - £1810

Over £1800 on a system with uber gpu's of death and yet a monitor of that size with only a vga input?

 

[Pneumonic]

Heres the spec im going with in january when the HD3870x2 is released

Monitor - £211 Acer 24"
Speakers- - £70 USB Logitech Z10
Mouse - £47 Razer Lachesis
Keyboard - £46 Razer Lycosa

- £374



case - - £100 Coolermaster Cosmos
power - - £105 Thermaltake Tough Power Modular 850
RAM - - £135 OCZ 4gb PC28000C5 1000mhz
mobo - - £141 Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 Intel X38
HDD - - £130 2x WD 500gb
DVD - - £21 Pioneer DVR
processor - - £155 intel core 2 quad 6600 pro
cpu cooler- - £41 thermalright ultra-120 cpu cooler
fan - - £8 Sharkoon Silent eagle 120mm fan
graphics - £500-600 estimate 2x HD3870x2 (quad crossfire)

- £1810

well, im only get one of the graphics cards now and another in feburary when more cash comes in

you can not use 2 * 2GPU ATI cards in crossfire this is the other one CrossFireX or whatever they call it... for that you will need one of the new AMD motherboards

 

[Chimerical]

you can not use 2 * 2GPU ATI cards in crossfire this is the other one CrossFireX or whatever they call it... for that you will need one of the new AMD motherboards

Intel's P45 is claimed to support Quad Crossfire.

 

[junpei]

crossfire x is supposed to be supported on any existing crossfire motherboard that supports PCI-E 2.0 and 2 full x16 lanes

Over £1800 on a system with uber gpu's of death and yet a monitor of that size with only a vga input?

haha yeah, well im on a tight budget and its the only 24" i can afford, obviously this guy can change that monitor!

 

[Cyanide]

haha yeah, well im on a tight budget and its the only 24" i can afford, obviously this guy can change that monitor!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-026-OK < £40 more, cracking monitor.

If you're waiting till Feb for the graphics anyways why not get a lower spec one now then do a full GPU upgrade when the green cards are out and get a big boost rather than just chucking cards in there?

 

[junpei]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-026-OK < £40 more, cracking monitor.

If you're waiting till Feb for the graphics anyways why not get a lower spec one now then do a full GPU upgrade when the green cards are out and get a big boost rather than just chucking cards in there?

cause these are the new ati cards, and ive never really liked nvidias support and have had to many problems with their drivers in the past.

With the recent information on how crossfire x works and the scailabilty of the cards that marscay has show it seems a pretty nice way to go-

i was aiming to get it early feb by ordering the spec with a pre-order on the x2 card.

thanks for that monitor btw, i'll get that instead