oh noes :( another spec me thread

vincent1989 · 25 Dec 2008 at 17:08

sorry to do this but i've been out the loop for a period of time (and we all know how fast the PC industry changes in even a short space of time) and due to the new total war game out next year i've decided i want a PC again (i've been on a laptop for the last year and it's just not a gamer

). i haven't got a budget as such yet, but i'd probably only want to spend £6-700 TOPS and i'd need everything apart from a monitor.

i want the lian li a05b as well as wireless connectivity, a core 2 duo and an nvidea graphics card (had bad run ins with ATI).

go go go!

please

vincent1989 · 27 Dec 2008 at 13:24

anyone?

goujon945 · 29 Dec 2008 at 00:52

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11840940&postcount=4

Use this as a guide. Save some pennies by dropping down on CPU to a dual core, Corsair HX5/620 or TX6/750 PSU and so on

Kennysevenfold · 29 Dec 2008 at 00:56

erm how about........

Kennysevenfold · 29 Dec 2008 at 01:00

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £119.99
(£137.99) £119.99
(£137.99)

Asus GeForce 9800 GT HybridPower 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £104.99
(£120.74) £104.99
(£120.74)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £91.99
(£105.79) £91.99
(£105.79)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £76.99
(£88.54) £76.99
(£88.54)

Lian Li PC-A05B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black (No PSU) £59.99
(£68.99) £59.99
(£68.99)

Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply £54.99
(£63.24) £54.99
(£63.24)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS) £42.99
(£49.44) £42.99
(£49.44)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)

Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09) Sub Total : £614.90 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £92.24 Total : £707.14

goujon945 · 29 Dec 2008 at 01:04

^^^ Good spec

vincent1989 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:32

blimey, i kept checking back and no one replied so i just forgot about the thread

ok, well, i've done a quick spec up as an idea of what i'm aiming at, if there's anything you'd do differently then please by all means suggest it, basically, including the OS i'm looking at £800, of course this is all pointless unless i can get a new job in the new year, but i can dream can't it

thats 3 lots of 2x1GB sticks just to point it out, and i plan on overclocking the E2200 (a lot)

oh, and the spec in the pic comes to £772

goujon945 · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:44

Not sure the RAM will be compatible mate, you should double check. Also have a look on the members market for a 2nd hand 8800gt seems to be quite a few about. They are basically the exact same card and will save you a few pennies. Personally i would try and cut down price somewhere to try and get a better cpu but all looks good really (depending on ram compatibility)

Chimerical · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:57

goujon945 said:
Not sure the RAM will be compatible mate, you should double check. Also have a look on the members market for a 2nd hand 8800gt seems to be quite a few about. They are basically the exact same card and will save you a few pennies. Personally i would try and cut down price somewhere to try and get a better cpu but all looks good really (depending on ram compatibility)

That RAM is compatible, as its a combo board. Quite why the OP would want a combo board, I don't know, because they're pointless.

coupe69 · 30 Dec 2008 at 20:23

vincent1989 said:
thats 3 lots of 2x1GB sticks just to point it out, and i plan on overclocking the E2200 (a lot)

You'll have a job fitting 6 sticks of ddr2 in that board it only has 4 ddr2 slots. The other 2 are for ddr3. You could however buy 2 4gb kits to make it up to 8gb i guess.

vincent1989 · 30 Dec 2008 at 21:42

coupe69 said:
You'll have a job fitting 6 sticks of ddr2 in that board it only has 4 ddr2 slots. The other 2 are for ddr3. You could however buy 2 4gb kits to make it up to 8gb i guess.

well that was the kind of stuff i wanted to know, thanks for helping, i'll go make some revisions to my proposed spec

@chemerical;

why are they pointless? i just wanted a good quality motherboard from a company i trust, if you have any better suggestions go ahead

thanks for all the help so far

ok, had a look and if i replace the p5q e with the p5q-pro and the ocz 4GB (2x2) RAM it also chops £30 off the price (or i can add another 4GB for £40 more, OR i can spend an extra £30 on a processor...).

edit: and of course i'll poke around on the MM before i buy anything new, got my last rig for around £500 when it should have cost nearer £800

Chimerical · 31 Dec 2008 at 02:04

vincent1989 said:
well that was the kind of stuff i wanted to know, thanks for helping, i'll go make some revisions to my proposed spec

@chemerical;

why are they pointless? i just wanted a good quality motherboard from a company i trust, if you have any better suggestions go ahead

thanks for all the help so far

ok, had a look and if i replace the p5q e with the p5q-pro and the ocz 4GB (2x2) RAM it also chops £30 off the price (or i can add another 4GB for £40 more, OR i can spend an extra £30 on a processor...).

edit: and of course i'll poke around on the MM before i buy anything new, got my last rig for around £500 when it should have cost nearer £800

Combo boards are pointless because they have had flaky memory controllers in the past & don't o/c so well.

For the same price, you could buy an Asus P5Q Pro which is much better. DDR3 isn't needed for C2D and you're not going to be using it initially anyway, so its pointless buying the inferior board.