A gaming pc for £600

harryc05

harryc05

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hi guys could you help me spec a good gaming pc for £550-600
NO CPU NEEDED (got a quad core q6600 already)

i'd like to play crysis and some others on a decent setting,

oh and i also have already a 160gb HDD, maybe another HDD though ?

anyways thanks if you can help :):)

H2THEC
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £119.99
(£137.99) £119.99
(£137.99)
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Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £99.99
(£114.99) £99.99
(£114.99)
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Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £76.99
(£88.54) £76.99
(£88.54)
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Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £68.99
(£79.34) £68.99
(£79.34)
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Asus P5QL Pro Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£74.74) £64.99
(£74.74)
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Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £33.99
(£39.09) £33.99
(£39.09)
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Tuniq Core Contact Freezer CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £24.99
(£28.74) £24.99
(£28.74)
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Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.39) £15.99
(£18.39) Sub Total : £505.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £75.89 Total : £581.81
do you need monitor?
 
hi, i don't exactly have a particular preference for resoloution at the moment, so the more the better lol. might put on my 26 inch HD TV though if that helps?
 
Im running on the following:

E8400
4870 512MB
4Gb Geil Golden Dragon 8500
2x320Gb Sasung F1's
22" HP W2207 (old but I absolutely love this monitor)

Ive managed to play whatever Ive thrown at it so far at high settings.

You want a whole build inc monitor/kb/mouse?
What do you already have? just CPU?

Without the answers I'd suggest the following:

GFX:
Point of View GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI - 199.99+VAT
OR
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI - 169.99+VAT

RAM:
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
33.99+VAT

OR

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) - 53.99+VAT (If you need high FSB)

Mobo:
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - 91.99+VAT
Not sure which is the best SLi board never really looked at that.

PSU:
Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 750W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant PSU - 119.99+VAT
Cracking PSU high efficiency and damn near silent.

DVD:
Pioneer DVR-216BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM - 16.99+VAT
Will never move away from Pio had nuthin but great reliability from them.

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail 56.99+VAT
If your wanting to play HD media on it.

Keyboard:
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) - 49.99+VAT
best keyboard I have owned

Mouse:
Logitech MX Revolution Advanced Cordless Mouse (931689-0120) -46.99+VAT
Moved onto thisafter years of using the MX1000 and HIGHLY rate it.

Something along the lines of a,
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) -19.99+VAT
if your not wanting wireless mouse.

As for headset I nabbed a medusa 2.1 as I needed something cheap an cheerfull, does what it says on the tin, works fine for games and vent/teamspeak.
SpeedLink Medusa SL-8781 Stereo Edition Headset - 13.99 +VAT

HDD:
Samsung F1 of your chosen capacity

CPU Cooler:
Thermalright TRUE - 29.99+VAT
Slap 2 of the akasa smoke fans on it in push/pull and yer sorted.

Monitor wise I've had the
Samsung SM-2443BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black 199.99+VAT
recommended to me a few times, but Im still looking for a 2nd w2207 theyre damn elusive :(

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slap that in thr case of yer choosing with whatever storage space you'd need and yer good.
Unfortunatley witht hte selection of cases and current prices there nothing I'd really recommend at the moment.
I know a lot of people recommend the Antec300 as a cheap case, I paid £35 for mine and I dont think it's worth it, the current price on it is a joke tbh.
 
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Hi harryc05, I should have asked if you already had an aftermart CPU cooler but if not then I have included one into the specification. It's the Thermalright TRUE Black 120 CPU Cooler which is one of the best air coolers available paired along with the highly regarded Noctua NF-P12 fan. This should keep your Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 nice and cool and should allow for a very good overclock. :)

I have just redone the specification since the NVIDIA Geforce 280 GTX that was on special offer is now completely sold out. Instead, I have included the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 which is actually a slightly overkill for the monitor that you currently have but will allow you to run the majority of games at very high settings for some time. For the price, it's a very good card. You also get two free games, Far Cry 2 and Mirrors Edge and a free 2MB flash pen which is a bonus.

The specification is below; it is slightly over budget but should fulfil your needs very nicely. If you have any questions regarding any of the components I have chosen, feel free to ask. :)

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A 26" HD TV is only going to have a panel resolution of 1366 x 768, so he won't need 1gb of memory on a graphics card, a 512mb 4850 will manage quite well on this. Everyone is thinking of a 26" monitor, which will have a resolution of 1920 x 1200, where a graphics card with 1gb or memory is better.
 
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Although on your 26" TV you won't really need much more than a 4850, the price of the gtx280 just now, it would be crazy not to go for it. It means if you do upgrade to a bigger monitor, something like a 24", you'll be good to go. A world of warning though, those gtx280's won't last long, selling like nothing else :p

This spec + your Q6600 (overclocked obviously, with help from the tuniq tower) will be a rather nice gaming PC, should play crysis on some decent settings ;)

I haven't shown an optical drive, thought you might have one from your last PC, if not stick this cheap one in

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...20Dual%20Layer%20ReWriter%20(Black)%20-%20OEM
 
thanks guys, you've helped me a lot with my pc spec

especialy my GPU lol

im going to enjoy it on these forums for many years 2 come :)
 
I purchased the below, you could remove the Q6600 as you already have one - Would take the cost down... i am happy with what it does.

Zotac GeForce GTX 260 "Maxcore" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (288-OK101-000ZT) £174.99 1 £174.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £134.99 1 £134.99
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £89.99 1 £89.99
Zalman ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled 600W Modular PSU £69.99 1 £69.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS) £42.99 1 £42.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £39.99 1 £39.99
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £31.49 1 £31.49
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 1 £16.99
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £10.99
VAT: £91.86
Order Total: £704.27
 
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