$700 gaming system

l33-4 · 6 Apr 2009 at 18:43

hi, i have 700 pound to spend. not sure weather to go sli ? i want a Intel quad core and nvidia card. spec me something. thanks

feeddagoat · 6 Apr 2009 at 18:46

What will it be used for? Do you need a monitor and will you be overclocking?

l33-4 · 6 Apr 2009 at 18:50

nope dont need a moniter. will be used for gaming. not looking at overclocking, maybe in the future

ripped · 6 Apr 2009 at 18:58

OS?!

Do you need an OS?,

If so which one would you want or prefer?

Ripped

l33-4 · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:15

no already have a OS just need a system. thanks

pastymuncher · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:19

What size monitor do you have?

l33-4 · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:30

22" samsung

TheRedZealot · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:40

Just a quick spec, can be improved in places.

95thrifles · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:47

If you can stretch a little bit you could get i7

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) / Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 DDR3 Motherboard / Crucial 3GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel Bundle £442.84 (£385.08)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £156.99 (£136.51)
Antec 300 Gaming Case and Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular PSU £98.08 (£85.29)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24 (£34.99)
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l33-4 · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:48

ok will only need a 250gb HD. can we improve the card and cpu ? was looking at a 2.6ghz quadcore. thanks

pastymuncher · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:50

l33-4 said:
ok will only need a 250gb HD. can we improve the card and cpu ? was looking at a 2.6ghz quadcore. thanks

320Gb will be faster as the Samsung F1 has 320Gb platters.

95thrifles · 6 Apr 2009 at 19:50

i7 is considerably better and you can clock it up, even on retail cooler should get 3GHz no probs, youre better with a 320gig HDD as they have denser platters so run faster

markiejt · 6 Apr 2009 at 20:19

I would look at amd phenom II x3? as extra core for gamming makes no differnece. they you could get better graphics card...

ripped · 6 Apr 2009 at 20:52

Intel Q9550

This one is slightly over budget, but should be very overclockable too!