Not another one... Spec me ~£800

Tr Insanity · 7 Mar 2010 at 10:29

Morning

After two previous unsuccessful specs (Couldn't justify spending that much back then) I've come to the conclusion that I need a new Pc now

So if you could, spec me a computer for around £600ish (not inc OS, keyboard etc) and a monitor for about £200ish please

Here's one I spec'd myself :

A bit over £600 & some components are "place holders" like the case, I'm not sure if the Antec 300 is still the best budget case. Haven't a clue what monitor to get, but 22" sounds about right. I think there's a few places where I can save a few pennies too

Any input would be great, thanks :cool:

95thrifles · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:14

what are you looking at from the pc? pure gaming? general use? encoding? what?

Tr Insanity · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:26

General use but focusing on gaming mainly, what else do we use computers for ?

95thrifles · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:27

true, lol, just your other option would be to go for a lower cpu and try n squeeze in a 5850, as it is for gaming, depends on how flexible your budget is as i see you already gone 30 over

Tr Insanity · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:32

95thrifles said:
true, lol, just your other option would be to go for a lower cpu and try n squeeze in a 5850, as it is for gaming, depends on how flexible your budget is as i see you already gone 30 over

Yep, I saw your post in your thread with an I3 & 5850, but I'm not sure about paying that much for a 5850. Depends how much it would effect the general use of the computer.

What would you do ?

Tr Insanity · 14 Mar 2010 at 21:32

Hmm just made a quick spec with a 5850 :

I assume 500w would be enough for that but I'm not 100% sure about spending that much on a pc

Although it's not that much for the usage it will get

Now I've got to decide which one, I've got until Friday though which is supposedly when everything will be in stock :cool:

Anyone else have any input please ?

Grimley · 14 Mar 2010 at 21:59

I'd spend another tenner on the hard drive & get the 500g Samsung F3. Read very good reviews on this.

shroomz · 15 Mar 2010 at 00:42

500W is more than enough unless you're going to overclock, in which case you might find that power supply struggle, i5 750 alone pulls 280W at 4GHz at 100% load

EDIT nevermind that! the figures I was looking at were actually for the whole system in which case yes that PSU should be enough

Redmint · 15 Mar 2010 at 00:48

Tr Insanity said:
Hmm just made a quick spec with a 5850 :

I assume 500w would be enough for that but I'm not 100% sure about spending that much on a pc Although it's not that much for the usage it will get

Anyone else have any input please ?

Looks good, agree with the Samsung F3 though, it's a very nice drive and it's what everyone suggests atm. If you can afford £900 then go for it, like you said you'll use it a lot so it's not *that* much in a way.

Tr Insanity · 15 Mar 2010 at 07:11

Thanks for the input :cool:

I'll switch the drive for an F3 and I wouldn't mind giving overclocking a go, why else would I be on this forum ? No plan on CF'ing the 5850 in the future either so no need for a larger PSU

Any estimations on how long the PC will last playing recent games at a half decent fps & quality level? If it lasts for 2 years without any upgrades it'll work out at about £1.20 per day