£1500 spec me

Truckerlb

Truckerlb

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It's been a while since I checked on here... wasn't there a 'spec me' thread? I can't seem to find it :confused:

Anyway, I'm looking to get a new PC for gaming (stuck with an old lappy atm). Ideally I'd like to have tower/monitor/Vista64 for no more than £1500. Any ideas?
 
How about this, And just install Windows 7, and pre-order it for £50 :)

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £399.99
(£347.82) £399.99
(£347.82)
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Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM + World In Conflict PC Game £206.99
(£179.99) £206.99
(£179.99)
GX-195-AS_60.jpg
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
(£143.47) £164.99
(£143.47)
MB-320-AS_60.jpg
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £162.99
(£141.73) £162.99
(£141.73)
CA-018-CS_60.jpg
Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £114.99
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
CA-114-LL_60.jpg
Lian-Li PC-A17B Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £102.99
(£89.56) £102.99
(£89.56)
MY-008-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £75.99
(£66.08) £75.99
(£66.08)
HD-053-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)
HS-005-NC_60.jpg
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
HD-057-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
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Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £1,221.65 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £18.35 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £186.00 Total : £1,426.00
 
spec above looks good.

Get windows 7 over vista, just use the RC version for the next month or so

If you can push the budget change the 320gb samsung hdd over to ssd
 
Thanks for the spec :) Is a £399.99 monitor a good call?

As for the OS, I have a Vista32 version. Could I install that on the new PC, then buy a Windows 7 voucher? Once Windows 7 is out, will it matter if you had 32 or 64 on your machine before? I presume it is out with the old and in with a completely new OS? I'm a little confused about how it all works. Especially this RC business... doesn't it recommend that you shouldn't install it on your primary PC?
 
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HP LP2475w 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £424.99
(£369.56) £424.99
(£369.56)
CP-280-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + World In Conflict PC Game £205.99
(£179.12) £205.99
(£179.12)
MB-155-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £203.99
(£177.38) £203.99
(£177.38)
GX-124-XF_60.jpg
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £142.99
(£124.34) £142.99
(£124.34)
SW-118-MS_60.jpg
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (66I-03525) £99.99
(£86.95) £99.99
(£86.95)
CA-008-CS_60.jpg
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)
MY-008-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £75.99
(£66.08) £75.99
(£66.08)
HD-226-WD_60.jpg
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
CA-120-LL_60.jpg
Lian Li PC-A07B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black (No PSU) £66.69
(£57.99) £66.69
(£57.99)
HS-005-NC_60.jpg
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
CD-038-OT_60.jpg
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £1,257.04 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.60 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £191.20 Total : £1,465.84
 
if your copy of vista is OEM it is tied to your motherboard and you will need a new copy.

LOADS of people have installed the RC of windows 7 and it has worked great.
saves you buying vista at £100 then having to buy windows 7 in a few months.

and have a look HERE on the 32/64bit Question
 
Truckerlb said:
Thanks for the spec :) Is a £399.99 monitor a good call?

As for the OS, I have a Vista32 version. Could I install that on the new PC, then buy a Windows 7 voucher? Once Windows 7 is out, will it matter if you had 32 or 64 on your machine before? I presume it is out with the old and in with a completely new OS? I'm a little confused about how it all works. Especially this RC business... doesn't it recommend that you shouldn't install it on your primary PC?
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You can only get a windows 7 voucher by buying Vista or PC with a voucher for Windows 7.

Once Windows 7 is launched this will require a fresh install, at the moment you can pre-order for £45-£50 then this will go up to £79 ~ in a months time. With Vista you can't upgrade from 32bit to 64bit, you will require a fresh install.

Win 7 RC has been fairly stable and quite a lot of people have used this as there main op system.
 
Ok, so straight from the beginners head, we have: Buy the components, build the PC, burn a CD with Windows 7 RC, install it (64-bit ofc :)), pre-order Windows 7, and upgrade to it when it goes gold.

Is that right?
 
Windows 7 will be relatively cheap compared to the previous versions of Windows as well, may be worth purchasing in the future.
 
Truckerlb said:
Ok, so straight from the beginners head, we have: Buy the components, build the PC, burn a CD with Windows 7 RC, install it (64-bit ofc :)), pre-order Windows 7, and upgrade to it when it goes gold.

Is that right?
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In a nut shell yes :)

I think you will need to do a fresh install with a purchased copy, but the RC will not expire until later next year
 
They are good bundles, You pay a little extra for the overclock compared to purchase separately, I have managed to overclock mine to 4ghz with relative ease.
 
hmm.... whether to chance my first overclock on the most expensive PC I've ever bought... I may just give it a go! There seem to be several good walkthroughs on how to do it.

Are there any threads on here which have a beginners guides to building? I can see me getting all these boxes, and then trying to figure out where everything fits... although I hear that most things can only go in one place anyway... so I'm sure that with a bit of common sense, I'll be fine!.......right.......
 
Conscept, the 7600 build is a RTM candidate. It is not the RTM. Further, since it is is a RTM candidate, that means it will be using the code for the final version in regards to licenses. Hence only a real license will work and the Beta/RC/Pre-RTM licenses codes will not work. So trying to use the "leaked" RTM (of which numerous torrents have already been flagged as being fakes or pre-infected for your pleasure) will not work. However, using the Windows 7 RC is free for now (get it before the 20th) and you can upgrade to the final version when it hits shelves on the 22nd of October.
 
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