£1500 spec

Mr-White · 23 Dec 2008 at 11:56

been here all this time and this is my first spec me thread

i need everything apart from mouse and case.

will be used for every day usage, gaming and surfing.

my current system is 3 years old so little is salvageable.

i assume intel is the way forward.....i7 achieveble? and either nvidia or ATI

need some ideas, thanks

MW

Glaucus · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:05

Just add a keyboard

Mr-White · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:09

thanks that looks great

what PSU would you recommend ?

do mobos still come with IDE connectors ?

would it be worth having a SSD for the o/s and a 1tb for storage ?

MW

Glaucus · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:10

Oh do you need os?
Grr thought it looked cheap hold on.

Mr-White · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:12

yeah i'll need an o/s, is vista worth having, everyone seems to be moaning about it ?

MW

Glaucus · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:17

Had to lower gfx and monitor to get it in price

Vista is great and it's the only option.

Although if you wait there's some new gigabyte boards coming out, which are a lot cheaper. Can pre-order allready. Which would allow for a bigger monitor ot the gtx280.

Mr-White · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:34

thats fine, 26" is prob a bit big for me any way.

are the coolermaster V8s good coolers ?

would a SSD be worth it as an o/s drive ?

the only other thing i need is speakers, my creative 5.1 are 5-6 years old but these can be a future upgrade

MW

Glaucus · 23 Dec 2008 at 12:44

ssd aren't worth it unless you buy like a £2.5k system.
No idea on the v8

Nix · 23 Dec 2008 at 13:44

Mr-White said:
thats fine, 26" is prob a bit big for me any way.

are the coolermaster V8s good coolers ?

would a SSD be worth it as an o/s drive ?

the only other thing i need is speakers, my creative 5.1 are 5-6 years old but these can be a future upgrade

MW

Do you want to stick with 5.1s?

The Aego Acoustic Energy 2.1s are highly regarded.

Fire Wizard · 24 Dec 2008 at 08:03

Hi Mr-White, I would personally look at getting a good Core 2 Quad system along with a nice 24" mointor and a good set of speakers. A Core 2 Quad system is definitely nothing to look down upon and it is still a great performer. In fact, what you will be doing with your system, there will be very little performance gain if you were to go for a Core i7 system. You may be interested in this article here which shows the sort of performance increase you will get if you went for a Core i7 system.

I have just done a specification for you, if you have any questions regarding any of the hardware components I have chosen, feel free to ask.

Now, I have left some room in the budget for a keyboard which will be entirely your choice. The corded keyboards are here, wireless ones here and gamming keyboards here.