£1800 New PC (Recormendations Before Purchace)

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:18

Case:
CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Tower 420W Case (Black Color)

PSU:
Tagan 700W TG700-U25 Dual Engine SLI Ready Power Supply

CPU
(Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T

Motherboard:
(Quad-Core Supports) EVGA nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard

Memory:
(Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader)

Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express Video Card

Hard Drive:
Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Data Hard Drive:
Gaming Hard Drive (10, 000RPM SATA150) (SATA150 - Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10, 000RPM 8MB Cache WD740GD)

Optical Drive:
SONY DUAL FORMAT 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

Optical Drive 2:
LiteOn SHM-165H6S 16X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color)

Sound:
HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition w/ Free Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium

Other:

THERMAL TEMPERATURE LCD DISPLAY WITH 3X FAN CONTROLLER

INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU

Round Cable Upgrade for Hard Drive, Optical Drive & Floppy Drive

1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE

Total £1550 Delivered i have some cash left over for any upgrades before purchace if you think anything needs changing please let me know i want this to be able to run games at max resolution with no stuttering.

Thanks for any imput

TK

Lolcb · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:26

You need a better PSU.

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:29

NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply be enough?

Cheetah Designs · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:30

Lolcb said:
You need a better PSU.

With components like that, make sure you go with a good brand with 600W or more IMO.

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:35

Do i really need 600w? i thourght 500 would be enough?

i could get the Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA 24P (ALL IN ONE) SLI Supports 600Watt Power Supply

If i really need it?

What about overall performance of a system like this? will it be future proof?

Trigger · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:37

Lolcb said:
You need a better PSU.

Agreed

I assume you're not building this yourself- any reason why? I feel quite confident in saying that you could do better for your money if you did build yourself...

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01) EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £163.99
(£192.69) £163.99
(£192.69) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74) NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96) Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £108.99
(£128.06) £108.99
(£128.06) Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £177.99
(£209.14) £177.99
(£209.14) CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit £189.99
(£223.24) £189.99
(£223.24) BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £329.99
(£387.74) £329.99
(£387.74) Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) £77.99
(£91.64) £77.99
(£91.64) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99

Total : £1,473.26 (Inc VAT and Delivery)

Much better IMO. You get a PSU which will actually power the system as well which is a bonus

Lolcb · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:37

Yes, you need 600W or greater PSU. If you don't believe us, try plugging that system with a 400W++ PSU.

Edit: Trigger's spec recommendation is a good one. Cheaper and equally as good if not better.

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:42

^^^^^ Updated

thanks for the advice ^^^^^

Secondly

Performance - will this spec be "future proof" willit be able to thrash out games like Battlefield 2 at max settings with no glitches im into games but i dont want sub-par graphics.

In answer to Trigger - yes this is being built for me i dont really want to build a PC myself for one i dont have the time and two i dont really know where to start!

Trigger · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:47

TK1 said:
In answer to Trigger - yes this is being built for me i dont really want to build a PC myself for one i dont have the time and two i dont really know where to start!

It's dead easy- just like lego. Everything has its own place and will only go in one way around, plus there are loads of free guides on the net. As for time, I can put a PC together in about 30 mins now which includes the mandatory 10 minutes to fiddle with the damn heatsink

but for a first build, it shouldn't take any more than two hours

You get a much better feeling knowing that you have built it yourself and a much better system for less money as well- you can't lose :cool:

neocon · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:52

OMG £1500+ for a new PC.

I can't do this anymore. There aren't enough games to justify this behaviour.

gumbald · 29 Dec 2006 at 14:55

Trigger said:
I can put a PC together in about 30 mins now which includes the mandatory 10 minutes to fiddle with the damn heatsink

Ditto. There's a point where you just can't go any quicker without the risk of
being asked to fix it a few days later...

TK1 said:
i dont have the time and two i dont really know where to start!

Took extra care on mine, almost a couple of hours of getting everything right. I'm sure you can spare that? And you'll never learn if you don't try, just follow guides and ask on here

mysticsniper · 29 Dec 2006 at 15:04

How a bout a decent Sound card like the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition? Some nice Logitech ZZ-5500 Speakers would go great with your system as well

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 17:40

Already got both! love the Z5500