£400ish budget

CrabbyCliff

CrabbyCliff

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Hey,

i have about £400ish

i have graphics card and my case allready, p182 and 8800gt

i now need everything else.

dont need operating system, and dont need keyboard , mouse and screen, just the rest of the inside for my rig.

all help is much apreciated ;)

thanks
 
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Welcome to the forums, I think this covers all the parts you should need and it still leaves a little bit of room in the budget for more Ram or a larger hard drive if you wish. :)

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Sub Total : £303.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £54.93
Total : £368.81
 
is that motherboard ok though ?

and how hard would it be to overclock the cpu.

and would the psu be ok for graphics card, as theres been power problems with some psu's ?

this is a gaming rig by the way

cheers
 
im planning a simuar upgrade only difference, i only need that mobo and e1280 but have a 450w corsair already, the rest of my setup is similar to the one in that list only difference i have an x1950 instead of of 8800 stated in first post, my question is basically a psu related one, would i ned a 520w to proceed with the upgrade or will my 450 be ok?
 
The motherboard is good, based on a solid chipset and overclocks well.

Not very, it has a high multiplier (10x) and quite a few people have got 100% overclocks from the E21x0 series.

The PSU is more than capable. :)

//edit, the X1950pro is relatively low on power consumption for an ATI card and will be absolutely fine on the 450w.
 
i see, im not pushing for the £400 budget i can go £450, so i mean little better motheroard maybe ?, or little better cpu ? will show you what i have in my basket
 
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84) £101.99
(£119.84)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Samsung SH-S182D/RSMM 18x18 DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Asus Silent Knight II CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Sub Total : £368.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £66.30
Total : £445.17


But i dunno i just went for what looks and sounds good :D haha

dont know if any of that is worth it, this is my crimbo money, the less the better obviously;)
 
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If you want to spend the £450 then this is what I'd be going with or if that is slightly too rich for your blood then you could consider the retail Q6600, do away with the Tuniq Tower and accept you won't be able to overclock so far.

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99
(£160.96) £136.99
(£160.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
Sub Total : £376.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £67.53
Total : £453.41
 
so that abit a good motherboard for overclocking ?

and is the quad worth going for at this present time, not just a decent dual like E6750 up there ?

lookin good though, gonna buy everything on friday, or my cards sitting here going to waste :P
 
i just dont know i know im gonna make wrong decision.

EDIT: just got paid a week a week early :S! no idea why, so im ready to buy..now i need to really know what, i have got £450
 
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