£500 gaming spec please

James J · 20 Dec 2007 at 00:23

Been out of the pc building market for a while so tbh wouldnt know where to start. Last pc i built was my old base unit which was A64 4400X2 939, 2gb giel 3200 ram, x1900xtx graphics card and 2x160gb maxtor hard drives, given it to my dad but looking to build myself another.

Ideas?

ps need vista on it as well but have a 74gb raptor spare

jak731 · 20 Dec 2007 at 00:32

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Pioneer DVR-212BK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £329.93
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 : £59.48
Total : £399.36

£100 left for case and OS.

drop the PSU and get a case+PSU combo if money is too tight

James J · 20 Dec 2007 at 00:42

that gcard is on preorder still aint it?

jak731 · 20 Dec 2007 at 00:44

yes, but i chose it as i thought it would be the best card for the budget, feel free to change it if you can afford the extra cost.

James J · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:33

just got paid more than I thought I would hehe. Budget is now around £600

hows this spec work out?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Razer Diamondback 3G Frost Blue 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
MSI P35 Neo Combo (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Turbo X 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £114.99
(£135.11) £114.99
(£135.11)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
(£29.36) £49.98
(£58.72)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
Sub Total : £505.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £90.45
Total : £607.29

Ben M · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:36

If i were you I'd still get an E2180 and clock the nuts off it.

James J · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:42

Ben M said:
If i were you I'd still get an E2180 and clock the nuts off it.

im not really that great at overclocking stuff lol

melbourne720 · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:48

I'd stick with jak731's spec, and just swap in a 8800 GT.

James J · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:54

melbourne720 said:
I'd stick with jak731's spec, and just swap in a 8800 GT.

taken the advice and ordered

Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 1 £14.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99 1 £59.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99 2 £49.98
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £37.99 1 £37.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99 1 £57.99
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £22.99 1 £22.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99 1 £49.99
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 1 £69.99
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £139.99 1 £139.99

Will get the new mouse next month and also look at a new monitor to replace my aging LG