£500 Spec Check

neillybob · 23 Jul 2007 at 12:14

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 130485 100 in stock £91.16
MSI P35 Platinum Socket 775 FSB1333 onboard 8 channel audio ATX 128048 13 in stock £88.35
Sapphire 2600XT 256MB GDDR4 Dual DVI-I TVOut PCI-E Graphics Card 129873 5 in stock £74.75
OCZ (OCZ2P800LP2GK) 2Gb PC2-6400 DDR2-800 4-4-4-15 DFI Certified Platinum (Lifetime Warranty) 118306 28 in stock £64.37
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM 124228 658 in stock £56.99
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Socket 775 CPU Cooler 105994 216 in stock £13.88
(click if you have changed any details) Cart Total: £389.50

Shipping Charge: £13.99
Subtotal: £403.49
VAT: £70.65
Total:£474.14

What do you think?

I don't upgrade that often. This should last a few years.

Its for general windows, some website development and some light gaming like tomb raider and civ4

Can you thing of a better way to spend £450 - £500 today. It must be instock today!

Thanks

stickroad · 23 Jul 2007 at 12:17

Im guessing you will be overclocking with that cooler?

neillybob · 23 Jul 2007 at 12:21

I'm hoping to give it a go. The last CPU I overclocked was an xp1700 that had an unlocked multiplier

Alex UK · 23 Jul 2007 at 12:40

How about this...

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£193.86) £164.99

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£91.64) £77.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£62.26) £52.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£64.61) £54.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74) £49.99

Sub Total : £415.94
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £74.36
Total : £499.25

This way you'll get a 8800GTS, and the E2160 can be clocked to 3GHz with ease.

Nullvoid · 23 Jul 2007 at 13:02

I think an 8800gts is perhaps overkill for:

neillybob said:
some light gaming like tomb raider and civ4

Nice one managing to squeeze it into such a small budget though.

Alex UK · 23 Jul 2007 at 13:10

Nullvoid said:
I think an 8800gts is perhaps overkill for:

neillybob said:

some light gaming like tomb raider and civ4

Click to expand...

Nice one managing to squeeze it into such a small budget though.

The OP did mention that he would be keeping it for a few years though, so maybe in the future an 8800GTS would be necessary to run even the most basic of games. It's always good to be future proofed. Besides, if you can get an 8800GTS in under budget, then why wouldn't you?