£600 budget.. please help!

[Badfish]

I've finally managed to put some money aside for a new computer and really need to get one as my old is packing up I need a computer which can handle some heavy graphics games, play music and DVDs through it, using word, excel etc. I dont need a monitor, mouse or keyboard so that saves some money anyways.

I was thinking something along the lines of:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2GB Memory
Motherboard - Asus maybe?
Harddisk - 100GB min
Graphics card
Case
PSU

If anyone could help spec a PC it would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Cupra]

whats your budget

 

[Will_3rd]

whats your budget

"£600" as above

 

[neo202020]

Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU £51.99
(£61.09)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB ST3160815AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £31.99
(£37.59)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £151.99
(£178.59)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £107.99
(£126.89)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £67.99
(£79.89)
Sub Total : £506.93
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £90.63
Total : £608.51

 

[Cupra]

"£600" as above

sorry mate half asleep

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £161.99
(£190.34) £161.99
(£190.34)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Sub Total : £524.93
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 : £93.60
Total : £628.48


also included a dvd rw drive .. it is a little over tho

 

[supernova9]

How about this:

If you get rid of the cooler, you'll be on budget, but you won't be able to get quite as high clocks on the stock cooler - you'll still be able to hit 3GHz or so though.

 

[Badfish]

Thanks for the quick replies! I heard some of the ATI cards were better value/performance for money than the 8800, but I'm guessing you guys dont agree?

I'm hoping that the PC I buy will last me quite some time, so is there anything special coming out/happening which I should wait for before buying maybe? I'm so far behind on computer hardware nowdays, dont have a clue whats good or not and whats on the horizon

PS I dont have a clue about overclocking, so not sure if I'll bother with it

 

[Nicos Rex]

Thanks for the quick replies! I heard some of the ATI cards were better value/performance for money than the 8800, but I'm guessing you guys dont agree?

I'm hoping that the PC I buy will last me quite some time, so is there anything special coming out/happening which I should wait for before buying maybe? I'm so far behind on computer hardware nowdays, dont have a clue whats good or not and whats on the horizon

PS I dont have a clue about overclocking, so not sure if I'll bother with it

There is ALWAYS something on the horizon - if you want it now, buy it now!

At present there is nothing in ATI's product range to compete on price with the 8800gts and offer comparable performance.

As far as overclocking is concerned, with the current Intel processors it is astonishingly simple to get a 50% speed increase, so I would urge you to give it a go once you have your new system all set up.