£600 Gaming Rig

[truebluecfc]

Yes another spec me a gaming rig thread.

So a mate of mine i know from a game has asked me to spec him a £600 Gaming Rig, but i would like opinions on if he could get £800 or a £1000 for instance. He only needs the tower, although his 19" is getting outdated so if you could squeeze in perhaps a 20" that would be great but im not expecting that at least in a £600 spec anyway.

He will be overclocking slightly as i've managed to get him to with me telling him exactly what to do so an aftermarket cooler probably isnt needed as i would'nt of thought his gonna be overclocking massivly. He also needs a 250GB Harddrive at the mininum too.

heres what i've come up with for a £600 one.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£68.99
(£81.06)

Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard£39.99
£46.99 inc VAT

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
£49.99
(£58.74)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£149.99
(£176.24)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£32.99
(£38.76)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£49.99
(£58.74)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£61.99
(£72.84)

Total : £573.25

As usual im not sure about Motherboard choices and i could probably get the Crucial RAM i suppose, im open to all suggestions, thnx in advance.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Your £600 spec looks pretty good to me. Here's a £800 spec:

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Here's a £1000 spec:

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

I like Billy's spec(edit: specS)

Although maybe the PC7 might be a better choice for the case, and the DS3R for the mobo to keep prices down.

Both nice specs, however your first one I would swap the ram for the same ballistix as in Billy's spec.

 

[truebluecfc]

Thnx for that.

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

Thnx for that.

By the way, why do you have my signature?!
You can BETA test my signup script if your THAT desperate for one

 

[truebluecfc]

By the way, why do you have my signature?!
You can BETA test my signup script if your THAT desperate for one

i <3 you and your sig too much not to have it as my sig, and i like it selling "Hello" to me, haha

 

[cells]

this is what i would go for if i where on a budget
*** prices are from memory so may be off a few quid, but total price will be pretty accurate**

1950 pro 512MB (£95)
e6320 (£100)
GA-DS3 (£70)
2gigs Crucial Ballistix (£60)
cheapo case (£15)
earthwatts 380 PSU (£30)
500gigs HD (£65)

total = £435

adding a benq 22" @ £170 takes the total to just a tad above £600

overclock the CPU to 3GHZ, and mem to 430 on a 1:1
Overclock the GPU somewhat

you then have a good pc


add another £225 (total = £660) and you can replace the 1950 pro with a 8800gtx, but i wouldn’t bother with that unless you want to game at 2560x1600


personally I would not bother with the E-peen £95 cases or overpowered 600+ watt PSU for £70+ ect. Just get faster components instead.

 

[supernova9]

this is what i would go for if i where on a budget
*** prices are from memory so may be off a few quid, but total price will be pretty accurate**

1950 pro 512MB (£95)
e6320 (£100)
GA-DS3 (£70)
2gigs Crucial Ballistix (£60)
cheapo case (£15)
earthwatts 380 PSU (£30)
500gigs HD (£65)

total = £435

adding a benq 22" @ £170 takes the total to just a tad above £600

overclock the CPU to 3GHZ, and mem to 430 on a 1:1
Overclock the GPU somewhat

you then have a good pc


add another £225 (total = £660) and you can replace the 1950 pro with a 8800gtx, but i wouldn’t bother with that unless you want to game at 2560x1600


personally I would not bother with the E-peen £95 cases or overpowered 600+ watt PSU for £70+ ect. Just get faster components instead.

Except that you'd want a 620W system to run a GTX. 380W just wouldn't cut that. Where on OCUK is a case for £15 by the way?

 

[ergonomics]

you dont need a 620watt psu for a gtx......a good named brand 500watt is PLENTY

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

I stand by Billy's spec.

Cheap cases are nasty. A 380W would be ok(ish) with cell's specced system at stock but overclocked I doubt it would be stable and Billy's spec would ahniliate it at benchmark.

 

[stickroad]

Yep good spec by Billy. Though i probably wouldn't get a Quad even if you going to spend a grand on a pc.

 

[jaykay]

You do needs fans for the akasa though.

 

[Munky1080]

There's no point in getting that Asrock motherboard if he's going to get ddr2 ram and an 8800....that motherboard is really just an upgrade path to DDR2/PCIE, not an end-solution.