£700-£800 Spec please - cheers

Damage Inc · 21 Jun 2006 at 18:36

First post here. Been reading hundreds of posts over the last few months after being out the loop for 3 years.

£750-800 available. Looking to upgrade, taking advantage of the price cuts that Conroe will generate.

I want to overclock on air but could be tempted by WC if justified. Was tempted by the 805d 4GHz hype but im wondering if after the price cuts an AMD would be a better bet for overclocking. Its going to be a gaming rig and im replacing almost everything. Will need:

Case, PSU, Mobo, Ram (2gig), CPU, Single graphics card solution, HDD, CD (not interested in HDCD) and anything else you think i need that ive missed out.

If not too much trouble could you give a pricing suggestion with and without a flatscreen 19" in the spec. Budget is £800 without screen and £1000 with. I dont know if people can make any educated guesses as to what I might get for the same money after the price cuts?

Hope this isnt all terribly confusing and thanks a lot for any replies - I appreciate your efforts and experience.

Dam.

Damage Inc · 21 Jun 2006 at 19:36

Thats really cool of you to post Fender, thanks.

I actually did a double take when I saw the 19" was in the costings. Would the machine you have specced be a reasonable games machine? Thinking of HL2, Doom3, Oblivion etc (modern titles).

Would this 4600+ overclock much and if so how would it compare to a 3.8Ghz OC'd 805D running on the same spec with appropriate motherboard?

Just curious as to pleoples thoughts

Dam.

Damage Inc · 21 Jun 2006 at 19:51

Thanks for your input Fender.

Ill do some reading on AMD processors (ive been reading a lot about Intel simply becasue of the 805D hype) and get to grips with how they overclock.

Anyone else got any suggestions of spec for those prices?
Thanks again Fender,

Dam.

Damage Inc · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:37

Ive just had a look at the 4600+ on the OC Site and they are £329 for the AM2 X2 version.

What kind of price do folks expect this chip may become after Conroe launch price cuts by AMD? Are they price cutting the whole AM2 X2 range or only the "low end" chips?

Many thanks,

Dam.