£750 spec

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Hi all,

After a spec for a machine for a max of £750. Needs to include the machine, monitor, 2.1 speakers, keyboard and mouse.

Will be used for general office work, and playing MS Train Simulator.

Dont need to worry about software (get it through work)

Many thanks.
 
I'm guessing that MS Train Simulator isn't the most demanding of games graphically so I've just gone with a 7600GT but you could fit an X1950pro into the budget. There is still scope to enhance a few parts within the budget but it is more than sufficient currently for the tasks you describe. :)

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Creative SBS 350 2.1 Speakers - Retail £24.95
(£29.32) £24.95
(£29.32)
Sub Total : £578.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £103.92
Total : £697.73
 
Surprisingly do-able:-

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£110.44)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
(£29.36)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC)
(£93.99)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£21.14)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33439)
(£64.61)

OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£66.96)

Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel with Blue LED Fan
(£44.64)

Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM
(£6.45)

Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail
(£23.49)

Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail
(£82.24)

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW173D 17" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
(£93.99)

Total : £748.86


Wasn't sure for you colour preferences, so went with black. Silver or white perfectly possible for the price.
 
semi-pro waster said:
I'm guessing that MS Train Simulator isn't the most demanding of games graphically so I've just gone with a 7600GT but you could fit an X1950pro into the budget. There is still scope to enhance a few parts within the budget but it is more than sufficient currently for the tasks you describe. :)

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Creative SBS 350 2.1 Speakers - Retail £24.95
(£29.32) £24.95
(£29.32)
Sub Total : £578.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £103.92
Total : £697.73
Click to expand...


good spec but you could change the cpu to an e6600 with the change
 
That specification looks pretty good although you might be as well getting the DS3P rather than the DS3 as it is an updated version and any bugs should have been ironed out plus it has the features of the DS4 barring the cooling system so for an extra £5ish it is worthwhile. If you are going to be overclocking then you might be best changing the Ram for some Cas4 stuff like the Geil PC6400 C4.

The X1650 isn't as good as the 7600GT so I'd definitely change that. :)
 
A[L]C said:
What about this?
ignore, no monitor
Click to expand...

Then would probably go for a 8800GTS 320Mb instead. If you don't game much then up the CPU with a better mobo, perhaps a better speaker as well, and go for a seperate PSU & Case.

Asus P5B-E Plus (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£69.99
(£82.24)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£149.99
(£176.24)

Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail
£69.99
(£82.24)

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.99
(£21.14)

**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£32.99
(£38.76)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£94.99
(£111.61)

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

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail
£17.99
(£21.14)

Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU
£49.99
(£58.74)

OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£56.99
(£66.96)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
£13.99
(£16.44)

Sub Total : £624.89
Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £111.97
Total : £751.81
 
steve258 said:
Then would probably go for a 8800GTS 320Mb instead. If you don't game much then up the CPU with a better mobo, perhaps a better speaker as well, and go for a seperate PSU & Case.
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sorry mate, before the edit I put in a link to an ocuk full system, then said ignore it, no monitor - as in theres no monitor with it, not that we dont need one.

What about this:

Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6300 Processor (1.86GHz, 1066MHz, 2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x1024] Memory
320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell™ Black Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Dell™ A525 Speakers with Subwoofer
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English


£655.23
Includes VAT & Shipping
 
get yourself over to the sale section of this forum and buy yourself 2nd hand c2d's n gfx cards as there seem to be some knocking around most of the time :) save more money and get better performance IMO
 
A[L]C said:
sorry mate, before the edit I put in a link to an ocuk full system, then said ignore it, no monitor - as in theres no monitor with it, not that we dont need one.

What about this:

Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6300 Processor (1.86GHz, 1066MHz, 2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x1024] Memory
320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell™ Black Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Dell™ A525 Speakers with Subwoofer
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English


£655.23
Includes VAT & Shipping
Click to expand...

The X1300 is a worse graphics card than previously specced
The RAM is 533MHz, standard these days is 667MHz, or 800MHz if you want to overclock
They don't mention which motherboard - i.e. It's a rubbish one
Without the decent RAM and motherboard, you won't be able to do any overclocking of the Core 2 Duo (which is stupidly easy these days, and one of it's best strengths)
Basically, you could do better in every way except for screen size if you were building it yourself.
 
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