£800 spec for gaming, office use

addylad · 22 Jul 2008 at 11:58

Hi,

Just looking for a few checks on this spec. Not really too sure on what to get although I've got a general idea. Any suggestions are welcome.

Took the template from the 'spec me' thread.

BUDGET: £800

Processor: Yes, Core2Duo probably
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes, 4GB would be nice
Graphics Card(s): Yes, 8800GT 512?
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes, Samsung F1 perhaps?
Optical Drive(s): Yes, 1x DVDRW
Cooling: Not sure
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: Don't think so
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: Corsair HX 520W

Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: Yes
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): Yes (20"+)
Operating System: Vista Home Premium

Uses: Some gaming, general office use, music, MSN, image-editing...
Overclocking: Quite a bit

Thanks.

addylad · 31 Jul 2008 at 12:57

Does anyone have experience of the ATi's 4850? How does it compare to others in the range?

Thanks.

mp260767 · 31 Jul 2008 at 13:20

EDIT: arghhh missed out you needed an o/s

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couldn't get the antec 900 in, but seen good things about the 300.

Samsung TS-H653N/HPBH 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 (£15.26)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99 (£70.49)

Samsung SM-223BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £149.99
(£176.24)

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99 (£35.24)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £49.99 (£58.74)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £41.99 (£49.34)

Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black £11.99 (£14.09)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £99.99 (£117.49)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £23.99 (£28.19)

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99 (£111.61)

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36)

Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Optical Mouse - Retail £17.99
(£21.14)

Sub Total : £658.88
Shipping : £21.41
VAT : £119.05
Total : £799.34

mp260767 · 31 Jul 2008 at 14:49

managed to get it within 64p of you're budget with vista 64 included, but would mean swapping the q6600 for a c2d 2200.

addylad · 31 Jul 2008 at 15:03

Cheers! I suppose I could stretch it a little to £850. I'm trying to raise some funds with a Web site so any ideas PM me.

Love the monitor it's great and the graphics card and HD looks good as well. Is the Tuniq Tower necessary? It would free up some cash to buy the Antec 900 and the extra £50 in the budget would allow a good Core2Duo or a Quad.

lamboman · 31 Jul 2008 at 15:27

While the case and power supply aren't as good, it fits in the budget, and gets all the parts that you want. Adding around £110 on to that gets you a better case and power supply. Mind you, the ones there are pretty good.