£800 : Spec me a pc please :D

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Hey , here I am again .

Just wondering what sort of Pc £800 would buy at the moment , my laptop is the biggest pile of **** ever and can't even play source games so a nice shiny pc would be great :D


Gonna need the Pc and monitor , no keyboards etc though :)


Many thanks , Insanity :)

Edit : Removed "nice" i say it too much.
 
How about.............
£50 odd under, Use that to pre-Order W7 ;)


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MO-014-AS_60.jpg
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)
GX-103-PC_60.jpg
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 Plus 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £144.99
(£126.08) £144.99
(£126.08)
MB-168-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)
CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)
HD-053-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)
CA-031-OC_60.jpg
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
MY-166-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3RPR13334GKK) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
CD-122-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £647.75 Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, G69 6AP with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £97.16 Total : £744.91
 
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looks good but I'd still stick with intel atm. Better bang for buck once overclocked.

I'd change the mb to the asus p5q p45 based motherboard and get the intel 7400 and overclock the pants off it :)

If you want to save a bit more as well then just get the powercolour 1gb 4850. Plays any current game nicely.

As for a cpu hsf, look at the arctic cooler 7 pro. Cheap and does the job well.

EDIT: This was my spec though kennys PSU and HDD might be better:

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I don't understand why people are spec'ing you Intel 775 as it's at the end of the road.

I would advise going with AMD at that budget, the Phenom II Tricore is a very good gaming processor.

I would go with Kenny's spec personally, but with a better PSU like Corsair (in fugus' spec).
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£130.43) £149.99
(£130.43)
MSI 790FX-GD70 AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard MSI 790FX-GD70 AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£113.03) £129.98
(£113.03)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - OEM (H487F1GP) HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - OEM (H487F1GP) £103.99
(£90.43) £103.99
(£90.43)
OCZ Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600EB4GK) OCZ Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600EB4GK) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready Power Supply OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready Power Supply £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Thermalright Ultra-120A Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3) Thermalright Ultra-120A Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Sub Total : £694.70
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £106.38
Total : £815.58

Jus a few pennies over £800 with free postage. But if you dont care about overclocking for the moment,forget about the cooler and buy a 4890 instead.
 
icey_haj said:
I don't understand why people are spec'ing you Intel 775 as it's at the end of the road.

I would advise going with AMD at that budget, the Phenom II Tricore is a very good gaming processor.

I would go with Kenny's spec personally, but with a better PSU like Corsair (in fugus' spec).
Click to expand...

I'm sure a 755 will last me long enough. There will be newer stuff released when i upgrade.
 
MO-014-AS_60.jpg
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)
GX-124-XF_60.jpg
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £142.99
(£124.34) £142.99
(£124.34)
MB-168-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)
CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)
CA-008-CS_60.jpg
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)
CA-054-LL_60.jpg
Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)
HD-244-WD_60.jpg
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)
MY-167-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)
CD-038-OT_60.jpg
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £669.49 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £102.60 Total : £786.59
 
After looking at these new phenoms (I'll admit I haven't been keeping up with the latest stuff) they look like they might be about the same as an OC'ed C2D assuming you're up around 3.6ghz. Single threaded apps however seem to run faster on the C2D going by what reviews I can find. And seeing as most games are still single threaded well you know what I'm going to say :)

Stick with intel for now. It's the cheaper and most likely quicker option in games.
 
Well more and more games and apps are beginning to benefit from multiple cores, even goin so far as quad cores. SO what about this time next year? When quad core becomes the "recommended requirements" for most games? Youre then stuck with a dead socket.
 
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