£850 To Spend

BloodWolf · 29 May 2006 at 20:45

I got around £850 to spend on a new pc..

It's purely for gaming

What I need is..

Motherboard(DFI)
Memory
Graphics Card (NVidia)
Case/Power Supply
Processor (AMD)
Hard Drive (250GB+)

If anybody can show me the way?

Thanks,

Bloodwolf

BloodWolf · 29 May 2006 at 23:15

I don't want to be a tester on new stuff, I just really want to upgrade from this pc to one so I can play games like F.E.A.R and all newer games like Hitman bloodmoney

BloodWolf · 29 May 2006 at 23:23

Is am2 like... something new?

As you prob noticed, I dont know a lot >

BloodWolf · 29 May 2006 at 23:39

So, would you recommend having AM2?

BloodWolf · 30 May 2006 at 11:53

hp7909 said:
Follow me (/well not literally ):

DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF) £109.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) £114.95

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) £161.95

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) £45.95

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) £14.95

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL) £48.95

OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-OK) £159.95

Tagan TG530-U22 530W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-005-TG) £59.95

Subtotal £716.60

Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95

VAT £127.33

Total £854.88

Seems like a pretty nice system.
Now I just got a question, OCUK is your own graphics brand? I take it's good as any other?

All I gots to do now, is because I got no debit card, I got a cashcard either ask my dad or even worse have to come down to the store! :eek:

BloodWolf · 30 May 2006 at 12:47

Thats good, just making sure

Thanks

BloodWolf · 30 May 2006 at 14:22

Seems AM2 is faster.. :eek:

BloodWolf · 30 May 2006 at 15:47

Yeah, haha

Not much difference.

So It depends, I think I might stick with good ole 939

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 17:44

Just a quicky..

Do you guys build computers? And like pay I fee? Dont know if I asked before..

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 17:53

I can prob get my dad to build it then.

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 18:45

I just don't want to wreck it XD

I always seem to break it, when I open mine.

But I guess you guys make it sound easy, i'll give it a shot when I get it.. might be getting my computer TOMORROW!

But I have to go to store, because my dad wont use his card

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 19:44

I think i've decided on..

Subtotal £733.55 VAT £128.38 Total £861.93

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)

Mushkin 2GB DDR EM3200 Enhanced Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991461) (MY-006-MK)

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 20:27

oops didnt notice, thanks for that so now its cheaper

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 20:35

Better or nearly as good?

BloodWolf · 2 Jun 2006 at 22:53

OK, I'll remove that too.

Thanks mate.

BloodWolf · 3 Jun 2006 at 01:50

Another quick question...

On the Antec case, it says "1 x 80mm fan (optional) for graphics cards" what do it mean by "For graphic cards" ?

Also, does "Artic Cooling Accelero X2 Cooler (X1800/X1900 Series)" work with X1900XT?

BloodWolf · 3 Jun 2006 at 02:05

Thanks for that.

As for changing the case, i'll have a quick look now..
I can spare a bit extra cash too :cool:

Also, how easy is it to remove the heatsink, and replace with a Artic Cooling Accelero X2 Cooler?

BloodWolf · 3 Jun 2006 at 02:11

Hlebio said:
There is a special cooling system inside that case (although I've taken it out of mine, it makes accessing and installing things incredibly difficult) and I think you can attach a fan to it right above the graphics card to cool it.

I've noticed, what is it this big black thing (And I don't mean the fan, lol)

BloodWolf · 3 Jun 2006 at 04:03

Ive changed my mind, since you pointed that out (thanks)

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