£900 spec please :)

yantorsen

yantorsen

yantorsen

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Hi everyone,

I have just over £800 atm but it's my birthday tomorow so I will probably have about £900-£950. on top of that I will get my £50 wages (paper round lol) at the end of the month, so £1000 absolute max. But i'd rather pay more like £900 so i can get some games to play on it to.

I should be able to slavage some cheap speakers, keyboard and mouse from my dad's work, but the speakers will be cheap so no need for a sound card.

i was hoping for a quad core, 4gb, 8800gtx setup, but i realise that it's not possible in my budget because i would also like a monitor, I also would have wanted a 24", but again thts not really possible.

any suggestions?

thanks in advance :D
 
Just about on the £900 including 4gb Ram and an 8800GTX. You'll probably need to overclock the CPU to get the best out of it but even with the stock cooler that shouldn't be a huge issue. :)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £79.98
(£93.98)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £254.99
(£299.61) £254.99
(£299.61)
CiBox C2201D TFT 22" Widescreen LCD HD Monitor - Black £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Sub Total : £748.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £133.32
Total : £895.17
 
cheers, i was thinkin about a 20" monitor for a crsiper image, and is there anyway of gettin a quad core in there? how much difference does a quad core actually make in frames?

and finally will that spec play crysis at highest settings full AA at atleast 40fps?
 
Its £100 over 1k but you can shave off £100 by getting a 22" widescreen instead of 24.

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yantorsen said:
cheers, i was thinkin about a 20" monitor for a crsiper image, and is there anyway of gettin a quad core in there? how much difference does a quad core actually make in frames?
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If you want 20" instead of 22" then you can get quad core into the budget but only 2gb Ram and keep it to around £950. Quad core will only really make a difference under either heavy multitasking or applications that are coded to take advantage of multiple cores properly.

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £153.99
(£180.94) £153.99
(£180.94)
LG L204WS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £254.99
(£299.61) £254.99
(£299.61)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Sub Total : £797.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £141.90
Total : £952.76


yantorsen said:
and finally will that spec play crysis at highest settings full AA at atleast 40fps?
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Since you are the third person to ask me in as many days I've actually gone to have a look for the first place that will tell me the estimated requirements. :) They are:

Minimum Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+/Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz;
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 / ATI Radeon X800GTO (SM 2.0);
RAM: 768MB/1GB on Windows Vista;
HDD: 6GB;
Internet: 256k+;
Optical Drive: DVD;
Software: DirectX 9.0c with Windows XP.

Recommended Specs:
CPU: Dual-core processor (Athlon X2/Pentium D/Core 2 Duo);
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX / ATI Radeon X1800XT (SM3.0) or DirectX10 equivalent;
RAM: 1.5GB;
HDD: 6GB;
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream);
Optical Drive: DVD;
Software: DirectX 10 with Windows Vista

Those are just rough but it does look likely that that system should cope.
 
right so that should be good to go then.

ive heard sup com, and crysis, support quad core, and im intrestin in both of these, so how much of a benifit do you see from having a quad core in those games.

another thing is i probly wont have the funs to upgrade again for alteast another 2 years.

and If I only had a 20/22" screen would a HD2900 XT/PRO be adequate?
 
yantorsen said:
i asked some question in a previous post no1s answered lol
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Chill Winston. :) I'm just about to go out for the night but with a slightly revised specification it now includes Vista 64bit and the 2900XT will easily cope at the native resolution of that monitor.

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £153.99
(£180.94) £153.99
(£180.94)
LG L204WS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £204.99
(£240.86) £204.99
(£240.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Sub Total : £804.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £143.12
Total : £960.97
 
right so I'm planning on ordering that spec on monday, except i'll a CiBox C2201D instead of that LG 20",

so it will all work gd and fine, this will be my first build from scratch btw so im kinda nervous bout it.

cheers for all ** help.
 
right final spec....

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £204.99
(£240.86) £204.99
(£240.86)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
CiBox C2201D TFT 22" Widescreen LCD HD Monitor - Black CiBox C2201D TFT 22" Widescreen LCD HD Monitor - Black £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £153.99
(£180.94) £153.99
(£180.94)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £810.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £144.17
Total : £968.02



will the mobo allow for a bit of oc'ing at a later date if i wanted to and buy a aftermarket cooler?
 
The motherboard should allow a bit of overclocking anyway as will the stock cooler but if you want to really stretch the CPU then you would probably be better with a different motherboard and cooler. :)
 
I understand I'd need a better cpu cooler, but with the motherboard is it to do with the mobo itself or just the fact that that motherboad has smaller heatsinks, if so i could replace the heat sinks.
 
More to do with the motherboard itself as although I don't know that model very well but I don't think it is aimed at heavy overclocking. The IP35-Pro is but then it does cost a fair bit more. :)
 
is there any good(ish) oc'ing mobo's then for under £90? I would preferbly like a p35 board to support penryn aswell. How are the gigabyt boards? or the standard p5k?
 
semi-pro waster said:
I'd probably pick the Gigabyte P35C DS3R as it is a good solid motherboard with decent overclocking and support for both DDR2 and DDR3 (not that it means much at the moment). :)
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yep ive just ordered it,

and ive already bought today from a shop, a akasa zen, and some cheap generic 650w psu, but apparently its good according to the guy in the shop :S
 
The words "cheap generic 650w PSU" do not fill me with hope, it might be ok but generally I wouldn't trust any decent system to a generic PSU. What does the label on the side of the PSU say about its rated output?
 
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