£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
 
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?
 
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?
 
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?
 
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.
 
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
 
semi-pro waster said:
I can't say I've ever heard of them and the quick search I've just done seems to indicate they might be a bit cheap. I actually meant what are the rails supposed to offer? e.g. 12v - 25A, 5v - 42A or whatever. Does the PSU feel reasonably weighty to hold? That is often a rough indicator of quality. :)
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well i'm not sure about the amps and stuff, but i'd say it weighs about 1KG, but it feels fairly lightweight, tbh I've never held any psu's in my hand before so i don't know.


surely a psu's a psu's just means it may not last as long, right?
well i can't take it back now. it can't do any damage can it?
i mean suerly most pre-made Pc's only have fairly generic psu's right?
 
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so bascially if it does have preotection circuitry for when it goes bang, it should be ok? how do i know weather or not is does?

thanks.

If i post post some pics of the PSU will it help you to judge it's quality?
 
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Aod said:
the lower the quality of the PSU, the less stable the power output is. you will not be able to OC as much/at all with a low quality PSU.

you might get random reboots/bluescreens if its really bad.

often low quality PSUs don't have protection circuitry either, which means that when it goes *BANG* (which they are MUCH more likely to) it can take the mobo, CPU and GFX card with it.

Prebuild PCs, the likes of dell and HP, while not having PSUs made by corsair or OCZ, tend to have PSU's of unknown brand yet high quality. for example, the high-performance Quad-Core dells only have like a 350W psu in them (or something around that)
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much more likely to go bang or much more likely to take out cpu etc...

The guy in the shops theory was that it will just slowly detierate and decrease in power output, which is why i needed a 650w to last longer. Are you saying thay can just randomly blow up? I thought they just worn out over time.
 
would a surge protector help?

ok here are some pics of the unit and it's packaging etc...


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really, so does that mean it has protection circuits, and won't take my hole system down if it does blow?

btw it was only £30.

thank you for all you're help and time btw :D
 
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