A bit of a spec me up

bakes0310 · 13 Nov 2006 at 20:50

£700 and all i need is:
cpu
mobo
ddr2 ram
soundcard

This will be a gaming machine and im expecting it to be conroe

Pulse · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:07

hows this?

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-305 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-010-IN) 1
£144.99 £144.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£169.99 £169.99
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL) 1
£66.99 £66.99
Subtotal £576.96
VAT £100.97
Total £677.93

cant warrant the extra £100 odd pounds to go for E6700 over the E6600, should be able to clock this like s*** anyway

slightly cheaper option,

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL) 1
£66.99 £66.99
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.99 £104.99
MY-072-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (MY-072-OC) 1
£159.99 £159.99
Subtotal £526.96
VAT £92.22
Total £619.18

bakes0310 · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:32

Pulse said:
hows this?

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-305 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-010-IN) 1
£144.99 £144.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£169.99 £169.99
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL) 1
£66.99 £66.99
Subtotal £576.96
VAT £100.97
Total £677.93

cant warrant the extra £100 odd pounds to go for E6700 over the E6600, should be able to clock this like s*** anyway

slightly cheaper option,

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL) 1
£66.99 £66.99
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.99 £104.99
MY-072-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (MY-072-OC) 1
£159.99 £159.99
Subtotal £526.96
VAT £92.22
Total £619.18

cheers sounds good but ive just made a little printing error my budget is £800

also i dont need headphones

Pulse · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:08

you might as well buy a whole new pc mate, no point in spending that much on them 4 parts unless you have more money then sense.

Pulse · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:12

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-305 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-010-IN)
£144.99 £144.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.99 £169.99
SC-043-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (SC-043-CL)
£44.50 £44.50
Subtotal £554.47
VAT £97.04
Total £651.51

that is all you seriously need. if not then build a new pc.

-I-Am-Great- · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:47

if you have all this money to blow then why not go for like 4gigs two 2x1gig kits

Pulse · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:51

-I-Am-Great- said:
if you have all this money to blow then why not go for like 4gigs two 2x1gig kits

could do but still pointless imo

-I-Am-Great- · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:06

yes but just for the craic like

hp7909 · 14 Nov 2006 at 05:44

Pulse said:
{snip}Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL) 1
£66.99 £66.99
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.99 £104.99
MY-072-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (MY-072-OC) 1
£159.99 £159.99
Subtotal £526.96
VAT £92.22
Total £619.18

That looks good

IMO, don't waste your money on 4GB RAM!

If you go with above, where is it going to be housed, i.e. a good case, PSU, etc?

t31os · 14 Nov 2006 at 10:17

-I-Am-Great- said:
if you have all this money to blow then why not go for like 4gigs two 2x1gig kits

Harder to OC, lose 1t command rate.

bakes0310 · 14 Nov 2006 at 18:11

hp7909 said:
That looks good

IMO, don't waste your money on 4GB RAM!

If you go with above, where is it going to be housed, i.e. a good case, PSU, etc?

i would use the stuff in my current rig thats why i only need to get the above parts heres what i currently got that would go into my conroe rig:

enermax 600w
akasa 62 with side window

Im so dumb i forgot i need hard drives preferbably 2 so 1 for OS and the 2nd for games and other stuff.

Pulse · 14 Nov 2006 at 19:11

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard - Retail
£49.99(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£194.99(£229.11)
Intel Extreme D975bx-305 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£144.99(£170.36)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
£159.99(£187.99)
2x Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£89.98(£105.72)
Sub Total : £639.94
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £113.56
Total : £762.45