After seeing me buying a new pc, a friends wishes to update.
Like me he wants a new "computer" in a new "Tower" case
. He has some different wishes for his new pc though. Firstly his budget is £750.00ish (the cheaper the better), currently he has a 2.x p4, 1 gig ram, 150gb h/d, 9800pro. Secondly he doesn't want the best components, because he wants to update again (mid 2007) to vista and dx10. All he wants is something that would play cs:s decently. He doesnt need core duo atm, as when he updates later he will by a very good core duo or quad (depending on which looks to be the best for his needs).
What he does what is 3 components that he will keep through the upgrade, motherboard (the best possible needs to be able to run duo or quad), case (already seen one he likes), hard drive (size needs to be above 50gig, quick/good enough for just windows xp and steam (when he next upgrades he'll will buy another h/d for storage but keep the first one for os which will be vista and games). Also he doesn't mind if the m/b is ati or nvida as he doesn't mind when he upgrade its to either sli or crossfire.
All he really wants to change when he upgrades is ram, cpu, gfx and psu (so these can be as bad as possible atm as long as cs:s play quite well.
What i got so far is this:
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM £89.99
BFG GeForce 7300 GT OC 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £46.99
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £79.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue £54.99
Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £214.99
Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail £57.99
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £63.99 (he like this case)
Total £737.75
Anyone else with anything better (not to good as i dont want him to beat my new pc yet....although on his next upgrade his will beat mine senseless
...lol only j/king 
)
Like me he wants a new "computer" in a new "Tower" case
. He has some different wishes for his new pc though. Firstly his budget is £750.00ish (the cheaper the better), currently he has a 2.x p4, 1 gig ram, 150gb h/d, 9800pro. Secondly he doesn't want the best components, because he wants to update again (mid 2007) to vista and dx10. All he wants is something that would play cs:s decently. He doesnt need core duo atm, as when he updates later he will by a very good core duo or quad (depending on which looks to be the best for his needs).What he does what is 3 components that he will keep through the upgrade, motherboard (the best possible needs to be able to run duo or quad), case (already seen one he likes), hard drive (size needs to be above 50gig, quick/good enough for just windows xp and steam (when he next upgrades he'll will buy another h/d for storage but keep the first one for os which will be vista and games). Also he doesn't mind if the m/b is ati or nvida as he doesn't mind when he upgrade its to either sli or crossfire.
All he really wants to change when he upgrades is ram, cpu, gfx and psu (so these can be as bad as possible atm as long as cs:s play quite well.
What i got so far is this:
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM £89.99
BFG GeForce 7300 GT OC 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £46.99
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £79.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue £54.99
Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £214.99
Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail £57.99
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £63.99 (he like this case)
Total £737.75
Anyone else with anything better (not to good as i dont want him to beat my new pc yet....although on his next upgrade his will beat mine senseless
...lol only j/king )
