advice on new build?

[Thekwango]

Hi all, I'm reasonably new to pc building, played about with a couple of old pc's just to get the feel for it and think i'm ready to take the plunge into building one from scratch
looking for some specs for a purely gaming pc (currently xbox 360ing), dont need o/s, keyboard, mouse or monitor, planing on using samsung 32inch hdtv (if ya all think thats advisable) budget in the £600 region if thats feasible.
Also any build advice for a newbie would be much appreciated

Many thanks in advance

 

[Kennysevenfold]

what os are you using mate.?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Just over i blame delivery haha

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (90-C1CL55-L0UAY00Z) £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49
(£89.99) £103.49
(£89.99)

Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply £66.69
(£57.99) £66.69
(£57.99)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £39.09
(£33.99) £39.09
(£33.99)

CIT 1001 Midi-ATX Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £37.94
(£32.99) £37.94
(£32.99)

Samsung TS-H653F 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.94
(£12.99) £14.94
(£12.99) Sub Total : £522.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £79.94 Total : £612.85

 

[95thrifles]

Beaten to it, but least mines under if you can push your budget, personally Id look at gfx card, 4870 and if poss 1 gig version

 

[Kennysevenfold]

beaten to it.? dont think so

and you have posted a 512mb graphics card and he will be gaming on a 32" monitor....good luck

 

[Thekwango]

gonna be using vista home premium 64 bit, friend of a freind of a friend getting me a copy on the cheap , would there be any real benefits in me spending some extra and going for a quad core processor and how are these specs geared for future upgrading?

p.s. if at some point i make a glaring tool of myself with incorrect or weird questions pls forgive my inexperience!!

 

[QlimaxUK]

beaten to it.? dont think so

and you have posted a 512mb graphics card and he will be gaming on a 32" monitor....good luck

but if its a 32" TV then it may have a max res of 1366 x 768 so the size of screen won't matter

 

[TheRedZealot]

and you have posted a 512mb graphics card and he will be gaming on a 32" monitor....good luck

He's using a HDTV which will probably be 1366x720.

 

[Thekwango]

hey if the hdtv aint the norm or makes things awkward i'd happily invest in a monitor, probably in or around 22 inch?

 

[QlimaxUK]

it wont be awkward, unless you like higher res (above 1360 x 768)
you will also need a DVI - HDMI cable OR a DVI - VGA cable

 

[Thekwango]

well i'd prefer whichever gives best quality pic, i assume an lcd monitor?

 

[TheRedZealot]

The newer 22" LCD's which have a 1920x1080 resolution are supposed to be very good.

 

[Thekwango]

thanks for all replies, can anyone tell me if there is any benefit to going for quad core processor?

 

[95thrifles]

for gaming, no

 

[QlimaxUK]

thanks for all replies, can anyone tell me if there is any benefit to going for quad core processor?

yes, for UT3 and GTA4 (and others, a short list but future games will need quads too)

but then those wolfys are meant to be really good too

 

[icey_haj]

for gaming, no

Don't agree with you there thrifty (first time ever ).

More and more games are beginning to use Quad Core, so I would opt for that and clock the hell out of it. Although, it maybe a little out of your budget.

Of course in the majority of games a highly clocked dual core will be better than a quad, but the fps difference isn't really that much.

 

[icey_haj]

I believe that I have the tastiest spec.

 

[Thekwango]

thanks again for all the replies and advice, just toyin with all the suggestions, will post a possible spec for your all to throw your eyes over

 

[Thekwango]

well thanks again for the advice, here's what i'm potentially leaning towards, over budget i know, but what the hell its only money

Any thoughts?


p.s. not sure how to properly show all the bits and bobs in the same way as the previous posts!!

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) + Company of Heroes Bundle - Retail £183.99
(£159.99) £183.99
(£159.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.5GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £160.99
(£139.99) £160.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49
(£89.99) £103.49
(£89.99)
NZXT Guardian 921 Crafted Series Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)
Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply £66.69
(£57.99) £66.69
(£57.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £51.74
(£44.99) £51.74
(£44.99)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £39.09
(£33.99) £39.09
(£33.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09
(£13.99) £16.09
(£13.99)
Sub Total : £618.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £94.49
Total : £724.39

 

[TheRedZealot]

I would personally change the Q8300 to a Q6600 and the case to an Antec 300.