Anyone fancy building me a PC?

Tonk3h

Tonk3h

Tonk3h

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hey guys, im new to this forum, but been directed here to look for help in gettin my new pc, as mines gottan grey and old.

i should have about 850 pound, and just need the unit so thats..

HDD
PSU
Processor/cpu
Ram
GFX card (nvidia8800 series pref)
Mobo
maybe soundcard
Case....

any help or advice would be appreciate loadssss :D i would go into it myself, but id probably end up buying incompatible stuff, OR, id buy stuff which wuld waste my money !

thanks :D
 
What is the purpose of this system? What monitor you running? Here is what I would suggest for general usage/gaming/overclocking:

Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £68.99
(£81.06)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £174.99
(£205.61)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.99
(£117.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £164.99
(£193.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21)
Sub Total : £656.93
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £117.23
Total : £787.11
 
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mishima said:
What is the purpose of this system? What monitor you running? Here is what I would suggest for general usage/gaming/overclocking:

Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £68.99
(£81.06)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £174.99
(£205.61)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.99
(£117.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £164.99
(£193.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21)
Sub Total : £656.93
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £117.23
Total : £787.11
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You forgot a decent PSU and DVD drive, which would take him over bugdet.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £174.99
(£205.61) £174.99
(£205.61)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £68.99
(£81.06) £68.99
(£81.06)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84) £101.99
(£119.84)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Sub Total : £727.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £130.00
Total : £872.84

Edit, Damnit beaten, but I have managed to squeeze and OS in to mine.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £174.99
(£205.61) £174.99
(£205.61)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84) £101.99
(£119.84)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
BFG 800W UK/PFC Approved PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Sub Total : £706.91
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 : £125.98
Total : £845.84


This should be ok for starters add in a dvdrw and you will be just over your budget
 
wow i wasnt expectin this much help! lol wow guys thanks :D

erm, some notes, i dont need an OS, and the computer is mainly gonna be used for games, and sound/video/image editing :D
 
Tonk3h said:
wow i wasnt expectin this much help! lol wow guys thanks :D

erm, some notes, i dont need an OS, and the computer is mainly gonna be used for games, and sound/video/image editing :D
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My spec is great. Powerful, very quiet and looks great.
 
will that case hold the 8800gts ok? theyre big aint they? plus..

i might end up with a bit more money, than 800, depends how much i get spoilt for my birthday hehe :D
 
Tonk3h said:
will that case hold the 8800gts ok? theyre big aint they? plus..

i might end up with a bit more money, than 800, depends how much i get spoilt for my birthday hehe :D
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Yes it will. If you can up the budget, upgrade the CPU to an E6600.
 
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink

Total: £849.36 (Including VAT and Delivery)

I win :D

EDIT: Welcome to the forums BTW :)
 
yay :D cant wait. at the mo im running all the games i play on lowest possible spec :( it sucks, im still good at them all tho haha :P BF2, Source etc. it should be like playing a whole new game :D ahha


3 things,

aint raptor Hdd's the best? i thought they were meant to be the fastest?

Is geil Ram good? they seem quite cheap and tacky? (no offence to those who have it :rolleyes:

in a coupe of weeks time will there be any recognisably better stuff i could get for the money? should i wait for newer stuff?

thanksss
 
Raptors are suppose to be fast but the seagates aren't far behind and they aren't really worth the money/noise (in my opinion before I get shouted at)

GeIL Ram is good for that price range, ofcourse if you wanted to spend more you could always get better.

There are rumors of price cuts for intel in April and AMD is planning on releasing there new cpu some time soon, but if your waiting around for new hardware you'd be waiting for ever with comps. The only thing that might be worth waiting for is the end of march when ATI launch there r600 chip.
 
Tonk3h said:
yay :D cant wait. at the mo im running all the games i play on lowest possible spec. it sucks, im still good at them all tho haha :P BF2, Source etc. it should be like playing a whole new game :D ahha


3 things,

aint raptor Hdd's the best? i thought they were meant to be the fastest?

Is geil Ram good? they seem quite cheap and tacky? (no offence to those who have it

in a coupe of weeks time will there be any recognisably better stuff i could get for the money? should i wait for newer stuff?

thanksss
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1.) Raptors have a faster spindle speed than standard drives (10,000rpm as opposed to 7200rpm) which in theory means that data can be read faster however the diference is extremley negligable and IMO, not worth the price premium. Better to get a large drive at lower cost :)

2.) Nothing wrong with the GeIL RAM. Overclocks very well and has good reviews. And it's cheap ;)

3.) Can't think of anything coming out in the next couple of weeks- rumours of price cuts on CPUs soon but nothing definite IIRC. You may be able to shave a few pounds off the price by waiting but I would just go for it :D If you want to wait for hardware to come out then as Edward01 pointed out, you will be waiting forever as the hardware market is constantly changing.
 
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