Best Possible Setup for around £1100

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looking to build a comp for a mate, budget is around 1100 max. ive had a look at various possible set ups but id rather get advice from you guys since you know more than me. its going to be used for some gaming, and the usual web surfing etc, no overclocking will be done. just need the base unit and monitor, no kyb speakers etc or os. thanks in advance
 
This should be suitable, albeit some of the parts are potentially overkill since they are geared for overclocking but given the price difference is next to nil(aside from the motherboard) it makes sense to get them anyway.

MO-019-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-019-OK)
£109.99 £109.99
CA-067-AN Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU (CA
£58.99 £58.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£187.99 £187.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£51.99 £51.99
CD-045-NE NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-045-NE)
£19.99 £19.99
GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)
£249.99 £249.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.99 £14.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
Subtotal £923.91
VAT £161.69
Total £1,085.60
 
^^ Lovely spec up above. Every component is rock solid.

About the only thing I'd look at changing is the case, but this is probably something he'd want to specify heh.
 
Pretty much dead on spec...

Just gonna list a couple of alternative components - not say they are better or worse or cheaper...

g.skill 6400HZ as a possible alternative memory, the geil is great stuff tho really down to personal preference.

Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard - specially the wifi edition comes with a ton of extras and is a really nice all round board - also has higher memory options with the latest BIOS (upto 1067)

an nVidia GPU such as the MSI 7900GTO - very very good performance for the price - with an SLI motherboard (neither of the 2 above are) you could SLI 2 of these cards for only £60 more than 1x x1950XT-X for a huge performance boost.
 
thanks for the replies guys, im loving the spec suggested by you mr waster, and im mighty tempted to slil the system after the words from Rroff, can anyone suggest a good core duo sli mobo? i had a look at the msi one but its a crossfire one
 
minor change of plans, looking to get the new 8800 for this system, how much will it add to the costs?
 
Calum said:
The price of the 8800 and a new psu
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trying to figure out how much the 8800 will be, ive had a look see in the long 30 page thread on the graphics subforum an it seem like there is no concrete price yet :(
 
gonna be hard to build a decent 8800 based system this close to release with £1100 - the GPU alone is going to cost you somewhere between 400 and 600. Deffinatly knocks the E6600 out the list, and tbh I wouldn't bother with an 8800 without one.
 
Rroff said:
gonna be hard to build a decent 8800 based system this close to release with £1100 - the GPU alone is going to cost you somewhere between 400 and 600. Deffinatly knocks the E6600 out the list, and tbh I wouldn't bother with an 8800 without one.
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ooof 400-600 is a mighty big hit, looks like an sli for now, then 8800 later on. thanks for the reply!
 
Just go for a 7900GTO unless your going to run a 24" monitor there's no point. Buy a cheaper card if you want a stopgap, don't bother with two!
 
aye...

Theres nothing that really needs the horsepower atm my 7950GX2 benches doom3, quake4, css/lost coast, fear, etc. and flying around 280-300fps - which is quite something to see when you've just upgraded from a 6800... but you'd still be getting 150-180fps in the same scenes with a 7900GTO which is still overkill... specially if you game on an LCD with a 60 or 75Hz refresh.
 
reason behind having 2 cards is my mate would want them just for bragging rights but i'll persuade him to go with just the one. thanks for the advice lads!
 
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