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taz488 · 30 May 2007 at 18:26

£650 MAX for my mate, i got a spec and he decided to up the budget so im not sure what to get. hes a gamer so need to be aimed towards that type of pc

he needs

Monitor - 19" widescreen as they arnt much more than 17" normal tft.
keyboard - hes not fussed
mouse - gaming but cheap still
case
PSU
Mobo
CPU
RAM
Sound Card - good enough for games but within budget
GPU - best for budget as this is a gaming pc
DVD/CD Drive - might as well be re-writable
Hard Drive - 160gb will probably be enough
Windows xp

i think thats it, basically the case and everythin in it, monitor, keyboard and mouse

p.s. he doesnt live near me and he cant build it, do OcUK build em for a price? or anyone know anywhere that will. he wants to go to the purple shop but i steered him away

im not sure whether he can afford a low end intel core 2 duo, if you think hell be able to afford one after the price drop then please still post it.

lee87 · 30 May 2007 at 18:50

This spec should be great for gaming, the cpu will overclock very well with the motherboard.

hp7909 · 30 May 2007 at 19:19

taz488 said:
{snip}p.s. he doesnt live near me and he cant build it, do OcUK build em for a price? or anyone know anywhere that will. he wants to go to the purple shop but i steered him away{snip}

OcUK do supply pre-built rigs, here. But, why don't you build it for him? Its easy, see this guide

taz488 · 30 May 2007 at 19:22

cheers for the reply, kinda what i was thinking, i think ill tell him to get that with a gamer mouse or summat.

i can build em ive built mine but i dont know this guy in real life hes a mate from a cod2 clan so i cant realy get it posted to me can i.

p.s. is it worth getting the 512mb version of that card?

taz488 · 31 May 2007 at 22:25

ive changed a few things, will this be a good choice...

churned · 31 May 2007 at 22:31

He should really stretch to £800 for DX10.

taz488 · 31 May 2007 at 23:47

ill tell him to wait for a bit maybe, might be the best idea.

hp7909 · 1 Jun 2007 at 05:15

taz488 said:

That's a very good setup!

Shimmy · 1 Jun 2007 at 12:58

hp7909 said:
That's a very good setup!

It is but not got a gaming mouse, which cost £30 or more.

This is the best I came up with:

An extra tenner to get a razer deathadder - my weapon of choice

melbourne720 · 1 Jun 2007 at 14:19

DX10 is soooo close...

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC)
(£56.39)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528)
(£58.74)

Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU
(£58.74)

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW173D 17" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
(£93.99)

Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029)
(£15.26)

Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
(£38.76)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£182.11)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£70.49)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
(£29.36)

Total : £697.76

Banjo · 1 Jun 2007 at 14:40

Just a quickie;
I've got a Saitek 1600dpi Gaming Mouse, and it cost me in the region of £20 on a popular auction website, so if you've hit your budget and want a cheap gaming mouse, I'd recommend it.

Banjo ;_;