Core 2 Duo spec please!

Mechanical Arts · 2 Apr 2007 at 22:05

I'm not really up on the newest hardware but I want a new PC for gaming because my current one is getting on abit. I need the whole PC apart from keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS and I want to spend about £600.

Help appreciated!

weringo · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:24

Heres a decent build for that price range to get the ball rolling:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£119.84)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
(£99.86)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11)

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£135.11)

NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£22.31)

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

Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU
(£51.69)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£61.09)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£16.44)

Shipping : £10.95
Total : £636.69

I would recommend you increase your budget to around £700 and you can afford a DX10 graphics card, just to future proof your PC a bit.

Energize · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:28

Antec Sonata II Piano 450W
£69.17
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13Ghz
£133.65
Asus P5GZ-MX
£44.41
Crucial 2GB DDR 533 2x1GB
£84.98
Samsung 200GB 7200rpm
£44.93
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
£194.98

LG GSA-H12N 18x DVD±RW £21.99
£594.11

zytok · 3 Apr 2007 at 06:20

Energize said:
Antec Sonata II Piano 450W
£69.17
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13Ghz
£133.65
Asus P5GZ-MX
£44.41
Crucial 2GB DDR 533 2x1GB
£84.98
Samsung 200GB 7200rpm
£44.93
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
£194.98

LG GSA-H12N 18x DVD±RW £21.99
£594.11

How's that mobo compared to say a Gigabyte that everyone else seems to recommend? Quite a bit cheaper.............

Mechanical Arts · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:15

Thanks for the specs, what would be a good DX10 graphics card if I was to increase my budget?

weringo · 3 Apr 2007 at 13:28

Mechanical Arts said:
Thanks for the specs, what would be a good DX10 graphics card if I was to increase my budget?

BFG 8800GTS 320MB

Energize · 3 Apr 2007 at 20:13

zytok said:
How's that mobo compared to say a Gigabyte that everyone else seems to recommend? Quite a bit cheaper.............

It doesn't affect stock performance, if thats what you mean. I don't personally know much about motherboards.