Don't do this often, Spec me a leet bundle

DarkShadow · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:41

Last time I built a pc was over 2 years ago and It consisted of the following:

A64 3500+
Galaxy 6800GT
1GB Geil Ram
Asus A8V Deluxe

This bundle is now leaving me to go to a new home

For less than a fraction of £800+ I paid

Now I'm on a strict budget and my requirements are the following:

I'm a gamer and I want 2GB of Ram. I also want a quiet graphics that will last me a while like my legendary 6800GT, must have Dual DVI and handle games such as CSS & Company of heroes at widescreen res with AA + AF.

I'm trying to cram in a E6600 but I'm having difficulty meeting all my requirements for £500.

Could anyone please care to help me out?

Ste99 · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:44

E6400 is the better choice if you are on a budget. The £100 saved can go towards a better gfx card if you are serious about games.

Maybe this value ram will be better to save a bit more cash.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-010-OK

waso_dude · 27 Dec 2006 at 02:46

don't bother with *** 6400 get a 6300 and overclock it its worth it

A 6300, Gigabyte DS3, Decent cooler 2gb Geil C4 ram and a OCUK 7900 gs

will be close to 500 iirc.....

Naffa · 27 Dec 2006 at 03:07

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£84.99
(£99.86)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£144.99
(£170.36)

Sub Total : £419.96
Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £74.94
Total : £503.15

Bearing in mind you'll need to add a CPU cooler on top of that and quite possibly a PSU... Not bad at all though.

Ste99 · 27 Dec 2006 at 11:22

Oh yeah I meant 6300 not 6400 d'oh.

waso_dude · 27 Dec 2006 at 11:50

naffa said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£84.99
(£99.86)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£144.99
(£170.36)

Sub Total : £419.96
Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £74.94
Total : £503.15

Bearing in mind you'll need to add a CPU cooler on top of that and quite possibly a PSU... Not bad at all though.

Bargin Deal....

same spec as mine nearly....

i just got a asus P5B - Just waiting for the Gigabyte 680i mobo

Macabre · 27 Dec 2006 at 12:41

It annoys me how RAM costs so much. I need 2GB of RAM but it would have to be DDR and 2X1GB. £170 or whatever is ridiculous just for RAM, so forget that.

Trusty · 27 Dec 2006 at 12:58

I think this is a better spec for the money. 6300 with a cpu cooler so you can overclock it.

The 1950 pro is far better than the 7900gs and the S3 is the same as the DS3 except it won't last 6 years. But you won't have it that long anyway!

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
(£110.44)

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
(£146.86)

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R)
(£138.64)

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

Sub Total : £425.95
Total : £511.01