Hi guys.
I am looking to order and build my first pc next week, I am currenty using a Dell laptop which is about 3 years old now so an upgrade is a little over due.
I have been reading this forum for a few months and come up with the following
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Freeview TV Tuner Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Freeview TV Tuner £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige,Black,Silver) - Retail Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige,Black,Silver) - Retail £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £709.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £126.15
Total : £846.99
My budget is around £850 for just the box, I already have a keyboard and mouse and will be using a 32 inch HD lcd for the screen. I dont game much at the moment (dell laptop) but may upgrade the grapics card in about a years time when DX10 is more established and cheaper.
What I am mainly after is a powerful and reasonable quite rig for video encoding, photoshop and maybe getting into the world of pc gaming. Any thoughts or recomendatins welcome before I order.
I am looking to order and build my first pc next week, I am currenty using a Dell laptop which is about 3 years old now so an upgrade is a little over due.
I have been reading this forum for a few months and come up with the following
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Freeview TV Tuner Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Freeview TV Tuner £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige,Black,Silver) - Retail Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige,Black,Silver) - Retail £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £709.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £126.15
Total : £846.99
My budget is around £850 for just the box, I already have a keyboard and mouse and will be using a 32 inch HD lcd for the screen. I dont game much at the moment (dell laptop) but may upgrade the grapics card in about a years time when DX10 is more established and cheaper.
What I am mainly after is a powerful and reasonable quite rig for video encoding, photoshop and maybe getting into the world of pc gaming. Any thoughts or recomendatins welcome before I order.
). As for gaming, I used to enjoy playing the likes of far cry, Black and white 2, Battle for middle earth, but my poor old laptop nvidia 6800 card struggles to play any newer games at decent frame rates so I'm hoping the 7900gs will be a decent upgrade until DX10 cards and games are more reasonable. 