Gaming PC/Laptop

[syke]

Friend has a budget of £800-1000 (1000 at a push) and has two options;

Gaming Laptop - to play COD4 mostly.
Gaming Desktop - same games & general use.

If he was to get a Desktop, he'd need everything, monitor, keyboard, mouse etc.

What can he get for that range, and also what would you do?

Any specs/laptops would be nice.

Last question; is the 8600GT generally the fastest on sub £1k laptops?


Ta



** Do realise its laptop too - but didnt think its worth making two threads, to put one in the Laptop Sub Forum **

 

[syke]

Heres a spec i was thinking;

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual 2x
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Cherry G83-6105 PS2 Keyboard - Black
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

£892.80inc.

The bold bits are where im not sure about.

 

[jak731]

what games does he want to play and at what res?

 

[syke]

what games does he want to play and at what res?

COD4, Crysis, MoH:A - COD4 mostly though.

And res, which ever really, no particular res.


Cheaper the better obviously.

 

[jak731]

does your friend intend to OC? if so you could drop the cpu on your spec down to an e2180, and get a third party cooler (such as a thermalright ultra 120mm (or whatever its called))along with a 120mm fan sharkons for silence (or so its recommended) or delta for airflow (but get a fan controller as well because the fan is loud) as well for even better temps , also if he doesnt intend to keep the graphics too long, maybe get the OCUK version of the card, i think it only has a shorter warranty.

this is what he can get for the top end of his budget

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £31.99
(£37.59) £63.98
(£75.18)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99
(£160.96) £136.99
(£160.96)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Sub Total : £810.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £144.17
Total : £968.00

no speakers as i didnt see any in your spec and i also used the same monitor as you since my knowlege of monitors is almost non-existant, a mouse and keyboard it also required but since your friend will not have the same preference to me i will not spec them although i think you can still fit some into the budget (i find a G15 revision 1 and G7 very nice, but both are discontinued now and expensive)