Gaming spec £700

[Goody]

Hey,

Thnking of building a new gaming rig, got about 700 to spend all i need is the tower got a monitor, software etc.

Thanks for the help

 

[semi-pro waster]

A bit under the budget but that does leave a couple of options such as a larger hard drive etc.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21119-00-40R) £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £570.92
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £101.83
Total : £683.70

 

[Goody]

Thanks a lot,

Ive always gone with GeForce cards, never used an ati before what are they like in comparison to a similar geforce model?

 

[semi-pro waster]

That is about on a par with an 8800GTS, beats it in a few things - generally higher resolutions and is behind in a few things but I can't see anything that is massively compelling to make you pick one over the other.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

This is an alternative to Semi-pro's excellent spec. It includes a GTS, though personally I'd take the ATi above, a very swank case, a faster hard disk, an equally (essentially) beefy PSU, and a more future-proof motherboard.