Help Sorting Out A New Rig...

[braz2kuk]

Hi Guys,

making a return from the mac forums, back into the world of pc's. Anyway i need to start with a new rig as i sold my old one, i need a complete setup including monitor and peripherals. Need to stick with air cooling no water for the moment also need a new case as well, looking at going quad also if possible, i will be wanting to do a bit of overclocking so not sure if it's better to go with the dual cores still.

Just wondering if you guys could spec me a system, budget £1350 inc VAT.

Been out the game for a while, thanks in advance

 

[mp260767]

whats the system going to be used for ?

 

[braz2kuk]

whats the system going to be used for ?

going to be used mainly for games, as well as running office and general email and web surfing.

Thanks

 

[Hesky82]

non of that will warrant the need for a quad core processor. I say spend the money on a kick ass GFX card, fast dual core lots of ram and a luxo aluminium case and 24" monitor

 

[mp260767]

came up with the following to get you started.

main few things to mention, keyboard and mouse are gaming versions there are the high side price wise to give you some leeway.

new gfx cards are due out in the next month or so so hold off buying until there about and see how they do.

psu is 620w, 520w would be fine if the £18 difference can be used on something else.




Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £79.99 (£93.99)

Samsung SH-S203D/BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£16.44)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £59.99 (£70.49)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99 (£88.11)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £59.99
(£70.49)

Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £109.99
(£129.24)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £53.99 (£63.44)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £187.99 (£220.89)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99
(£35.24)

Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue 4000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail (RZ01-00170100-R3M1) £39.99 (£46.99)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99 (£176.24)

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £166.99
(£196.21)

Logitech G15 Rev.2 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail £47.99
(£56.39)

Sub Total : £1,075.87
Shipping : £25.75
VAT : £192.78
Total : £1,294.40