Help (Student Spec)

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Hi, I have been spending the last week and a half compiling a build and everytime it changes abit I just can not decide on it do I need it or just plain want it :)

My max Budget would be £1000 a little here or there does not matter too much I guess but... Idle Budget would be £800 or less :D

My main uses are Office for Coursework, etc, CAD and various other graphic and design packages mostly 2006 versions and lower for my Studies. I'm a light gamer I currently only play 2 games Bfme2: RotWk and Lord of the Rings Online : Shadow of Angmar so not sure if 8800gts/gtx will benefit me at the moment for my gaming and design needs.

Within my Budget I need pretty much everything even a copy of Vista (mouse and keyboard I do not need)

I have Chosen my Monitor LG 20" LCD L204WT TCO-03 (1680x1050, 5ms, 2000:1) DVI for just under £165 so the excess £635(preferably) or £835 is for the Tower. Case has been the hardest thing to decide on, I keep looking at the Akasa Eclipse-62 but £93.99 is a huge chunk out of my budget so guys I leave it to you experts for suggestions and alternatives.

I want a Decent Mobo for Overclocking, and some decent Chipset,CPU and Case Cooling (on Air)

At Least 250GB of HDD Space (more the merrier) and All Drives Sata please

Many Thanks,
J Prior
 
Welcome to the forums, something like this ought to do you. It is under £900 (just) but offers good overclocking potential and a solid system. :)

Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £151.99
(£178.59) £151.99
(£178.59)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
LG L204WT 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £144.99
(£170.36) £144.99
(£170.36)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Sub Total : £750.90
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 : £133.67
Total : £897.52
 
Thanks Mate, quick reply and A nice build, couple of things to ask though is that Case big enough to hold the 8800gts without it rubbing something (being as its a monster of a card? and secondly 430w CPU wont it pass out from the strain from said monster < I don't mind spending extra of a decent PSU like the corsair HX 520w or 620w if it can stil stay under the £1000 mark
 
ok, thanks I bet I end up changing something when it gets near to checkout :rolleyes: I just can't help myself. just noticed the LG 20" is Pre Order (ETA 14/5/07) have any suggestions for a similar spec'd monitor at similar price?
 
K done, my HD TV is samsung so atleast it might match a little. just been looking at things would the BFG 8800 GTs be any better for me than the OcUk thinking Overclocking wise?
 
thanks guys I went with the suggestions and ordered it for Saturday Delivery

Total £993.86

I'm hoping this Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor matches the rest of my decor and well is good :p
 
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