Help to Spec A PC - (Just Tower),

king-core · 15 Apr 2009 at 23:57

Hi there,

Been using the same pc for a good few years, really really starting to get on my nerves need a big change. Would love for someone to spec me decent parts so i could build this myself. Will do a bit of gaming not much as i mostly play ps3.
Monitor i will purchase seperate mouse and keyboard also.

Price Range- 400-600.

Regards

KingZeddy · 15 Apr 2009 at 23:59

So is it a general use PC or light gaming, but not to latest specs?

king-core · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:02

Yep mostly just general use but woudnt mind components that could take a bit of light gaming.

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:07

what res is your monitor?

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:11

expenisve PSU is just incase you want to upgrade in future

might want to add a cpu cooler for overcloking that little GEM of a CPU

king-core · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:13

1024x768 -

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:14

think all those components are bang for buck and at that res u'll blow everything away unless the game demands excessive cpu usage like supremem commander or GTA4

king-core · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:15

Thanks for the help siumatfung. yep will defintely save this spec. just gona look at a few more, dont wanna rush my self

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:21

its dependant do you want to be future proofing aswell? you could go amd

or get a better case something more stylish and prettier

edit:you can also have the challenge of unlocking that 4th core

, oops posdted wrong pic hehe

icey_haj · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:32

I'm liking the AMD spec fungus, but there's no need for the 600W+ PSU, I doubt he's going to do Crossfire at his res. A good 500W will be fine and save him some cash for an aftermarket cooler.

l33-4 · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:32

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £142.99

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49

XFX GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (GS-250X-YDFC) - Retail £99.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HE502IJ) £65.54

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply £44.99

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £33.99

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £29.99

Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £20.99

Sub Total : £471.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £72.45
Total : £555.48

what about this

king-core · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:35

Thanks a lot Siumatfung, That second spec you have posted looks phenomenal for the type im going for price range is okay and seriously woudnt mind paying that much for a pc that would last me a long time will definetly do upgrades here and there.
Much Credit man Thanks a lot siumatfung.

king-core · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:36

l33-4 is it possible you could give me the site that the spec you have posted, also seems good and a good price.

Audigex · 16 Apr 2009 at 02:52

I would have thought it's here on OCUK - people tend not to post competitor links or spec up on other sites.

It tends to be more a case of "here's the spec - but you might want to shop around on x item" leaving you to do some research on perhaps a CPU which might be a little cheaper elsewhere.

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 04:05

something like this w9uld be excellent didnt realise the money left for the case would be so little after the re-spec but this would be awesome

95thrifles · 16 Apr 2009 at 09:05

this last spec by siumatfung loooks good, though I would get a different HDD personally,a 640 gig WD or sammy (640 uses 2 320 platters as opposed to 2 250 which are denser and run faster, and WD and samsung just make better drives than seagate) other than that pretty much perfect