Help with purchases

Magicism · 21 Sep 2007 at 13:25

Can I have some thoughts on these purchases I am about to make. I need to get the best PC I can for £450. I have a case already and a graphics cards, just need these items. Can anyone tell me if there are better ones available?

semi-pro waster · 21 Sep 2007 at 13:43

I'd suggest not skimping on the PSU, the Huntkeys don't seem too bad but there is still a certain element of doubt with a cheap PSU. The system below isn't as fast at stock but will almost certainly overclock to the same sort of levels and probably further as well as offering significantly more hard drive space, Raptors are very expensive for what they actually offer.

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £79.98
(£93.98)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £91.98
(£108.08)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Sub Total : £360.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £64.90
Total : £435.76

Magicism · 21 Sep 2007 at 13:47

I would go for that except for the fact that I am really not sure about overclocking and my parents (who are part funding these purchases) don't want me to overclock seeing as my last Processor over heated ><

Surely if I take out the raptor hardrive and just have the 320gb that would be ok a hardrive and then I could invest the money in to a best PSU?
I do not need a huge amount of hard drive space and once I get more moeny I could add another.

semi-pro waster · 21 Sep 2007 at 13:50

That would also work, overclocking is very simple but if you or they aren't comfortable with it then that is fair enough. The other point to make is that if you don't have a 64bit OS then you won't get access to the full 4gb of Ram, you will see around 3.5gb of it.

Magicism · 21 Sep 2007 at 13:52

Ah well I better get my hands on a decent OS then ^^

But I will be alright with XP for a while and only using 3.5gb of my ram.

How does the OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply sound at £59.99 (£70.49)?

semi-pro waster · 21 Sep 2007 at 14:22

It is a decent enough PSU but if you are willing to spend that much money then personally I'd take the Corsair HX 520w over it.

Magicism · 21 Sep 2007 at 14:26

Ok that sounds good I will go with that

And I can upgrade to a 3ghz processor with 10p left =D

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £79.98
(£93.98)
Sub Total : £373.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £67.01
Total : £449.90