Help with specification please

tbf99 · 29 Oct 2006 at 22:52

Hi guys -first post-

Hopefully won't be my last after getting a new machine

I need a new machine that can play games mostly. I don't do video editing or sound recording purley games and internet / word etc.

I can spend between 600-700 pounds. I have a monitor, keyboard, a mouse and hard drives (IDE) so I will not be needing them.

As I have a fairly small room, I need the P.C as quite as possible, silent preffered.

The games I play are counter-strike (1.6) World of Warcraft and hopefully UT2007 when it comes out.

Any help would be appreciated guys

tbf99 · 29 Oct 2006 at 22:55

Oh, I would prefer to not have to do any overclocking. Never felt comfortable telling people I blew my machine up

tbf99 · 30 Oct 2006 at 17:52

Any ideas anyone?

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2006 at 17:56

This could be suitable, there is plenty of potential for overclocking in the system if you want but it will be fast enough without it.

CA-035-AN Antec Performance TX1088AMG Metallic Grey Tower Case - 480w Truepower PSU (CA-035-AN)
£38.99 £38.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£164.99 £164.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.99 £14.99
GX-053-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-CO)
£144.99 £144.99
CD-042-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-042-NE)
£18.99 £18.99
Subtotal £572.93
VAT £100.27
Total £673.20

mattbrown91 · 30 Oct 2006 at 17:57

Overclocking isn't dangerous enough to cause an explosion, just take it steady and without much effort you will save a lot of money.

Ok, it might reduce the life expectancy by a year or two.

t31os · 30 Oct 2006 at 18:11

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£89.99 £89.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.99 £14.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£164.99 £164.99
GX-045-OK OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-OK) 1
£119.99 £119.99
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN) 1
£61.99 £61.99
CA-020-AK Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU (CA-020-AK) 1
£26.99 £26.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£99.99 £99.99
CD-059-LO Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO) 1
£16.95 £16.95
Subtotal £595.88
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £106.20
Total £713.03

120mm fans in that case, i have one, its nice and quiet.

I also have a NEC and Liteon, and i definately can say the Liteon would be my choice. Why?..... the build quality is better, and its less noisy.

Bear in mind though, you could drop that price by a fair bit by going for a cheaper board, since you're not interested in Overclocking anyway. Perhaps some cheaper slower memory to.