Ideas for Gaming System

Dru · 19 Jul 2007 at 15:56

I've not been keeping up with hardware recently but I'm planning on building a new system in a few weeks and wondered what you guys would recommend.

Primarily the system will be used mostly for gaming so that's something to take into consideration (I have a 20' widescreen monitor so I play at the highest res I can).

The budget is £800 (ish, I can go over a bit) and it doesn't need to include a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

Any suggestions are much appreciated, thank guys!

Alex UK · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:06

Will you be overclocking and do you need an OS?

Dru · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:16

It's literally just the 'box' that needs to be specced up so no OS is needed, and I've overclocked every system I've owned but I don't mind if it's very 'overclockable' or not really. Just the best system that can be had for around £800.

Thanks.

melbourne720 · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:24

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£76.36)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£246.74)

Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA755)
(£29.36)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£176.24)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
(£29.36)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£57.56)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£93.99)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£64.61)

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£21.14)

Total : £808.24

How about that?

Margaret · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:28

I'd take another 2Gb of Ram and step down to Dual Core instead.

Alex UK · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:28

This spec is £50 over budget due to the soundcard, so if your happy with onboard sound then you could leave it out...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£146.86) £124.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£93.99) £79.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£64.61) £54.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£246.74) £209.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
(£50.51) £42.99

Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96) £16.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
(£38.76) £32.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04) £5.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74) £49.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£64.61) £54.99

Sub Total : £710.89
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £126.67
Total : £850.51

Dru · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:37

Both of those specs look the business and I'm certainly not averse to paying an extra £50 for the soundcard as I do like good quality sound.

Needless to say unless someone comes up with something better I'll definitely be going with one of your two specs, you've been a terrific help.