Just another Conroe spec thread :)

[Supercow]

Hey Guys

Soon it will be that time for me again, so do your best
It will be a gaming system, I need 2gb of ram, and ideally would like +/- 600 GB of storage. (1 x 400gb maybe 500gb media donkey and main drive for apps n stuff). I would like a modular PSU thats relatively silent all housed in a Lian-Li PC-V300 Aluminum Micro ATX Mini Tower Case.
I want a ATI card (not interested in Crossfire SLI and all that non-sense) and I don't play games at a higher resolution than 1280 x 1024 , so would a x1800 do the same job as a x1900?

I have a monitor , keyboard n mouse, so what can you do for around the £900 mark?

ps: No I dont overclock

 

[fenderbass86]

Got a budget?

 

[Supercow]

I have a monitor , keyboard n mouse, so what can you do for around the £900 mark?

Think I also need to mention that I'm flexible on everything, spec wise.

 

[weringo]

HD-075-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-075-WD)
£135.95 £135.95

CD-054-SO Sony AW-G170AB2 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer - (Black) OEM (CD-054-SO)
£18.95 £18.95

CA-012-AN Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN)
£29.99 £29.99

CA-012-TG Tagan TG500-U25 500W ATX2.0 Dual Engine Silent SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-012-TG)
£64.99 £64.99

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£109.99 £109.99

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99

MY-017-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK) (MY-017-GS)
£149.99 £149.99

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£139.99 £139.99

Subtotal £741.84
VAT £129.83
Total £871.67

 

[Supercow]

Hehe , same as your spec I take it weringo

 

[weringo]

Hehe , same as your spec I take it weringo

Well I prefer to recomend things Ive used first hand rather than things a friend of a friend told me were good

 

[Supercow]

Good philosophy Weringo
Anyone else please, but this time with the case I'm after with a mobo to suit?

 

[semi-pro waster]

This should be suitable however I think from other peoples reports you may need to crack out the Dremel to mod the case so that the X1800XT will fit.

CA-077-LL Lian-Li PC-V300 Aluminum Micro ATX Mini Tower Case - Black (CA-077-LL)
£67.95 £67.95
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£129.99 £129.99
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£109.99 £109.99
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.99 £61.99
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.99 £125.98
CD-041-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-041-NE)
£18.95 £18.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
Subtotal £755.83
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £134.19
Total £900.97

 

[Supercow]

This should be suitable however I think from other peoples reports you may need to crack out the Dremel to mod the case so that the X1800XT will fit.

CA-077-LL Lian-Li PC-V300 Aluminum Micro ATX Mini Tower Case - Black (CA-077-LL)
£67.95 £67.95
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£129.99 £129.99
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£109.99 £109.99
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.99 £61.99
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.99 £125.98
CD-041-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-041-NE)
£18.95 £18.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
Subtotal £755.83
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £134.19
Total £900.97

I really like the spec, cheers man.
Just the whole modding thing is bugging me, I'm not the most handy of guys