Looking for some help on a build.

[Macca]

I've posted in some other sections of the forum for some info on a build, such as which mobo and graphics card to get. So i thought i'd ask here for a whole system build too. As i've been looking into much hardware for a bit i'm not up to date with things so if you would like to spec me something for me that would be great.

I'm looking for it to do a bit of gaming e.g. CSS and some other games but probably nothing too intense that requires a beast of a pc.

my range is around £300-£400.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Something like this is probably suitable for your requirements, if you want to get it below £400 then just select a smaller hard drive.

LiteON DH-20A1P-45C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £331.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £60.00
Total : £402.88

 

[hp7909]

{snip}my range is around £300-£400.

You need everything or just the base unit?

 

[Macca]

You need everything or just the base unit?

Just the base. Cheers Semi-pro...that was something i was looking at, i wasn't sure if i should just get a cheap motherboard or get something a bit better.

Worth going for coreduo2 at this price or probably better for AMD or am i not going to get it much cheaper?

 

[hp7909]

{snip}Worth going for coreduo2 at this price or probably better for AMD or am i not going to get it much cheaper?

Cheaper but slower. C2D is just 'obscenely' fast

EDIT: Can't fault semi-pro waster's spec, except maybe change GFX to the newer 8600GT (here)

 

[Macca]

Cheaper but slower. C2D is just 'obscenely' fast

I've got one in my Macbook . But anyway, how good are the e4300? I'm gonna look at some benchmarks but, are these just as good processors even though they don't have 1066fsb and 4mb cache. I will overclock it for sure!

 

[hp7909]

I've got one in my Macbook . But anyway, how good are the e4300? I'm gonna look at some benchmarks but, are these just as good processors even though they don't have 1066fsb and 4mb cache. I will overclock it for sure!

Here

 

[Macca]

Thanks, and is that PSU with the case going to be good enough?