Looking to upgrade (£800-1200)

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 17:36

ok.... im a gamer, i currently have a decent PC, but now im working i want to treat myself to a decent upgrade. i have between £800 to £1200(at a stretch)

heres what i was looking at (any parts not listed arnt needed)

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (£469.94)
M/BOARD: DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-D (£117.44)
RAM: Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 HP (£187.94)
GFX: BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC (£234.94)
WATER COOLING: £100-£150 (kit prefered)
CASE: Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (£35.19)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB (£62.22)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM/RW (SATA PREFERED)

TOTAL £1200ish

any comments or help in putting toghether the perfect spec would be greatly appreciated

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:17

thanx, what air-cooling would you recomend, and a total price if poss

that would make it

'CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (£334.82)
M/BOARD: DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-D (£117.44)
RAM: Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 HP (£187.94)
GFX: PowerColor ATI 1900XT (£375.94)
CASE: Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (£35.19)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB (£62.22)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM

TOTAL £1050ish'

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:29

i have an old 17" 10ms LCD (not really bothered about changin yet
i have a Razer Diamondback Mouse
and Saitek Eclipse Keyboard

as for the 3700, im tranna future proof it. thats why i though dual core was the way to go

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:50

as with above post, i have no intention of staying with single core, its old tech, i made that mistake with getting a XP 3200+ (a month after i got it, it disapeared)

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:13

im quite happy with my monitor, and am sticking with a 4400 (4800 seams a lil expensive when as u say i could clock it to that_

i understand u all recomended air cooling, but i am a fan of water cooling (my current pc is water cooled) do anyone know if the new ThermalTake Tai Chi is any good

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:19

i aint getting a single core cpu......

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:22

'CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (£334.82)
M/BOARD: DFI LanParty ULTRA-D (£117.44)
RAM: Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 HP (£187.94)
GFX: PowerColor ATI 1900XT (£375.94)
CASE: Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (£35.19)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB (£62.22)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM

TOTAL £1050ish'

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:24

water cooling: less noise + cooler + neater = overclock

sorry larok i know your only tranna help but im set in my ways with a dual core

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:35

Q-Tec dual fan 550watt

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:37

my current water cooling kit is socket A designed, it would be a lot of hastle id prefer to just scrap it and buy a kit or pre-made case such as the tai chi

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:39

yea but easier, i could most likely transfer my current kit onto my new case but it would mean draining it, which is a real hastle

, im just idle with money to burn

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:40

and water cooling kits arnt that expensive really, the T/Take Bigwater SE (which will do the job fine) is about £55 and the VGA waterblock is about £30

dunno about the PSU. i just blew my old one and bought the biggest one available at the time

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:44

ok scrap everything ive told you, just look at the budget and my needs,

give me a spec

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:47

thanks for that, will def get a new one

though both me and my brother have Qtec 550 and have never had ne trouble or found them noisy

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:50

i do like the spec, may i ask why u chose geil over mushkin and why u went with the 7800Gt over the 1900XT

Xionic · 1 Feb 2006 at 20:59

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (£334.82)
M/BOARD: DFI LanParty ULTRA-D (£99)
RAM: Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 HP (£187.94)
GFX: PowerColor ATI 1900XT (£375.94)
CASE: Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (£35.19)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB (£62.22)
DVD-ROM: Sony DVD-ROM (£14.50)

NEED A PSU - WHICH 1?

Xionic · 2 Feb 2006 at 16:21

whats the cheapest PSU i could run the 1900XT on without risk.

Xionic · 2 Feb 2006 at 16:44

heres my current rig (with pics)

http://xionic.co.uk/rig.htm

Xionic · 2 Feb 2006 at 17:31

if the PSU will do the job heres my final spec

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (£334.82)
M/BOARD: DFI LanParty ULTRA-D (£99)
RAM: Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 EP (£140.94)
GFX: PowerColor ATI 1900XT (£375.94)
CASE: Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (£35.19)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB (£64.57)
DVD-ROM: Sony DDU1613 DVD-ROM (£14.69)
COOLING: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler or T/Take BigWater SE Liquid Cooling (£17.57/£58.50)
PSU: Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W (£64.57)

TOTAL: £1147.29 (£1189.04 WATER COOLED)

thanx for all the advise