Need An Upgrade pc with smooth 1080p

Techz · 16 Dec 2007 at 21:23

Hello All

First post so here goes

I want to upgrade my pc as i have a p4 3.0ghz

Just got a panasonic 50" pz70

Budget £500

I have put a dvi to hdmi cable into the floor to connect up my pc

So im after a good fast cpu(overclock easy would be nice)

I need dual lan on the board

Graphics card with dual dvi and needs to be able to run 1080p smooth

DDR2 to go in it not sure which one

New case i like Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black is this good or not?

Will need a power supply

What i want it a dual HD graphics card with a fast running pc that will play 1080p smooth and a few games but do everything else as well for me FAST

Many Thanks

Techz

melbourne720 · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:51

Case: Akasa Zen
CPU: e2180
GPU: 8800 GT
MB: P35 DS3
RAM: 2GB Ocz
PSU: Corsair 520W
DVD: Samsung Sata DVD writer
HD: Samsung 500GB Sata2
Cooling: Arctic Freezer Pro, Tuniq Tower, Scythe Ninja

Should come to about 500 (ish)

Ben M · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:52

welcome to the forums.

Techz · 17 Dec 2007 at 20:26

Thanks Melbourne720

All looks great :-)

Biffa · 17 Dec 2007 at 20:49

Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black £58.99 (£69.31)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £27.99 (£32.89)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 £48.99 (£57.56)
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £87.99 (£103.39)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 £29.99 (£35.24)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99 (£117.49)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU £57.99 (£68.14)
Sub Total : £411.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £74.00
Total : £496.88

Biffa · 17 Dec 2007 at 20:55

melbourne720 said:
Case: Akasa Zen
CPU: e2180
GPU: 8800 GT
MB: P35 DS3
RAM: 2GB Ocz
PSU: Corsair 520W
DVD: Samsung Sata DVD writer
HD: Samsung 500GB Sata2
Cooling: Arctic Freezer Pro, Tuniq Tower, Scythe Ninja

Should come to about 500 (ish)

MB doesnt have dual lan, its not the case he asked for, and the whole lot comes to over £600 (albeit if you buy here)

Techz · 17 Dec 2007 at 22:24

Biffa looks even better added you to me msn hope you dont mind

Many Thanks

Techz

Biffa · 18 Dec 2007 at 12:37

Looks better maybe, but I didn't include a Hard disk or optical drive, you didn't mention them in your original post so I assumed you were going to reuse the ones you had.

melbourne720 · 18 Dec 2007 at 12:50

Biffa said:
MB doesnt have dual lan, its not the case he asked for, and the whole lot comes to over £600 (albeit if you buy here)

But apart from that, is it okay...?

That graphics card you posted might have trouble with 1080P (isn't that 1900 x 1200?) resolution with most games.

@OP:If you don't have a sata2 hard disk in your original PC then I suggest you buy one as an IDE HD will kill the performance of the rig. Also why do you want dual LAN? You might be better off picking up a second hand 680i board, that has dual lan and should be cheap now.