Need Help Making Gaming Computer Budget 2-3k

-JJ- said:
ive changed the 2 graphics cards for 1 EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra Black Pearl WaterCooled 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E888-AR) is that okay ?
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£616.86 for a Graphics card? You dont need that at all.

Just get a GTX, it will be fine.
 
-JJ- said:
why? :P is there something wrong with that one ? XD il take ** advice man :)
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Yes, its water cooled which you dont need.

Also its £616.86, you dont need to spend that much on a GPU, thats ridicolous.

A 8800GTX will be fine.
 
Okay guys anything missing from this :)? or is it lookin fab. o ya ignore the cheap speaker set im giving these to my bro and keeping my current ones XD
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Not to mention the fact that if you bought it youd also have to buy a radiator, pump, reservoir and all that other water cooling expense.

Go for 1x gtx on a 24" screen, and im sure it will give you fantastic eye candy for now.

edit, most of it looks good, though you wont benefit from having that (more expensive) faster ram, as its not the bottleneck on your system. Go for cheaper 667mhz versions, you wont regret it.
 
Right like i said, the 27inch screen has the same res as a 24inch screen. Go for this monitor.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-009-DE

Fantastic screen.

You dont need 8GB of Memory. 4GB will be plenty.

Also do you know the diffrence between Vista Ultimate and Home Premium?

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache X2
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Razer DeathAdder Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (White) - Retail

Total : £2,030.15
 
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stickroad said:
Right like i said, the 27inch screen has the same res as a 24inch screen. Go for this monitor.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-009-DE

Fantastic screen.

You dont need 8GB of Memory. 4GB will be plenty.

Also do you know the diffrence between Vista Ultimate and Home Premium?

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache X2
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Razer DeathAdder Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (White) - Retail

Total : £2,030.15
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Ive said many times im a newb at this :P thus why im asking u guys okay im updating the list with the other monitor and vista.

Thanks everyone your so much help really i couldnt do this without you.
 
Dont worry, its actually refreshing your taking advice.
Id agree, for most things 24" is more than enougth, much bigger is generally just for e-peen :p

Look into a few features of the ultimate vista, just to make sure theres isnt stuff you would like in basic., though im 90% sure youd find basic fine.

Memory quantaties up to you, but unless your doing something very intensive on ram 4gb is usually a good amount to have. Specced 8 purely because you said youd like to max it lol (although max is 128gb ram if you werent limited to 2gb sticks).
 
stickroad said:
Looks good, though you dont need 8GB of Memory, get 4GB.
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ya i noticed that on the pic just updated it XD hehe sorry thanks.

Total : £2,168.73

Il be buying this on Thursday. are there any other bits and bobs i might find helpful. my mate will be putting it together.

O ya whats the delivery times of Overclockers. I live in surrey :) in weybridge XD
 
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You could allways buy a cheap Graphics card and wait for the next gen to come out. It will make the 8800gtx look like an 8500.
Just an idea.
 
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