Need help with a new spec (£650ish)

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I'm looking to make myself a new PC and have around £650 to spend, i haven't really upgraded my old machine for around 3 years so I'm a bit out of touch with the new CPU's etc, I'd really just like something thats more up to date.

I've put this together and wanted to ask advice first before i buy:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM (£117.49)
Asus M2R32-MVP Crossfire (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£64.71)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (£61.09)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£99.86)
Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB 2500YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x 2 (93.98)
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (£29.36)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (£7.04)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU (£74.01)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - (£70.49)

Total £630 (inc P&P)

Currently use 2 19" wide screens.

I'd like the machine for gaming and i also do a lot of photoshop work.

Just like to know how well the above will perform with current games or if i have made any obvious mistakes :p
 
Alex UK said:
Forget about AMD, it's best to go with the C2D CPU's these days. I'm putting together a spec for you now.
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That just about sums it up dosent it. :confused: :(

If hes not overclocking the system, AMD is fine.

You people are obsessed with Intel.
 
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How does this look...

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU
(£74.01) £62.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04) £5.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (320-P2-E811-AR)
(£187.99) £159.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
(£64.61) £54.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£96.34) £81.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£61.09) £51.99

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£31.71) £26.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)
(£70.49) £59.99

Sub Total : £541.91
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £96.75
Total : £649.61

By including this CPU, it means you'll pretty much have to overclock.
 
stickroad said:
That just about sums it up dosent it. :confused: :(

If hes not overclocking the system, AMD is fine.

You people are obsessed with Intel.
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Well, the Core 2s are cooler and quicker for the same, if not better price? The retail Core 2 6550 is the same price as the OEM 6000+ and is quicker, cooler etc.
 
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Duke said:
Well, the Core 2s are cooler and quicker for the same, if not better price? The retail Core 2 6550 is the same price as the OEM 6000+ and is quicker, cooler etc.
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Indeed, when some lower nm processors come out from AMD I will consider buying from there again. Not until then.
 
stickroad said:
Are you looking to overclock the system?
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Only if i need to do it, but in general not really.

By including this CPU, it means you'll pretty much have to overclock.
Click to expand...

Would i have to overclock to get the same performance as the AMD?


Sorry i'm not that clued up on the Intel Core 2s, the only reason i went with AMD & ATI in my spec is because i've always used them in the past.

Thanks for the spec Alex UK, I'll have more of a read around later.
 
Yeah you guys are right. :D

If Intel and AMD are the same speeds and are around the same price, go for intel, newer architectect, runs cooler, great chips all around. ;)
 
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