Need new Core Components for about £500?

Jenz · 1 Feb 2008 at 17:38

Guys/Ladies,

I need a spec for an upgrade. Am willing to spend £500.

I need MB, CPU, Memory, Cooler, Graphics Card, very quiet CPU (have a hyperX which I am worried will blow!). Have a Sata Raptor and large drive and a DVD Rewriter so don't need those.

Usage is mainly gaming, abit of Office/Photoshop but mainly WOW.

Am abit lost on current hardware but am thinking dual or quad intel, 8800GT rest is unknown.

Thoughts? Regards Neil.

Jenz · 1 Feb 2008 at 17:39

P.s. Would also like a new decent case! Maybe even a smaller cube style one.

mp260767 · 1 Feb 2008 at 18:20

Came up with the following :

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99 (£17.61)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99 (£70.49)

Point of View GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £131.99 (£155.09)

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £27.99
(£32.89)

OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99 (£64.61)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £74.99 (£88.11)

Sub Total : £414.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £74.53
Total : £500.41

Jenz · 1 Feb 2008 at 20:25

Many thanks. If I skipped the case what would you alter?

Dougiebabe2003 · 1 Feb 2008 at 21:02

Jenz said:
Many thanks. If I skipped the case what would you alter?

Without the case you get a better board (the OCUK one is still very good)

Better CPU cooler (ACF7 is still better than stock)

4GB RAM (2GB is fine if your in XP although I feel 4GB is the norm for Vista)

You could also save £5 and get the E2180 as that would probably overclock very far.

You overclocking?

Quad isn't really needed atm and by the time it is (for what you want to do at least) it will be cheaper or the penryns will be out in force

Other than that a nice spec you got's there

Jenz · 4 Feb 2008 at 14:11

I wasn't intending on overclocking, am still to fearful of it

I might throw in another £100 and see where that get's me. Any ideas on £600 inc Case?

mp260767 · 4 Feb 2008 at 14:14

depending on you're taste have a look at the antec 900 gaming and the antec p182.

system will be fine running at default then once you have a bit more confidence give over clocking a go, plenty of people around willing to help you along.