Need Specced For £600ish

Revolution6000

Revolution6000

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A friend of mine has had an unfortunate incident with his current PC and basically needs to replace all the major stuff; CPU, Mobo, RAM, GPU, and possibly case and PSU (I'd imagine he'll need a new PSU).

Basically he has around £600 to spend, but I'm sure he'd spend a little bit more if it was a little over, or would offer a good increase in performance. He's pretty happy just playing CSS/BF2/Quake 4, and is looking for a spec with a slant towards a better CPU than the GPU.
 
Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£164.49) £139.99
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£17.61) £14.99
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
(£63.44) £53.99
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11) £74.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£68.14) £57.99
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
(£70.49) £59.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£99.86) £84.99
Sub Total : £486.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £86.95
Total : £583.83

This is under-budget and assumes that he wants a case as well as a PSU. If he's happy with his case I'd suggest getting a Corsair 520W PSU instead.

Graphics is not DX10 but it doesn't sound like that'll worry him too much.

CPU is nice and seems like it is at the level he is looking for.

Also, oh noes the Ballistix is not in stock, so I've picked the Corsair RAM instead. It seems tight and will be good stuff.

Edit: with any saved money you could bump up the CPU to a faster quad, or get another 2GB RAM if Vista is in his plans.
 
Nice spec & advice, actually the same spec i put together so put another one together this time with a seperate Case & PSU and the faster Quad.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£149.99
£176.24 inc VAT

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF66-T1)
£54.99
£64.61 inc VAT

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC)
£49.99
£58.74 inc VAT

OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£59.99
£70.49 inc VAT

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£44.99
£52.86 inc VAT

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM
£16.99
£19.96 inc VAT

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
£59.99
£70.49 inc VAT

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£54.99
£64.61 inc VAT

£491.92
£578.01 inc VAT
 
Didn't realise the OCUK X1950 was that much cheaper; go for that unless you know that it doesn't include an adaptor or something like that that you require. Also both of us have assumed you need a new DVD drive; this might be another £20 saved if you can reuse an older one.
 
Yea, he doesn't need a new drive or HDD, just told him to take that and add it to a GPU or whatever. Thanks for the help.

Edit: He's liking the idea of an 8800GTS, so basically would he need a larger PSU for that?
 
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Revolution6000 said:
Yea, he doesn't need a new drive or HDD, just told him to take that and add it to a GPU or whatever. Thanks for the help.

Edit: He's liking the idea of an 8800GTS, so basically would he need a larger PSU for that?
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Great then, he can certainly afford a 8800 GTS and the Corsair 520W can easily handle it np if you were talking about the Corsair PSU :D
 
Revolution6000 said:
Yea, he doesn't need a new drive or HDD, just told him to take that and add it to a GPU or whatever. Thanks for the help.

Edit: He's liking the idea of an 8800GTS, so basically would he need a larger PSU for that?
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Get the BFG 8800GTS with its 10yr warranty and T~shirt. :cool: and the hx520 will be perfect :D
 
Revolution6000 said:
Right, thanks for all the help so far, but he has another question, he has two old IDE HDD and is wondering if there is a way to connect them upto that motherboard.
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Buy an IDE controller card (this would be a PCI card with IDE connectors on it) or buy a couple of IDE->SATA adapters.

Edit: not sure exactly which board you're referring to but most new ones still have at least one IDE socket.
 
Asus p5ne sli has two IDEs so will support 4 drives. Also supports 1333 fsb and has s/p dif. I got this board recently with e6750 and a 8800 gtx superclocked and 4 gb of ram for a little over 500. Add a psu and case for under £600 and its a winner!
 
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