new computer

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 13:57

Good afternoon all.

i am looking to buy/build a new computer i was spec/d on here last year for a new one but had to divert the money into the house instead. anyway i am now looking again. i have looked at pre build so called extreme gaming systems costing in the region of 2,400. and my question is if i bought the bits themselves and built it would i build a similar or better system for the money or has the bigger boys got better buying power. if the answer is as i hope build myself could you fime people please spec me a machine for that sort of money.
thanks
keith

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:10

thanks. i have a monitor and keyboardon my system but think buying a better one dedicated for gamming would be better. i am not too fixed to the price but dont want to go massively above it.
thanks
keith

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:24

the monitor is un branded on the front but i think it is a Lg. the spec looks very good. i am building it to play nothing butr games the machine i am using now i am going to keep for working on.
thanks
keith

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:28

i did do some reading on i think it was a dell wide screen that seemed good.

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:36

Syk3 said:
Theres DELL or the Belinea 22".

If you want to involve a montor. Use the above spec and drop the Quad Core for an E6600 and add a Belinea 22" Widescreen to the price.

Should be a complete beast.

May see if i can afford to keep the Quad core

need to grovel to the wife

glynogwen · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:37

melbourne720 said:
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA755)
(£35.24)

2 x OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£728.48)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£204.44)

EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£176.24)

Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC)
(£193.86)

Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
(£164.49)

2 x Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£171.52)

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£23.49)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
(£51.11)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£99.86)

Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse - Retail
(£35.24)

Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (UK Layout)
(£52.86)

BenQ FP202W 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
(£258.49)

Total : £2,212.89

thanks for the spec
cheers
keith