New gaming rig

[Xcept1]

Right now I've got my room sorted out in my new barracks its about time I got a new system in place. Ill go to about £1000 max on this I think. It will be used for nothing but gaming when im doing my "personal admin" I already have a half decent monitor so I'll leave that out for now. Spec away lads!

 

[jak731]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £229.99
(£270.24) £229.99
(£270.24)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £732.92
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 : £130.00
Total : £872.87

needs a case, OS, speakers, keyboard, mouse etc (remove from that list what you don't need)

 

[Xcept1]

Cheers mate. Quick question though; would it be better for me just to buy a complete system as im a biff and know nothing putting systems together, thats what my brother is for!

 

[jak731]

if you can get someone to teach you how to build it ,then no. however if you cant and no amount of guides on the internet can teach you then yes.

i'll also spec you something using the system builder so you can compare

Summary
Subtotal £764.91
£898.77 inc VAT
Ready to Ship in 2 Days.


Specification
Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Abit IP35 Pro Intel Chipset Motherboard
Corsair 4GB DDR2 800MHz Memory (2x2GB)
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3
Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200RPM SATA-II
Samsung 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Sony Floppy Drive
OnBoard Sound
OCZ Stealth 600W Power Supply
Subtotal £764.91
£898.77 inc VAT

cpu stock speed between the e8400 and e6850 is stated as the same, however the e8400 is faster due to it being a newer cpu that uses newer tech.

the 3870x2 is slightly faster than the 8800GTX.

personally i prefer the corsair PSU over the OCZ ones.

the asus maximus forumla has a x38 chipset that is newer and gives 2x16 pcie ports as opposed to the 1x16 and 1x4 pcie ports you get with the p35 chipsets. this makes no difference if you are not using a dual graphics card solution. the abit pi35 pro is still a good MB.

with cases you are limited to what OCUK has decided to use.

 

[Xcept1]

Awesome cheers for that bud.

 

[Ben M]

here's my effort:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
AcoustiFan DustProof Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £54.99
(£64.61) £109.98
(£129.22)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)

Sub Total : £880.88
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £156.42
Total : £1,050.25

yes it's £50 over... but if you really need to lose that £50 you could buy a different cpu cooler, maybe a tuniq tower, that way you can lose the 120mm fan as well

notice there are two HDDs, that's for a RAID0 setup, those drives are also the low seek-time versions, so that should be fast as a...fast thing on wheels.

 

[Xcept1]

I like the sound of a fast thing on wheels