New PC for my Brother. Does this sound fine with people?

Firegod · 26 Dec 2006 at 13:21

Hi all, my brother will soon be making a PC (at the moment, he has a laptop). We've been back and forth... and then back

over the specification, but I think we've finally decided on the following.

Any suggestions, comments, please post!

Thanks.

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CPU
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM - £209.14
ThermalRight Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink - £41.11
YS-TECH FD1238 120mm Fan - 4 Pin - £11.69

Motherboard
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £187.99

Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £58.74
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Blue EL Data Cable - £11.74

Graphics Card
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £399.49

RAM
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit - £240.86

Extra Drives
NEC ND7173 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £21.74
Sony Floppy Drive (Black) - £5.86

PSU
OCZ GameXStream 850w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £146.86

Case
Thermaltake VA7000BWA Shark Aluminium Full Tower - Black - £85.76

Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard - OEM - £52.29

Monitor
Samsung SM-225BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black - £317.24

Peripherals
Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard - Blue - £28.19
Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail - £46.99
Icemat Black 2nd Edition - £19.62

TOTAL --- £1,885.31 (inc.VAT)

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Sound good?

I know there are no speakers listed, but he will be using my old Cambridge Soundwork 5.1 speakers for the time being.

tomanders91 · 26 Dec 2006 at 13:24

thats an awesome build, that will last him a very very long time.

Firegod · 26 Dec 2006 at 13:27

tomanders91 said:
thats an awesome build, that will last him a very very long time.

Cool, I hope so. He's been using a laptop for the past few years but he really needs a PC so I can wh00p his ass at SupCom and the likes over the LAN.

Cheers.

tomanders91 · 26 Dec 2006 at 13:47

I cant really see much ways to get it any better, so if hes got the money go for it

kinggost · 26 Dec 2006 at 13:59

tomanders91 said:
thats an awesome build, that will last him a very very long time.

Lol i paid 4k for my pc now it doesnt play all the new games at full res. It lasted me nearly a year now im thinkin of upgrading

Dark_Angel · 26 Dec 2006 at 14:04

kinggost said:
Lol i paid 4k for my pc now it doesnt play all the new games at full res. It lasted me nearly a year now im thinkin of upgrading

Agreed.

Its very hard to say in a year, even a top spec will be able to play everything at full. When Crysis is out for example,. if a 8800GTX can play it in 1600x1200 )or higher) at full AA/AF+all details at max, I would be surprised!

I often think high midrange is the best, rather than getting the GTX, get the GTS, or something like an X1950XT 512MB, then in 6 - 12 months get the next high midrange card, and sell your other one. It costs you less because the hardware is more new, so can be sold for more. On top of that your PC is always more up to date.

Same could be said for the CPU, and everything else, but especially about the GPU. (IMO at the least).

Trusty · 26 Dec 2006 at 14:05

Firegod said:
Cool, I hope so. He's been using a laptop for the past few years but he really needs a PC so I can wh00p his ass at SupCom and the likes over the LAN.

Cheers.

Wish i had a brother that built me a computer like that!

kinggost · 26 Dec 2006 at 14:20

Dark_Angel said:
Agreed.

Its very hard to say in a year, even a top spec will be able to play everything at full. When Crysis is out for example,. if a 8800GTX can play it in 1600x1200 )or higher) at full AA/AF+all details at max, I would be surprised!

I often think high midrange is the best, rather than getting the GTX, get the GTS, or something like an X1950XT 512MB, then in 6 - 12 months get the next high midrange card, and sell your other one. It costs you less because the hardware is more new, so can be sold for more. On top of that your PC is always more up to date.

Same could be said for the CPU, and everything else, but especially about the GPU. (IMO at the least).

Yeh that rite because games devolpers only use the newist hardware when making games and you own machine cant take it because it had older hardware. if my pc was worth 4k when i got it its not worth 1.5k now and for me to upgrade i have to change my whole comp.