New PC. Odd Spec.

Tummy · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:16

Hey all,

My sisters PC died, so to cut a long story short I said I'd sell her mine for about £400 (Q6600 / 4 GB DDR2 / Nvidia 260 / Antec 300 / 320 GB HDD) (if you think I can get more out of her please say so

as it will be funding my new PC).

I don't game as much as I used to, only really play WoW at the moment. Running at 1920x1050 *I think as it's a 24" and I can't be arsed to check

on my macbook pro at the moment.

I've got my mind set on the Corsair 600T case.

I'll have I'm going to guess up to about £600 to play with, so I need a PC, this doesn't need to include the case but does need to take in to account a copy of W7 HP and I'm not desperate for a HDD either.

Any help would be much appreciated as I've no idea what to be looking for.

JonJ678 · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:29

Do you do anything with the computer aside from WoW? The Q6600 is still a very good processor, it's difficult to improve on it significantly within budget (depending on your intended use, it may not be possible to improve upon it at all).

RJC · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:34

Intel:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £145.00
(£123.40) £145.00
(£123.40)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £110.99
(£94.46) £110.99
(£94.46)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £88.36
(£75.20) £88.36
(£75.20)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.98
(£22.11) £25.98
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £495.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £88.60
Total : £594.87

AMD:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £111.61
(£94.99) £111.61
(£94.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £110.99
(£94.46) £110.99
(£94.46)
Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.98
(£22.11) £25.98
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £477.26
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £85.36
Total : £573.12

Bare in mind Sandy Bridge comes out Jan 9th.

Tummy · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:52

Whats the sandy bridge?

and I didn't need a Case with it but thanks

I know it will be difficult to improve on the Q6600, should I buy her a PC with about £400 - 500?

I'll be just getting a SSD and a newer GFX card for my own PC then? Subtract a GFX for my sister then.

So she will need, case / cup / ram / powah / HDD / W7 - £400 ish.

RJC · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:55

Something like this for your sister, use onboard gpu:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Sub Total : £312.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £56.55
Total : £379.72

Tummy · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:58

Could put my 260 in that no problems couldn't I?

Tummy · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:59

Never used an AMD system before, would I be better off with that or an i3/5 specced intel?

RJC · 27 Dec 2010 at 14:16

Your 260 should work fine in the AMD system above and this Intel below:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £61.69
(£52.50) £61.69
(£52.50)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Sub Total : £339.68
Shipping cost based on delivery to 2ND Home, with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £59.44
Total : £399.12

Comparison between the 2:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=143

Tummy · 27 Dec 2010 at 14:47

Cheers