Not another "Spec me" thread :)

Crossy · 6 Sep 2008 at 20:49

Hi guys. Sorry to be like everyone else with the Spec me threads but im way out of date with all the new products. Anyways, im looking for a PC that will run majority of games at high (hopefully) and also be good and fast for Photo editing. (light room, photoshop etc)

I would like to use a Antec P182 mainly because of how tidy you can get the inside. My budget is around £500-£700. Dont need, speakers, monitor etc. Just base. Im a Nvidia fanboy but i dont mind giving ATI a go

Thanks

Fire Wizard · 6 Sep 2008 at 21:01

Hi Crossy, what sort of resolution will you be gamming at?

icey_haj · 6 Sep 2008 at 21:10

How about this? Slightly over budget though.

Crossy · 7 Sep 2008 at 00:18

Fire Wizard said:
Hi Crossy, what sort of resolution will you be gamming at?

1680x1050

Edward01 · 7 Sep 2008 at 01:28

^^ nice

If it was me i'd knock the CPU down to q6600 or Q8200 (if you want the yorkfield core) and change the GPU to a a 4870!!! that baby would fly

Q6600

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Q8200

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.33GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail

icey_haj · 7 Sep 2008 at 05:02

Edward01 said:
^^ nice

If it was me i'd knock the CPU down to q6600 or Q8200 (if you want the yorkfield core) and change the GPU to a a 4870!!! that baby would fly

Q6600

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Q8200

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.33GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail

Oh yeh, good suggestion edward. Swap the processor for one of these 2 and get the 4870.

platinum87 · 7 Sep 2008 at 05:14

Edward01 said:
^^ nice

If it was me i'd knock the CPU down to q6600 or Q8200 (if you want the yorkfield core) and change the GPU to a a 4870!!! that baby would fly

Q6600

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Q8200

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793&name=Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.33GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail

why pay 40 pounds more for a Q8200, when the Q6600 is better?

Fire Wizard · 7 Sep 2008 at 08:42

Hi Crossy, if you have any questions with regards to the hardware components I have chosen, feel free to ask. It’s slightly over budget and if you are not willing to go over £700 feel free to say and I’ll modify the specification for you.

One thing I will mention is with regards to the memory. For a system to be able to address 4GB of memory, you will need to be using a fully functional 64-bit system. In other words, you will have to be using a 64-bit operating system. If you are only using a 32-bit operating system, then the amount of memory that will be addressed by the system will be in the region of 3GB, give or take.