pc advice

BenMorton · 6 May 2007 at 15:56

I'm planing on buying a new PC so far I've decided on the CPU "Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)" however I'm pretty lost on deciding the best graphics card and memory to go with it so any advice you could give me would be appreciated.

My Budget is probably £1000 for a cpu, mobo, gfx, mem and case

stickroad · 6 May 2007 at 16:02

Are you going to overclock the system?

What Res are you going to play at, also you sure you wont be needing a new PSU?

Cupra · 6 May 2007 at 16:04

if thr pc is for games you would be better off changing the cpu to the e6600 and getting the gtx uless you have about 1150 its impossible to have both

BenMorton · 6 May 2007 at 16:31

I won't be doing any overclocking I'll be using the new pc mostly for games. My monitor is not that good I normally use 800/600 at 75hrz for current games but I do plan on getting a new monitor but not just yet and yes I also need a new psu I totally forgot about that so thanks for reminding me

BenMorton · 6 May 2007 at 21:00

I've come up with the follow tho this is not definite and I have no idea what memory or psu to get that will work well with the follow?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Lian-Li PC V1100 PLUS Sliver Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU)

Defcon5 · 6 May 2007 at 21:02

Get a new monotor asap! 800x600! are you in the dark ages?

stickroad · 6 May 2007 at 21:12

Here brand new system for you:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache X2

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) :eek:

Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Silver

Total : £973.91

Then get a nice monitor so you can take advantage of the 8800GTX

BenMorton · 6 May 2007 at 21:45

I already have a Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Silver for my current system and it is an excellent case but its a bit of a tight fit around the IDE slots because of the harddrive bay.