Please help me with my gaming spec

Rotter · 27 Sep 2006 at 09:07

Please help me with my gaming spec £700-£800

Hi,

I am looking to buy me a tower, i dont need monitor (use samsung 32" LCD tv), keyboard, speakers or mouse.

I will also need to get microsoft windows xp

Can anyone here help me spec up a system for around the £700-800 mark. The system will be used primarily for playing the most up to date games. I am hoping for the money i am willing to spend to get a nice conroe chip in there.

Oh, as an aside what do you guys think is the best value for money pre-built system that overclockers do.

Murzo · 27 Sep 2006 at 09:43

Rotter said:
Hi, I am looking to buy me a tower minus the memory as i already have "GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)"

Your gonna need DDR2 Memory for conroe/AM2. That memory will work with 939, 478, and some 775 systems.

Rotter · 27 Sep 2006 at 10:00

original post edited to reflect above comment.

thanks for pointing that out murzo

hyper_piper45 · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:48

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
CD-044-NE NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£17.99 £17.99
CA-012-AN Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN)
£29.99 £29.99
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.99 £61.99
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£129.99 £129.99
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£114.99 £114.99
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£52.99 £52.99
Subtotal £673.82
VAT £117.92
Total £791.74

Rotter · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:28

thanks for the help, u reckon that spec would last a couple of years maybe?

Marakith · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:55

Rotter said:
thanks for the help, u reckon that spec would last a couple of years maybe?

I'm putting together something similar (on paper) at the moment.

That's my plan - have something that lasts about 3 years, maybe with a little bit of an upgrade to the graphics card after 18months.

Rotter · 28 Sep 2006 at 13:35

any other opinions, i am gonna be ordering at the latest tomorrow afternoon.

semi-pro waster · 28 Sep 2006 at 13:47

Rotter said:
any other opinions, i am gonna be ordering at the latest tomorrow afternoon.

The specification is good. However I do have a question about your proposed monitor, what sort of resolution does it support? The reason I ask is most TVs have a low resolution, much worse than even the cheapest monitors and you may find it uncomfortable very quickly.

Rotter · 28 Sep 2006 at 17:34

The tv goes up to 1366 x 768, but i've also got a Samsung SM-920N 19" LCD Monitor as well which goes to 1280 x 1024 that i can use if the tv is uncomfortable.