please help with budget

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:24

hi I have £650 or so and I use a pc for work and I play the odd game I have looked around at pre built pcs and it is plane to see that you get more for your wonga by building your own

this dose seem scary to me but I love a barging
im not sure what to buy so I will say what I have
Intel P4 CPU 1.7GHz
1024MB SDRAM
6800GT AGP CARD ?
But I am told this card will only fit 1 mother board on the market that will allow a good pros anyway most will say through it all away and buy new and that is where I need your help thank .

Firegod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:31

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM - £110.44
Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £58.74
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - £146.86
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £129.24
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £58.74
NEC ND7173 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM - £21.74
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £76.36

TOTAL - £602.12 (inc.VAT)

Leaves some room for your choice of CPU cooler, and perhaps a nice case at a stretch.

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:32

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71) Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51) Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44) Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74) PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £108.99
(£128.06) £108.99
(£128.06) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44) NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99

Total : £668.42 (Inc. VAT and Shipping)

Pretty much the same spec I've done for another thread but with the addition of a HDD and optical drive. Again, will overclock very nicely to about E6600 levels

EDIT:

Firegod said:
*snip*

Trigger: 1 Firegod: 1

Call it quits now shall we?

Firegod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:33

Lol sorry to go off topic, looks like it's me and Trigger doing the rounds tonight.

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:35

Firegod said:
Lol sorry to go off topic, looks like it's me and Trigger doing the rounds tonight.

Hehe ^^^

Trigger said:
EDIT:

Trigger: 1 Firegod: 1

Call it quits now shall we?

Firegod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:42

haha aye fair enough.

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:45

Trigger said:
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71) Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51) Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44) Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74) PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £108.99
(£128.06) £108.99
(£128.06) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44) NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99

Total : £668.42 (Inc. VAT and Shipping)

Pretty much the same spec I've done for another thread but with the addition of a HDD and optical drive. Again, will overclock very nicely to about E6600 levels

EDIT:

Trigger: 1 Firegod: 1

Call it quits now shall we?

do i need to overclock??

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:45

thanks guys great help

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:46

mrbgod said:
do i need to overclock??

Certainly not but the potential is there for it of you wish to

There are lots of guides about it on the net to help you and you could easily get more performance out of the hardware by doing very little :cool:

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:59

sorry to be a pain guys but this card seems very cheep (PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) ) not that i want to pay more but is this ok for gamming?

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:03

Yeah, should be fine. It's slightly cheaper than usual anyway because it's on 'This Week Only'. IIRC, these cards are about equal in performance to the 7900

Firegod · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:04

mrbgod said:
sorry to be a pain guys but this card seems very cheep (PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) ) not that i want to pay more but is this ok for gamming?

It's a great bang for buck card basically atm.

The 8800GTS would be my next choice as it is a stonking next-gen card, but won't fit in your current budget and you would need the PSU from my spec to run it easily, but the ATi card is no slouch!

Firegod · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:04

Damn it beaten again. Ok that's it, where's me coat!

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:05

Firegod said:
Damn it beaten again. Ok that's it, where's me coat!

Hehe, I'll race you for it

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:08

THANKS GUYS AND Firegod
DONT BE SO HARD ON YA SELF YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP IS IT WORTH SHOPPING AROUND??

Trigger · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:13

I wouldn't bother to be honest, other places may well be cheaper but OcUK offer the best service I've found

mrbgod · 28 Dec 2006 at 23:16

THANKS HAVE A GOOD ONE I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I GET ON PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Trusty · 29 Dec 2006 at 00:19

Don't be scared about overclocking, just come on here and ask about it. Its very easy. A few simple changes will have your system running at 2.8ghz instead of the stock 1.8ghz!

The 6300 could be one of the best bang for buck processors since the 90's!