Please Spec me up

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:17

Hi all im after a new pc and was hopeing for some help me reqirmnets are

AMD socket 939 m/b pci express
6 channel audio minimum
Nvidia geforce 6600gt 256mb ddr3 g/c pci express
AMD athlon 64 bit 3200+ cpu minimum
1gb memory good stuff
120gb hard drive sata
dvd rewriter dual layer
win xp home
and a case with a good psu or will get separate.

Soz about me spelling and thanks in advance.

wll be buying from OCUK who else hahaha they rule have done for years.

Eliminos · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:26

what's your budget?

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:33

about £400.i have keyboard,moniter etc

Explicit · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:39

edit: wrong post

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:04

bump sorry please help.

Eliminos · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:09

You aren't going to get all of that for £400. £500 will probably just about cut it.

Explicit · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:13

D.Roberts said:
AMD socket 939 m/b pci express
6 channel audio minimum
Nvidia geforce 6600gt 256mb ddr3 g/c pci express
AMD athlon 64 bit 3200+ cpu minimum
1gb memory good stuff
120gb hard drive sata
dvd rewriter dual layer
win xp home
and a case with a good psu or will get separate.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£112.74
Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£49.29
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£46.94
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X300SE 256MB Hyper Memory DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX300LE-256) (GX-032-HT)
£38.72
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£51.64
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£32.84
Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£46.94
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£59.87

Total inc VAT: £438.98

If you can up the budget to £450-500 then we can spec something much better

Eliminos · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:15

CA-023-AN Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£95.95 £95.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£47.95 £47.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
MB-036-GI Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nForce3 250GB (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-036-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£50.95 £50.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£89.95 £89.95
Subtotal £419.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £75.18
Total £504.78

Almost exactly what Explicit came up with. Except I pushed for the £500 mark in advance. You aren't going to get anything good for much less.

edit: change the mobo in this - didn't realise its AGP

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:16

Thanks guys ok may go for £500 but cant go to much higher hehe.

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:27

ok guys cheers for this ive been speaking to me m8 he said if its worth it he may stretch to £600 i came up with this

AMD Athlon 64 3500 Retail / Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi / 1GB GeIL Value PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-048-OK)
Price: £239.85 (£281.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
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Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
Price: £43.95 (£51.64 Including VAT at 17.5%)

PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
Price: £89.95 (£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

LG GSA-4167BA 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-032-LG)
Price: £22.50 (£26.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-014-TT)
Price: £42.95 (£50.47 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
Price: £52.95 (£62.22 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Total £579 inc vat

have i forgot any thing?

thanks again haha

ACESHIGH · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:39

Looks like you will have to keep saving if you want everything in your list ...

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) £112.74
Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI) £49.29*
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT400C3) (MY-061-CS) £56.34*
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 120GB 6L120M0 SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-072-MD) £50.47
Philips SPD2400GM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-007-PH) £25.79
Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT) £82.19
Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR) £58.69
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS) £59.87

Total = £495.38 including VAT

Audio Output - 7.1 channel surround onboard mobo.

D.Roberts · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:41

i know he has been for ages now and as you can see from me sig aint upgraded for a while so am a bit rusty hahaha.

ACESHIGH · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:45

D.Roberts said:
ok guys cheers for this ive been speaking to me m8 he said if its worth it he may stretch to £600 i came up with this

AMD Athlon 64 3500 Retail / Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi / 1GB GeIL Value PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-048-OK)
Price: £239.85 (£281.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
Price: £43.95 (£51.64 Including VAT at 17.5%)

PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
Price: £89.95 (£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

LG GSA-4167BA 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-032-LG)
Price: £22.50 (£26.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-014-TT)
Price: £42.95 (£50.47 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
Price: £52.95 (£62.22 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Total £579 inc vat

have i forgot any thing?

thanks again haha

You did say you wanted Win XP in OP.

If you can stretch to this spec, its better than the others we listed (due to price constraints), so go with this one.

ACESHIGH · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:47

Eliminos said:
CA-023-AN Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£95.95 £95.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£47.95 £47.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
MB-036-GI Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nForce3 250GB (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-036-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£50.95 £50.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£89.95 £89.95
Subtotal £419.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £75.18
Total £504.78

Almost exactly what Explicit came up with. Except I pushed for the £500 mark in advance. You aren't going to get anything good for much less.

No DVDRW though

Explicit · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:12

D.Roberts said:
ok guys cheers for this ive been speaking to me m8 he said if its worth it he may stretch to £600 i came up with this

Now we're talking!

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£152.69
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£72.79
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£46.94
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO16 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-055-PC)
£123.32
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£51.64
NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£29.32
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£64.57
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£59.87

Total inc VAT: £601.14

Much better CPU with 1MB cache, which makes a huge difference. Better mobo, better case. Good graphics card which can be overclocked to near X850 spec.