Spec a mate £1000

PhatPhish · 19 Mar 2006 at 14:30

Basically my mate is after a new PC for around £1000 that he primarily wants to use for gaming, and to include an X2, Nvidia 7800/7900, a large hard drive to store his music collection (200-250gb).

Hopefully that'll give you some indication of what he wants..

Explicit · 19 Mar 2006 at 14:35

AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£323.07
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£93.94
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) **this week only**
£105.69
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-PC) **this week only**
£281.94
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£66.92
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
£23.44
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.22
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£35.19
Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN) **this week only**
£52.82

Total inc VAT: £998.23

Edit: Also consider the Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire. The DFI is great for overclocking though.

KizZ · 19 Mar 2006 at 14:39

Thats a good spec, but I think a Crossfire mobo would be a better choice

Explicit · 19 Mar 2006 at 14:41

KizZ said:
Thats a good spec, but I think a Crossfire mobo would be a better choice

See edit

I heard people were having problems with the crossfire boards, not sure if they're ok now. I'm sure someone can shed some light.

Explicit · 19 Mar 2006 at 14:51

If he doesn't want to overclock, then this would be better:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£326.59
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) **this week only**
£75.14
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) **this week only**
£105.69
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-PC) **this week only**
£281.94
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£66.92
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
£23.44
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.22
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£35.19
Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£70.44

Total inc VAT: £1000.57

ACESHIGH · 20 Mar 2006 at 00:16

Both are great specs! Dont think you can go wrong with either.
The opteron CPU's do seem to overclock better but the X2 4400+ is a decent overclocker too.
As said if not overclocking (or mildly overclocking) the X2 4400+ is likely the better choice.
The X1900XT/XTX cards (7900GTX speeds) are fantastically priced & best bang per buck at present.