Spec check £800ish

[dean_ham]

Hey guys building a PC for my bro which is way overdue...

He needs it ready for COD4 and Fifa manager etc up and coming games

He doesnt really want to spend no more than £800 is it worth hanging on till octoberish for better deals ready for COD4.

Anyway here is the spec ive put together, feel free to chop and change.

 

[mk17]

[edit]never mind[/edit]

 

[semi-pro waster]

You could easily get it closer to the budget without compromising performance, the OcUK 8800GTS comes in around £25 cheaper. The WD 320gb AAKS drive is about £5 cheaper and might be even faster than the 7200.10. I'd change the motherboard to one based on the P35 chipset because it is newer, both Asus and Abit do a version for the same price as the older Gigabyte you have there. Finally if the budget is really important then the E6550 might be worth considering, it will probably overclock to the same speeds as the E6750 at stock anyway.

 

[dean_ham]

Ok what motherboard would you recommend for £60-80 using the p35 chipset but also have all the fancy bits like 5.1 soundcard, lan, etc etc Just need a good value mboard that takes LGA775

 

[semi-pro waster]

The Abit IP35-E is based on the P35 chipset and has 7.1 sound, gigabit lan etc. The Asus P5K SE has pretty much the same features and they both cost the same as the Gigabyte DS3 or if you want to stick with Gigabyte then the P35C DS3R is just nudging over £80.

 

[neocon]

Hey guys building a PC for my bro which is way overdue...

He needs it ready for COD4 and Fifa manager etc up and coming games

He doesnt really want to spend no more than £800 is it worth hanging on till octoberish for better deals ready for COD4.

Anyway here is the spec ive put together, feel free to chop and change.

20" or 22"? have you had problems deciding? I certainly dont want a 226!

 

[dean_ham]

bigger is better! lol