Spec for £1350
- Thread starter ChrisD.
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I've left quite a bit of room in the budget in case you need speakers, soundcard, more hard drives or a better keyboard/mouse etc but this should do as a basic starting point.
XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PV-T80F-SHE9) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £78.99
(£92.81) £78.99
(£92.81)
Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £116.99
(£137.46) £116.99
(£137.46)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Sub Total : £1,004.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £25.53
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £180.32
Total : £1,210.74
XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PV-T80F-SHE9) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £78.99
(£92.81) £78.99
(£92.81)
Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £116.99
(£137.46) £116.99
(£137.46)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Sub Total : £1,004.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £25.53
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £180.32
Total : £1,210.74
Would have thought a dual core would be better for games? As for the rest, pretty much what I had thought off. I'm trying to convince him to build his own but he want to buy everything pre-built, just showing him how much more he can get for his money.
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Dual core isn't necessarily better for games, it just perhaps isn't leaving the extra core(s) idle, if you can clock a quad to the same speeds as the dual core then they will, in theory, perform exactly the same. However if it is purely for gaming and the games aren't coded to take advantage of more than two cores then something like an E8400 and PC8500 Ram for overclocking would be better.