Spec for £200 - £250

[Goody_GTI]

Hi,

A frined of mine want's to upgrade his system for around the £200 - £250 mark, and would like the price to include a new mobo, cpu, ram and graphics card. So far we have come up with the following:

OcUK GeForce 9800 GT 512MB SILENT GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £74.99 (£88.11)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £41.99 (£49.34)

MSI P31 Neo2-FR Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99 (£46.99)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £49.99 (£58.74)


We think this is a pretty good setup so far, so basically we just want confirmation that it is a good choice, or any areas that can be improved / saved on.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Wayne~]

I'd add an aftermarket cooler as that chip can clock well over stock. As for the GPU I'd say go for a 880GT or try find a second hand one.

 

[Goody_GTI]

To be honest, I don't think he'll be overclocking it, I should have mentioned that in the OP.

 

[Wayne~]

Ahh okay, might be worth a look as most people quite easily get 3Ghz out of it which is quite a lot of extra power for games

 

[Slashiem]

Ahh okay, might be worth a look as most people quite easily get 3Ghz out of it which is quite a lot of extra power for games

Yeah plus it would bottleneck that card a little bit.
Also some more details would be good like what games and what resolution if games at.

Your basket

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61) Sub Total : £221.96 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £40.41 Total : £271.32
Something maybe like that. You could drop the CPU down for maybe the E2180 but personally it is worth the extra 9 quid for wolfdale and slightly higher stock speed.
Also 4GB would be a huge advanatge for games.
Best option is to sell his old stuff for some extra cash and/or look for some second hand stuff in the members market.
Also you should overclock, who doesnt like free?

 

[Goody_GTI]

He probably won't be using it for gaming, mainly web browsing etc. nothing too processor intensive. He is just fed up of his current setup being slow as it's a few years old now.

 

[Slashiem]

He probably won't be using it for gaming, mainly web browsing etc. nothing too processor intensive. He is just fed up of his current setup being slow as it's a few years old now.

Ohh in that case.

Your basket

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)

Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £10.99
(£12.91) £10.99
(£12.91)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04) Sub Total : £188.95 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £34.63 Total : £232.53
I would think that gaphics card would last a while as it more that suitable for basic desktop browsing.
Also i put the cooler in there just so it can be overclocked in the future for some performance.

 

[Goody_GTI]

Cheers for the help Slashiem