Spec for a friend please...(sorry!)

Yucca · 3 Feb 2006 at 15:29

Hi all, its been a while since i have done this so i thought its best to ask fro help. My mate wants a gaming base unit for £700.

What he has told me...
He wants Intel
He wants 2 gig of ram
He wants dvd writer and rom
Psu that wont blow up
Good Gcard (maybe the pcie x850xtpe?)
Wants PCIe
120 Gig minimum hard disk

I have to build this from scratch so i want to buy solid, relibiable parts. He's not interested in overclocking at all. I just want to be able to put it together and for it to work, no messing.

Can you help?

mp260767 · 3 Feb 2006 at 15:35

Why is he wanting to go with an Intel chip if he wants a gaming rig ?

best i could do:

MB-109-AS Asus P5LD2 Intel 945X (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-109-AS) £84.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) £65.50
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS) £119.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £49.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE) £28.70
CD-026-PL Plextor PX-130A 16x50x DVD-ROM - (Black) Bulk (CD-026-PL)
£17.95
CP-094-IN Intel Pentium 4 630 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-094-IN) £104.95
GX-055-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO16 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-055-PC) £109.95
Subtotal £581.90
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £103.58
Total £695.43

semi-pro waster · 3 Feb 2006 at 15:45

Is it just the base unit needed, no monitor or software? I don't know too much about Intel but I'll give it a shot anyway. This might be suitable although marginally overbudget. All the parts are solid, some might advise you against Maxtor but maybe that is just personal preference.

MB-128-AS Asus P5GPL-X Intel 915PL (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-128-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS)
£119.95 £119.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£54.20 £54.20
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£28.70 £28.70
CD-020-SO Sony DDU1613 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£12.50 £12.50
HD-091-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-091-MD)
£45.95 £45.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£174.95 £174.95
CP-094-IN Intel Pentium 4 630 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-094-IN)
£104.95 £104.95
Subtotal £601.15
VAT £105.21
Total £706.36

Yucca · 3 Feb 2006 at 16:05

I have told him that i think amd would be better for gaming so he said spec him him on both. So if somone would be kind enough to do a couple of amd specs to...ic an show him both.

nikebee · 3 Feb 2006 at 16:22

GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£174.95 £174.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£135.95 £135.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£99.95 £99.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.50 £65.50
MB-040-GI Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£52.95 £52.95
Subtotal £609.75
VAT £106.71
Total £716.46

a little over, you could change the 7800GT to an x850XT though and it'll save you some cash, as well as going for a non-SLi based board then.

nikebee · 3 Feb 2006 at 16:26

with x850XT and Crossfire ready motherboard

CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£135.95 £135.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£99.95 £99.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.50 £65.50
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£52.95 £52.95
GX-037-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£134.95 £134.95
MB-003-SP Sapphire PURE Advantage CrossFire Radeon Xpress 200P CrossFire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-003-SP)
£79.95 £79.95
Subtotal £594.75
VAT £104.09
Total £698.84