Spec for a friend.

Deception · 8 Jan 2007 at 17:22

Hi there.

a friend asked me, what he could get for £500.. he needs a whole new setup including monitor. It will be used for gaming ofcourse hehe. I thought I would bring it to the professionals to help me with this one.

Cheers!

Lolcb · 8 Jan 2007 at 17:25

Bump the budget up to 600.

Deception · 8 Jan 2007 at 17:34

Lolcb said:
Bump the budget up to 600.

ill see if he can do that, but what can people come up with, from say <500 and then 500-600.. just so I can show him the other routes. Thanks, if that isnt too much to ask.

steve258 · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:11

For a little more than £600:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
£78.99 (£92.81)

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU
£42.99 (£50.51)

Asus M2V-TVM VIA K8M890 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£34.99 (£41.11)

Logitech S100 10W RMS Speakers Black - OEM
£5.49 (£6.45)

OcUK Digimate L1531W 15.4" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
£74.99 (£88.11)

Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£36.49 (£42.88)

Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM
£15.99 (£18.79)

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail
£17.99 (£21.14)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£124.99 (£146.86)

OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £91.99
(£108.09)

Sub Total : £524.90
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £94.12
Total : £631.97

Over budget but you get nice 2Gb RAM and nice graphics. If he doesn't want anything more than £500 then he give him 1Gb RAM, 80Gb HDD, 7600GT and single core A64 3500+.

semi-pro waster · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:28

This is about as close to the budget as I'd realistically like to go, it still doesn't include an OS, since you didn't mention one I assume your friend must already have one.

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) ( £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HC174D 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Intel Pentium 4 820 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.8GHz (800FSB) - Retail £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)
Sub Total : £450.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £81.18
Total : £545.04

Deception · 10 Jan 2007 at 12:23

I had a talk with him and he is willing to pay around £550, although he already has a case, DVD-RW, keyboard, mouse, Gfx card and OS, so that isnt needed. I did come up with this little list, I would like your opinions, please.

Ste99 · 10 Jan 2007 at 12:46

Swap the Hiper PSU for a Corsair 520W.

semi-pro waster · 10 Jan 2007 at 15:11

Well if you are getting a motherboard based on the 945 chipset then I rather suspect that OCZ Special Ops Ram is overkill since I don't believe that the 945 chipset is good for overclocking, being somewhat of a budget chipset so the cheapest Ram is going to be OcUK PC6400.

I would also swap the PSU for something different although that PC isn't hugely demanding so you might not need the Corsair.

Deception · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:11

semi-pro waster said:
Well if you are getting a motherboard based on the 945 chipset then I rather suspect that OCZ Special Ops Ram is overkill since I don't believe that the 945 chipset is good for overclocking, being somewhat of a budget chipset so the cheapest Ram is going to be OcUK PC6400.

I would also swap the PSU for something different although that PC isn't hugely demanding so you might not need the Corsair.

True enough, although I chose the Ram and PSU, as in the future he might have enough money, so can swap out the motherboard for a DS3 or something better, i guess.

steve258 · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:43

How about getting a cheapo OCUK 1Gb PC6400 with a 965P-S3?? Essentially the same as DS3 but without solid capacitors.

Really not sure about hiper, I'd seriously consider OCZ modstream 520W instead.