Spec me £800 please :D

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Hey, ok am going to get a new PC... but I've never built before and have a very limited knowledge of computers :(. I basically need everything from a CPU to a case :D.
Budget: £800-£900
Would prefer the CPU to be Intel, and the graphics card to be nvidia...unless you can convince me otherwise :D

Thanks in advance ^^
 
Base unit, will buy the monitor etc separately.
Nah noise shouldn't be too much of a problem, as long as it isn't way too noisy :P
And yeah its mainly gonna be for gaming, but will be used with those daily things too, and probably work :D
 
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Some will say get an 8xxxx dual core for gaming. but imo it's not worth it. quad is the future and is better at all round multitasking. Even if each core isn't maxed out. Dual cores are for those that want to get an extra 3fps for benchmarking and e-penis.

But it's upto you.#

The Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard is a much better board and what I would put it but is an extra £13. Tried to keep it to the £800.
 
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I like the above spec though personally i would get the ...
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
...CPU instead

Or if you really want a Quad (multitasking/ encoding uses as well) rather then the ...
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
Esopecially as its cheaper, clocked faster & has more L2 cache.
 
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hmmm ok
Atm I've been looking at several different components. I have sortof chosen the CPU and the GPU.
CPU- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail
GPU- Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
I hear that these are both very good. Together though they come to £415.05. What mobo, psu and cooling would you recomend, to go along well with these components, trying to stay within budget ^^
I wont be oc'ing so i doubt i will need too much cooling :D
 
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3Ghz) - £117.49
Asus P5Q Pro (P45) - £96.34
GeIL 4GB PC2-6400 Black Dragon - £61.09
BFG GeForce GTX 280 OC 1024MB GDDR3 - £305.49
Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB SATA II HDD - £58.74
LiteON IHAS120-13 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer - £17.61
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - £68.14
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLi PSU - £93.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - £17.61
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound - £4.69
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 64-Bit - £59.91

Grand total inc. VAT+shipping: £916.31


Don't go quad if your sole use is gaming, a higher clocked dual core will be better for games than a lower clocked quad. The E8400 is far superior to the Q8200 for gaming.

Also don't go for X38 chipset. Either go the whole mile and go for X48 in case you choose ATi and think you'll crossfire otherwise stick to the blistering amazing Asus P5Q (P45) motherboards.


If this is too expensive you can change the following:

Change from the Antec 900 to the Antec 300 if you don't think you'll be expanding to lots of HDDs and components using 3.5" bays.
Change from 620W PSU to the same 520W version, again if you don't think you'll expand much.
Change the P5Q Pro to the simple P5Q which is still a top performing and top overclocking board.
 
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail - (£225.59)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - (£187.99)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C4DC) - (£61.09)
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - (£96.34)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - (£93.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM- (£50.51)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) - (£17.61)
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound - (£4.69)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - (£68.14)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) - (£75.19)

Comes to the about £900

Hows this? I think i would prefer quad core tbh, future proof and what not :D
Anything else i might need?
 
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Some very good choices there i think, though i would have gone for a cheaper Q6600 and overclocked it, but hey if youre happy paying that much for a cpu, its a good one to buy. The 4870 is the right choice (the GeForce GTX 280 is stupidly overpriced) and that mobo is talked about a lot in the buy forums.
Should be a sweet rig.
 
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Or if you really want a Quad (multitasking/ encoding uses as well) rather then the ...
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
Esopecially as its cheaper, clocked faster & has more L2 cache.
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yeah good point, I was thinking they had 12mb but I'm thinking of the q9xxx
 
OK slight change...decided to cut back on my spending a bit with the processor, also changed the harddrive as all the reviews for the samsung one say it makes your case shake :/

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - (£187.99)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C4DC) - (£61.09)
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - (£96.34)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - (£93.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM- (£50.51)
Samsung TS-H653N/HPBH 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM - (£17.61)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) - (£17.61)
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound - (£4.69)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - (£68.14)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) - (£75.19)

Ok, torn between two processors, mainly because of the price difference :D, advice would be appreciated:
1) Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.30GHZ (1466FSB) - Retail - (£152.74)
2) Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM - (£125.71)

Choosing the 2nd one would bring my system just below 800 quid, which would be nice, can you tell me how much of a diff there is between them? :D
Also, is there anything else which I will need to complete this system? Except peripherals :P
 
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if its just for gaming and daily work etc, then definitely get a dual core, youll get nothing more from a quad which costs more for lower clocks =\

and if you MUST get one, dont get the 'guarenteed to run at x ghz' they're a waste of money, theyll all clock to it anyway

heres my go:



i know its at the top end of your budget but it has the best graphics card out today, 1tb hard drive space (32mb cache), and the e8400 which will clock to 4ghz+ with that noctua cpu cooler and asus p45 board giving blistering performance in games all round.
 
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hmm kk, will the extra FSB on the second one make much of a difference for the extra price? Would still prefer quad score though...since it seems better and will last me longer into the future wont it?
 
99% will overclock to way over 3.0ghz should get at least 3.4.
The ome one doesn't come with a cpu cooler, but you don't need it as you are getting one anyway.

They are the same cpu.
 
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