spec me a £650

supergt · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:45

Hi fellow OCUKers, im looking to upgrade from the spec in sig ( sorry about lack of detail ) i know that my RAM is PC2800. I have aproximately £650 to spend on upgrading. I would like to be able to play games such as CoD2 on HIGH with good FPS. Could you guys do your magic please?

Thanks in advance

Josh

fenderbass86 · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:08

CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) 1
£104.95 £104.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£109.95 £109.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) 1
£69.95 £69.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD) 1
£54.95 £54.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE) 1
£25.50 £25.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£65.50 £65.50
GX-114-SP Sapphire X1600 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-114-SP) 1
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £540.75
VAT £94.64
Total £635.39

How's this? It's got a fairly good CPU (better than you have now anyway), 2GB RAM for furture proofing, I could only get and X1600XT graphics card in with your budget (it's a lot better than what your have now), but this can be upgraded easily in the future and 200GB HD.

KizZ · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:21

For little bit more I'd get this and keep your current HDD:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM) £124.95

Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS) £51.95

OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK) £89.95

NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE) £25.50

Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra CPU Cooler (Socket 754) (HS-015-AR) £4.95 - fits on SKT 939 too

Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN) £27.50

FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK) £49.95

Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT) £179.95

Subtotal £554.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £98.99
Total £664.64

You got fast CPU with 1MB cache that will help in games, a decent stable motherboard, 2GB of memory which will help a lot in games, a DVD burner, a decent CPU cooler, good value for money case, a superb power supply which is suitable for future upgrades and a fast graphics card which would let you play games at high resolutions with AA and AF at a decent frame rate.

Hope that helped!

ACESHIGH · 14 Feb 2006 at 06:39

How about this ...

Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) £82.19
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£146.82
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£105.69
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA) £26.97
Antec Performance TX640B-EC Black MiniTower Case - 400 Watt SmartPower PSU (CA-034-AN) £72.26
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT) £223.19
Total:£657.12 (including VAT)
This option is if you transplant the 120 GB HDD from old system to this.

Really fast CPU & graphics card (a card known to overclock really well). Combined you wont have problems for quite a while. Good mobo with all connectoins your likely to need. 2GB ram will do you really well in games & other apps. Good case with decent PSU - enough for what you have now & to still add extras. Great burner added too.

If you cant keep existing HDD then this optoin would suit..
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) £82.19
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£146.82
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£105.69
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA) £26.97
Antec Performance TX640B-EC Black MiniTower Case - 400 Watt SmartPower PSU (CA-034-AN) £72.26
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA)
£68.09
PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) £146.82
Total:£648.84 (including VAT)

Same as above but has a great 200GB HDD & the graphics card is still great & enough to run all games with.

** Either system will be way better than your current rig **

Enjoy

Runningkid · 14 Feb 2006 at 11:24

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£137.95 £137.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.50 £65.50
HD-054-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 120GB ST3120813AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-054-SE)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-032-OK OcUK GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) & Call of Duty 2 Bundle - Retail (GX-032-OK)
£174.95 £174.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-003-SO Sony DDU1613 DVD-ROM - OEM (CD-003-SO)
£12.50 £12.50
Subtotal £555.75
VAT £97.26
Total £653.01

the sli board so u can upgrade later, but if u dont want to, u can probs upgrade the ram and degrade the mobo