[Spec Me] A decent gaming rig for £1000

SirDT

SirDT

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Hey guys, I'm back :) After having successfully built my "test-rig" I am now ready to move onto bigger and better things :)

So yeah, could you spec me a gaming rig, here's what I would need:


- Quad Processor
- 4GB Ram
- Top end graphics card
- Mouse (wireless)
- Keyboard (wireless)

And the rest is up to you :)

Please note: I do not need a monitor :) Thanks guys !

And have a verrry Merrrry Xmas :p
 
ABIT IP35 PRO
Q6600
tuniq tower/arctic freezer 7 pro
8800GTX/S (there isn't much difference between them really)
PC2-8500 (1066MHz) CAS 5
 
PC2-8500 is a waste of money unless you want to overclock to the extreme. Also go for a GTS, GTX is too expensive for the little performance gain it has over the new GTS.
 
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PC2-8500 is a waste of money unless you want to overclock to the extreme. Also go for a GTS, GTX is too expensive for the little performance gain it has over the new GTS.
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Erm, yeah I am planning on overclocking..but not to the extreme :)
 
Hey SirDT, how's the following specification,

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Now I haven't included either a Keyboard or a Mouse since that is really is down to you. The keyboards can be found here and the mouse's here. You could also have a look at the Desktop Combinations, some of them may appeal to you. :)
 
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SirDT said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-086-GI

Would that do the trick guys ?:)
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That's the board that I'm using at the moment and I've had no problems with it. Although thing is, I've heard there are a few issues with this board when paired with certain brands of memory, so although it might eb a stable overclocker, it might be better to get an Asus board which supports DDR2 and DDR3.

Thing is though, DDR3 is massively overpriced at the moment because hardly any of it is about, so it might be worth just getting a decent DDR2 only board, and then upgrading to a DDR3 board in a few years when DDR3 has established itself.

Edit: You might also want to consider getting the new 8800GTS instead of the GTX as it's cheaper and it has almost the same (sometimes equal) amount of performance compared with the GTX, and it's quite a bit cheaper depending which one you buy.
 
thanks for your input closeratio. I just thought if I bought a ddr2 & DDR3 mobo, it would then save me buying and fitting in a new one when ddr3 does establish itself. Really haven't got a clue what to go for. So many different brands and names etc and they all seem to do the job it's just a question of how well. I might just go for one of the prebuilt overcloked systems on here......
 
SirDT said:
I might just go for one of the prebuilt overcloked systems on here......
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That's not a bad idea and it's obviously much easier, but you'd save yourself quite a bit if you did build it yourself, and I'm sure a lot of people on here are likely to agree with me (I've seen people say this sorta thing in the past :))

If you want a good, trustworthy board, then you can't go wrong with the Asus P5K. I've never used one but everybody seems to have one and I never hear of any problems. I also see a lot of people speccing Abit boards on here, the two that I see being specced the most are this one and this one. Although the second one is quite a bit dearer and is really only for if you really want the nest performance out of all your components.

Maybe if you put a spec together yourself, taking into account what everyone's said, and then post it on here and ask for some opinions, you might be able to form a better one in less time than it would take to ask someone to make you a spec from scratch
 
Hey SirDT, the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard is a absolutely fine. In my opinion, i honestly wouldn't worry about DDR3 at this point in time. When DDR3 becomes mainstream and much cheaper than it is currently, their will most likely be better DDR3 memory to purchase and the motherboards will be a lot better in terms of handling DDR3. :)

Regarding the Nvidia 8800GTX, if you are going to be playing games at a fairly high resolution i.e. 1680x1050 and above and are looking at playing with all the eye candy as well, the 8800GTX will be the best graphics card to purchase in my opinion. Though in all honestly, weather you purchase thee 8800GTX or the 8800GTS, they are both brilliant cards and you can't really go wrong with either. :)
 
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And I don't think DDR2 will become obsolete anytime soon, unless you get a large jump in speeds you really shouldn't be able to tell the difference unless you're doing some really intensive jobs like calculating the meaningof life or something ;)

I bet there's another 2 years+ left for DDR2 yet, providing that intel's new chipset which they're apparently releasing 2nd-3rd quarter next year still supports DDR2 (bearing in mind it has a new socket as well).
 
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