Spec me a gaming system!
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While this is probablly not the all singing and dancing reply that you where indeed hoping for, I feel I need to inform you we require additional information to help.
Do you require extra peripherals such as Mouse and keyboard, and does a monitor need to be added to the budget?
If not, do you require hard drives? dvd writters or anything of the like?
For what it is worth, you could probablly get an:
E4300
2GB of OCUK ram
DS3 motherboard
8800 GTS
520W corsair PSU
and still be left with a bit of cash over, for hard drives and so on. A word to the wise, the E4300 is great for overclocking. I would say if you aren't wanting an E4300, to skip the other model numbers up to a E6600.
Intel rigs are the best at the moment (as you probably know). An 8800 GTX could be a tad overkill for you, depending on the resolution you play. Do you do anything else other than game. Lastly do you require an operating system?
Do you require extra peripherals such as Mouse and keyboard, and does a monitor need to be added to the budget?
If not, do you require hard drives? dvd writters or anything of the like?
For what it is worth, you could probablly get an:
E4300
2GB of OCUK ram
DS3 motherboard
8800 GTS
520W corsair PSU
and still be left with a bit of cash over, for hard drives and so on. A word to the wise, the E4300 is great for overclocking. I would say if you aren't wanting an E4300, to skip the other model numbers up to a E6600.
Intel rigs are the best at the moment (as you probably know). An 8800 GTX could be a tad overkill for you, depending on the resolution you play. Do you do anything else other than game. Lastly do you require an operating system?
Oh yeh sorry, it's getting late and I forgot about that, and, all I have now is a monitor, mouse and keyboard, I do need a dvd writer, and a hdd etc, sorry about that my head doesnt work too well when i'm tired 
I do some video editing, and some rendering in 3dsmax but nothing major, and yeh I plan to buy one of the Vista OEM's
And that does seem like a nice system, I just need a few more components added to it ty
I do some video editing, and some rendering in 3dsmax but nothing major, and yeh I plan to buy one of the Vista OEM's
And that does seem like a nice system, I just need a few more components added to it
ty
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+1 like a mofo.
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£54.04 inc VAT
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£72.84 inc VAT
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£82.24 inc VAT
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£115.14 inc VAT
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£166.84 inc VAT
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£135.11 inc VAT
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)
£52.86 inc VAT
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£19.96 inc VAT
Total - £699.03
Sex on a stick for £700 tbh. Quiet, overclockable, upgradable (great PSU etc). Yeah. That's what I'd do.
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£54.04 inc VAT
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£72.84 inc VAT
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£82.24 inc VAT
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£115.14 inc VAT
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£166.84 inc VAT
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£135.11 inc VAT
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)
£52.86 inc VAT
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£19.96 inc VAT
Total - £699.03
Sex on a stick for £700 tbh. Quiet, overclockable, upgradable (great PSU etc). Yeah. That's what I'd do.
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masslac said:
Thinking about it, I would probablly change a few bits which you posted.
If you went for an 1950, I would personally get the connect version. Sure it is clocked a little slower, but overclocking will sort that. And it is more money to save for an 8800GTS (say the 340MB version).
He could also get an Gigabyte S3 rather than the DS3. Much the same, just slightly cheaper components on the board, meaning it runs the same, but rather than lasting say 10 years, it may last 7. WIll still overclock just as well though.
To save even more, he could well ge the OCUK ram, since with the E4300 the multi is so much higher, high grade ram is less of an issue...
These savings could net him around 50 - 70 pounds... still, your setup is very good