Spec me a good system

teaboy5 · 29 Jul 2006 at 20:51

Ok i have been out of the loop for ages now and my machine is around 1 year old with all the top stuff that was out over a year ago. If you could get me back up to speed and spec me a tower for around 800-1000. Thanks

Murzo · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:04

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£52.55 £52.55
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95

Subtotal £785.15
VAT £137.41
Total £922.56

If it were me i would go with something along those lines.

Monstermunch · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:05

This is about the best you'll get for under £1k:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£94.95 £94.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS)
£124.95 £124.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.95 £62.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £829.60
VAT £145.18
Total £974.78

Not forgetting that the Conroe chips is not released for another couple of weeks.

fenderbass86 · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:08

Monstermunch said:
Not forgetting that the Conroe chips is not released for another couple of weeks.

A couple of weeks? I've been away this past week so I thought they would be released when I came back last night, has the official date been announced then?

Monstermunch · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:09

fenderbass86 said:
A couple of weeks? I've been away this past week so I thought they would be released when I came back last night, has the official date been announced then?

Don't get me started, Intel have apparently said that the 24th was just a paper launch date...... But I think Gibbo was hoping to have stock in a couple of weeks time.

Murzo · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:11

Have a look Here mate. The oem 6300 is stock and the oem 6700 should be here next week. Have a look in the CPU forum lot of info there.

fenderbass86 · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:12

I hope Gibbo can get OEM versions of the E6400, that's all i'm waiting for to build my new pc.

Monstermunch · 29 Jul 2006 at 21:54

E6600 for me..... Couple of weeks I think

teaboy5 · 29 Jul 2006 at 22:02

Whats the 1900 card like?

Monstermunch · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:40

teaboy5 said:
Whats the 1900 card like?

The X1900 series is the best card currently available with regard to performance and image quality. However they do run hotter and louder than the geforce cards.

TBH i'm gonna get an x1900xt and just put a quieter and better cooler on it to have the best of both worlds. Something like the Zalman vf900 is a good choice.

MM