Spec me a new PC

Sam

Sam

Sam

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Hi There

I Currentley have the following :

Dell 2100 FP
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D
X64 Sandiego 3700 +
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE
ThermalRight XP-120
Maxtor 160Gb Sata
OCZ ModStream 520w
Coolermaster Black Widow

I Bought the above on my 18th 2 years ago and i think its time for an upgrade soon.

So Guys please spec me a setup, Im a bit out of touch these days ;) I want to keep AMD/ATI

Budget wise , if you could spec me a few rigs at say £500 / £750 / £1000 that would be brill

Many Thanks

Sam
 
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Will you be overclocking and what do you use your pc for?

Will you need a screen, mouse, keyboard, speakers and a O/S?

If you dont need a screen what res do you already play at?
 
stickroad said:
Will you be overclocking and what do you use your pc for?

Will you need a screen, mouse, keyboard, speakers and a O/S?

If you dont need a screen what res do you already play at?
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Hi Mate

I dont require a mouse / Keyboard screen speakers or an Os neither do i need a PSU ( as my OCZ is only a year old and should be ok ? )

I dont overclock, dont have the time and the paitence

I run 1600x1200 and like to run that in games BUT as my pc is getting a little older now i usually run my pc in 1024x1200

tnx sam
 
I don't know too much about AM2 systems but something like this seems about ok for the £500 price point (a fair bit under actually) although I haven't yet included a case as I wasn't sure if you needed one.

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
MSI K9A Platinum Crossfire (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Sub Total : £363.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £65.26
Total : £438.15

This one might do for the £750 but beyond that I don't really know. :)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £204.99
(£240.86) £204.99
(£240.86)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £91.99
(£108.09) £91.99
(£108.09)
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Sub Total : £631.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £112.15
Total : £753.03
 
stickroad said:
Nice spec their by Semi.

Sam wont you consider a Nvidia card and what sort of OCZ PSU do you have?
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Hi There

I suppose i could consider intel / Nvidia its just ive allways been an AMDATI FANBOY ! :p

My PSU is a OCZ ModStream 520w :)

Oh and i allready have a CD RW Drive and a DVD RW drive

Tnx Sam

P.S tnx SemiProWaster , alltho on the £750 spec will that mobo work with the ATI card as its SLI ?

Sam
 
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Sam said:
P.S tnx SemiProWaster , alltho on the £750 spec will that mobo work with the ATI card as its SLI ?
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No problems at all, if you think of SLi (or Crossfire for that matter) as an additional feature that you don't have to use it might help. Neither manufacturer would be stupid enough to deliberately cause incompatability problems with the others products. I picked the 590 based motherboard because from what I remember it was/is the top Nforce based chipset so offers a huge range of options and features.

Intel and Nvidia might be a bit better if you are overclocking but if not then AMD and ATI still offer very good products. :)
 
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