Spec Me A New System faster than a P4 3.0 ht

stickman1

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As Above my m8 has a p4 3.0 HT 1 gig of ram and wants to upgrade to a faster gaming system,
budget about £350 he will need psu, mobo (min 4 usb ports) , ram, gfx and sound card what type of system can he expect to get for his cash? inc del

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stickman1
 
I am in this exact same boat... P4 3.0 ht, need to upgrade

Its expensive business keeping up to date... 2gb of RAM is the best part of £200 at current prices

In my case i'm looking at about £500 minimum, and thats if i stick with just 1gb of RAM
 
stickman1 said:
As Above my m8 has a p4 3.0 HT 1 gig of ram and wants to upgrade to a faster gaming system,
budget about £350 he will need psu, mobo (min 4 usb ports) , ram, gfx and sound card what type of system can he expect to get for his cash? inc del

regards
stickman1
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Very quickly put together, but just to give you an idea of what you could get for 350:

MSI 965P NEO (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99

BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99

Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464Z335) (2x512MB) Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464Z335) (2x512MB) £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99

Sub Total : £372.95

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 : £66.83
Total : £448.73

It's quite a bit over the £350 mark, but save another £100 and get something better.

Note: the above is just an example of what you could get for that price, I didn't check what's best etc.
 
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Craig321 said:
Edited the above, it's £100 over budget but save that extra £100 and get yourself a nice PC :)
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Good work! I agree, he could easy make up the difference/shortfall by selling his old kit. . . .
 
Remember Big.Wayne, I put that together real quick, so I might not have chosen the best items / manufacturers for that price.

Looks pretty good to me though - MSI, Intel and BFG are all good, some people have voted against those Hiper PSUs quite a bit >.<
 
Craig321 said:
Very quickly put together, but just to give you an idea of what you could get for 350:

MSI 965P NEO (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99

BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99

Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464Z335) (2x512MB) Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464Z335) (2x512MB) £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99

Sub Total : £372.95

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 : £66.83
Total : £448.73

It's quite a bit over the £350 mark, but save another £100 and get something better.

Note: the above is just an example of what you could get for that price, I didn't check what's best etc.
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Nice spec, apart from why did you put DDR1 RAM in there? :confused:
 
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