spec me a pc for studies and games

[Ronaldo]

Hi, looking for a PC for my niece and nephew
They will use it for studies and play some games.

It wont be overclocked as i wont always be around to do settings and stuff.

I tried to spec but keep puting stuff that i'd buy on the budget

No software/windows needed

19" monitor and printer needed.

this is what i came up with, it was under 600 inc VAT and del.

 

[semi-pro waster]

This includes a better graphics card but is otherwise fairly similar to what you had there, if you need it to be under £600 then you could drop the CPU to an E6550.

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Canon Pixma MP210 Multi-Function Printer/Scanner/Colour Copier £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Sub Total : £504.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £92.03
Total : £617.89

 

[Ronaldo]

hey cheers,

thought 8600GT where pretty good.


wouldnt the asus mobo be better?

as i see it now the one i spec'd looks like a better deal or am i missing something (i been out of the scene for months)

 

[semi-pro waster]

The 3850pro is significantly better in graphics card terms, the 8600GT is low-mid range, the 8600GTS would compare better with the 3850pro but it is still slower and almost the same price.

Not really on the Asus motherboard, it is an older chipset, the 650 SLi is still decent enough but it is getting on a bit now. For your uses it will be fine though.

Also you aren't buying from OcUK there so I don't know exactly what that build would cost from wherever you are buying it from.

 

[Ronaldo]

i got that quote from some where else, i dont mind where i buy if the price is right, i normally buy from OCuk but i made that quote few weeks back.

will order something by end of this week as they need it for school work, but nephew aways asking me to show him games on my rig

 

[Mr Jones]

i got that quote from some where else, i dont mind where i buy if the price is right, i normally buy from OCuk but i made that quote few weeks back.

will order something by end of this week as they need it for school work, but nephew aways asking me to show him games on my rig

Most of the items quoted here are cheaper because of this week only offer.

Do buy it before Wednesday...