Spec me a PC please.

sorcerer · 22 Jan 2007 at 15:15

Hi Guys, I'll be soon replacing my kit, and I wonder what everybody thinks might be good for about £1000.

Things I DON'T need are

Hard Disks, Monitor , Keyboard, Mouse, Case, CD/DVD drives, fans or soundcard.

Things I do need.

Like to stick to Intel Processor (DUO and Quad in future), Direct X 10 card maybe, motherboard (need at least 5 SATA and one PCI slot, memory, heatsink and fan and PSU.

What do you guys think?

Azza · 22 Jan 2007 at 15:16

sorcerer said:
Hi Guys, I'll be soon replacing my kit, and I wonder what everybody things might be good for about £1000.

Things I DON'T need are

Hard Disks, Monitor , Keyboard, Mouse, Case, CD/DVD drives, fans or soundcard.

Things I do need.

Like to stick to Intel Processor (DUO and Quad in future), Direct X 10 card maybe, motherboard (need at least 5 SATA and one PCI slot, memory, heatsink and fan and PSU.

What do you guys think?

What are you going to be using it for?

sorcerer · 22 Jan 2007 at 15:27

Azza said:
What are you going to be using it for?

Basically everything you can think off, games, movies, tv, internet, development, photoshop etc.

Tombo · 22 Jan 2007 at 16:07

How's that looks, to you and everyone else.

EvilGrin · 22 Jan 2007 at 16:16

sorcerer said:
Hi Guys, I'll be soon replacing my kit, and I wonder what everybody thinks might be good for about £1000.

Things I DON'T need are

Hard Disks, Monitor , Keyboard, Mouse, Case, CD/DVD drives, fans or soundcard.

Things I do need.

Like to stick to Intel Processor (DUO and Quad in future), Direct X 10 card maybe, motherboard (need at least 5 SATA and one PCI slot, memory, heatsink and fan and PSU.

What do you guys think?

Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99 (£152.74)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £314.99 (£370.11)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £174.99 (£205.61)
Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit £174.99(£205.61)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £87.99 (£103.39)

Sub Total : £882.95
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £156.08
Total : £1,047.98

sorcerer · 22 Jan 2007 at 16:36

Tombo said:
How's that looks, to you and everyone else.

Looks good, it's a shame they don't have a OEM version of the Intel 2 Duo Core, because I feel like I would waisting my money getting an extra Heatsink, also could do with more PSU power. Since I have 5 hard disks to put in and the new Geforce 8 card. maybe 660 watt +.

Tombo · 22 Jan 2007 at 16:43

I'm sure OcUK used to have an OEM E6600.

EvilGrin · 22 Jan 2007 at 17:18

sorcerer said:
Looks good, it's a shame they don't have a OEM version of the Intel 2 Duo Core, because I feel like I would waisting my money getting an extra Heatsink, also could do with more PSU power. Since I have 5 hard disks to put in and the new Geforce 8 card. maybe 660 watt +.

Get the 620W Corsair I quoted in my post, also the Asus A5N-E is regarded by many as a superior clocker and board in general to the DS3. Also, save yourself £25 and get the Gainward GTX I quoted as its just as good as the BFG and currently at a very cheap price.