Spec me a PC! Pleassse!

[WARHURYEAH]

Right I'm starting to save for a new PC. It's mainly going to be used for Graphic Design and playing games.

I need everything. Monitor, Case the lot excluding keyboards and stuff.

Now my budget is around £500 - £800, I know it's a wide margin but it depends if there are any emergancy buys from now and then. I may also be looking to OC aswell.

Now I've also taken into account that some prices can change dramatically in a few months so this will be a guide to look at what I should buy in the coming months. I may look to buy each part over the months or all together.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

need an os.?

 

[icey_haj]

Slightly over budget.

EDIT: Forgot the DVD drive. If you want to drop the price, change the case to a Coolermaster Elite 335 and/or change the GPU to a 512MB 4870 or a 512MB 4850.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Samsung T220 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (LS22TWHSUV) £172.49
(£149.99) £172.49
(£149.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £151.79
(£131.99) £151.79
(£131.99)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)

Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply £72.44
(£62.99) £72.44
(£62.99)

Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £49.44
(£42.99) £49.44
(£42.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £43.69
(£37.99) £43.69
(£37.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09
(£13.99) £16.09
(£13.99)

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound £4.59
(£3.99) £4.59
(£3.99) Sub Total : £678.84 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £103.77 Total : £795.60

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Slightly over budget.

Psu is not in stock

 

[jolie77]

Slightly over budget.

EDIT: Forgot the DVD drive. If you want to drop the price, change the case to a Coolermaster Elite 335 and/or change the GPU to a 512MB 4870 or a 512MB 4850.

sa

Good choice ! same as mine

 

[jolie77]

I would say 24" screen thou

 

[WARHURYEAH]

ooh verrry nice, I don't mind if it goes over budget, because I expect that some things maybe cheaper in a few months time and depends if I can get some cheap deals off the ebay. Thanks guys.

Oh and a OS will be required, but I'm not sure of the benfits of a 64 bit to a 32.