Spec me a rig for £850

jsolder · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:30

Hey guys i'm wonderin if you can spec me a rig based around an AMD XM2 processor, it will be used for general office based applications, and occassional gaming... hopefully you can help

hyper_piper45 · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:34

Is there a reason why you want an x2? because conroe will give you more bang for your buck.

jsolder · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:37

hadn't realised the conroe was a better processor... my research obviously let me down :confused:

hyper_piper45 · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:42

Also, do you need a monitor, keyboard etc? Or just the tower?

jsolder · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:42

I need a monitor, and the tower no keyboard or mouse.

hyper_piper45 · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:55

CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.95 £107.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.95 £89.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£31.95 £31.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95
MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)
£64.95 £64.95
MO-005-BE Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-005-BE)
£111.95 £111.95
HD-051-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £693.50
VAT £121.37
Total £814.87

Slightly under budget. If you wanted you could put a bigger hard drive in and still be in budget. But as you said you wanted it mainly for office and the odd game i looked at saving you as mich money as possible.

The ninja is included if you wanted to overclock (which i highly suggest!), but if you dont just drop the ninja and get the retail e6300.

jsolder · 23 Aug 2006 at 11:01

sounds like a decent system, i'm gonna put the spec i worked out up here and see what u think of that.

jsolder · 23 Aug 2006 at 11:17

My friend specd this system for me and i'm wonderin what u think of it?

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD)
£66.95 £66.95
MB-176-AS Asus P5B-VM Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-176-AS)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£94.95 £94.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
GX-080-XF XFX GeForce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT73P-UDL3) (GX-080-XF)
£76.85 £76.85
MO-017-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)
£107.95 £107.95
Subtotal £774.45
VAT £135.53
Total £909.98

hyper_piper45 · 23 Aug 2006 at 12:21

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

A good processor but a overclocked e6300 will be nearly as good and a lot cheaper.

CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)

Sounds good, i just chose the first black nec i saw

HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)

Thats what i have in my pc and its good. a lot of people also recommend the seagate. I chose you the smallest, but like i said go for 250gb if you thin you will need it.

HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD)

Do you really need a raptor? Expensive considering you want it for office and the occasial game.

MB-176-AS Asus P5B-VM Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-176-AS)

Havent heard much about this board so can't really comment. For a e6300 i would get a ds3, and for a e6600 i would get an ds4 or an asus P5B Deluxe

MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)

Good ram but if you wanted to overclock i would go for the 6400 version.

CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)

Personal choice really. I just like the pc7 as its black and aluminium. The antec does have the benifit of comming with a psu.

GX-080-XF XFX GeForce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT73P-UDL3) (GX-080-XF)

The x1800xt is a much better card, and is probably the best bang for buck avaliable at the moment.

MO-017-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)

Again personal choice really, i just like the bezel of the belinea more.

Hope that helps a little! Any more questions fire away. Also will you be intending to overclock or not?

helpimcrap · 23 Aug 2006 at 12:26

how many threads you gonna post about the same spec?