Spec me a system for £1000

CryptKeeper · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:46

Looking to upgrade. My pc is almost 3 yrs old now.

I want dual graphics cards as I have 2 monitors and run game clients on each monitor. 2 gig of ram, and plent of HDD space is also essential.

I don't need monitors, sound card/speakers, mouse/keyboard or optical drives.
I need everything else.

t31os · 20 Sep 2006 at 03:05

Case?..Powersupply?..

Assuming you dont need these one of the Core 2 Duo bundles plus a 7950 or an x1950 which are both essentially 2 gpu's, plus the bundle boards do not do SLI or XFire.

Assuming by this point that still sounds interesting, that should leave you £120 at least for 2 x 250gb(or 300gb) drives (cheaper then buying 1 larger).

t31os · 20 Sep 2006 at 03:15

Ok what about this, though you might get a few better suggestions.

CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS) 1
£79.99 £79.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE) 2
£52.95 £105.90
GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO) 1
£279.99 £279.99
MY-095-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-095-CS) 1
£139.99 £139.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£91.99 £91.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN) 1
£114.99 £114.99
CA-021-AK Akasa AK-ZEN-01-WH Zen White Case - No PSU (CA-021-AK) 1
£27.95 £27.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£17.99 £17.99
Subtotal £858.79
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £152.21
Total £1,021.95

If you don't want to Overclock, drop the Arctic cooler and go for a cheaper memory kit.

Proberly better to wait for a few more suggestions also.

semi-pro waster · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:28

The specification by t31os looks pretty good but to give you another option here is one that will be faster at stock (apart from the graphics card) and still gives you good overclocking options.

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS)
£157.99 £157.99
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.99 £104.99
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£189.99 £189.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£52.95 £105.90
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£17.99 £17.99
Subtotal £838.84
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £148.54
Total £997.33

GhostRider · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:07

GX-086-LT Leadtek GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-086-LT)
£284.99 £284.99
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
CA-041-AN Antec Titan 550 Tower Case - 550w TruePower PSU (CA-041-AN)
£79.99 £79.99
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£164.99 £164.99
MB-150-AS Asus P5B Deluxe (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-150-AS)
£119.99 £119.99
Subtotal £904.90
VAT £158.36
Total £1,063.26