Spec me a system for 600 squids!

[Traducer]

Hey guys, if your bored and have nothing else to do and fancy helping me find something for that budget, then please do.
A friend has given me a budget to work from and he wants me to spec him a machine, so I thought i'd do see what you guys could come up with aswell.
He uses it for the usual internet use, music, downloading, movies, gaming.
Wants to be able to play games with stable fps, no crazy resolutions.
Needs to be able to play things like BF2, CSS, CoD2, Quake 4 with stable fps at probally 1024 - 768.
Anything else you need to know, just ask.

 

[Monstermunch]

You can do that without a problem, the only thing you need to make your friend aware of is that during the next year a lot of games will be going dual core. Quake 4 is already reporting 60% speed increases with the dual core patch. You'll need £800 for a dual core system.

£600 system now will probably mean another £600 system before the end of next year, whereas an £800 system will give you approx 3 years or more providing gfx card updates are done every year or so.

 

[Traducer]

This is true mate, and I said the exact same thing as you, thats why I have gone Dual Core with my system, but I don't think it matters to him that much.
Well I can't spend what he don't give me, so thats what I will have to work with, but your points are valid.

 

[marcus_667]

does he need monitor ?

 

[Traducer]

Not right now, just the base unit and all the bits in it hehe.

 

[Raikiri]

CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£79.95 £79.95
MB-139-AS Asus P5WD2 Intel 955X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-139-AS)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£29.95 £29.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£21.95 £21.95
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-078-XF XFX GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT73G-UDL3) (GX-078-XF)
£119.95 £119.95
Subtotal £517.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £92.33
Total £619.93

That includes a very good motherboard, dual core cpu, fast graphics, 2gb ram etc. but it is only worthwhile if you are willing to overclock it to 3.3ghz+ (easy to do).

 

[Traducer]

That looks pretty nice actually mate, would not have considered intel, but looks good.