Spec me, base unit only ~£500

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Need just a base unit, i will be reusing my monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.

1GB RAM minimum, 2GB ideally.

Dual core would be lovely.

~100GB hard disk, more if possible

DVD Writer or rewriter.

Half decent graphics card for some gaming (mainly WoW, but some FPS would be nice too)

Case and PSU (not fussed about looks)

No Operating system.


Cheers :)
 
This might be suitable, the budget is slightly limiting when trying to fit everything in but I think this will give you a decent basic system with the potential for some overclocking. :)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32728) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £416.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £74.88
Total : £502.76
 
Your basket

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32728) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - Retail £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Asus TA-212 Series Midi Tower (Silver) - No PSU £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
OcUK Huntkey 450 PSU £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24) Sub Total : £447.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95 Vat : £80.65 Total : £541.52

not to sure about the psu but its the choice of graphics at that price
 
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
(£41.11)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
(£105.74)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£111.61)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU
(£46.99)
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£125.71)

Total : £546.23

PSU should be just about ok because it's a decent brand. If you could up the budget a bit more then I would suggest getting another PSU, especially if you plan to upgrade soon or overclock :)
 
Can you push it upto £560?

That'd get you an 8800. But you'd sacrifice the hard disk to an 80gig one.

C2D 4300
Gigabyte S3
Cheapest DVDRW
GeIL 2GB 6400 on "this week only"
Western Digital 80GB
OcUK GeForce 8800 (out of stock, BFG is only a couple quid more tho)
Asus TA-210 Series Case

Sub Total : £463.93
Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £83.10
Total : £557.98


Just another option for you to consider I guess :p It'd be a fair amount more powerful than a £60 cheaper spec.
 
I could push the budget a little, but i'd rather stay on the £500 side of the price bracket.

Some good looking setups there, gives me something to ponder before i put my order in.

Thanks :)
 
actually if i'm right that geil 2gig kit will go back to normal price tomorrow 115+vat i think?
 
CHUDS said:
actually if i'm right that geil 2gig kit will go back to normal price tomorrow 115+vat i think?
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Yeah... but there's the "G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit" still available for practically the same price, and that stuff's great - I'm running it now with no problems, and the load times seem much better than with my 1x1GB stick. Probably 'cos of the extra bandwidth in dual channal and rather than the extra capacity.
 
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