Spec me conroe <£700

[Duskcrawler]

My current pc (P4 2.4, Radeon 9800 pro) has died and im in the market for a new conroe build.

I have a 19" monitor i'll keep for the minute, also have a case though need a new power supply for it.

Want to spend less than £700 with decent conroe spec with half decent graphics card.

Thanks guys

 

[semi-pro waster]

Something like this should be suitable, I don't know if you need all the parts but if not remove whatever you don't need to keep it well under the budget.

MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£149.99 £149.99
CD-041-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-041-NE)
£18.95 £18.95
GX-053-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-CO)
£144.99 £144.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£17.99 £17.99
CA-007-EN Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN)
£51.99 £51.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
Subtotal £583.84
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £103.74
Total £696.53

 

[Goodeh]

Something like this should be suitable, I don't know if you need all the parts but if not remove whatever you don't need to keep it well under the budget.

MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£149.99 £149.99
CD-041-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-041-NE)
£18.95 £18.95
GX-053-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-CO)
£144.99 £144.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£17.99 £17.99
CA-007-EN Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN)
£51.99 £51.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
Subtotal £583.84
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £103.74
Total £696.53

I would have gone for an 1800XT, ds3, and a 250 gb Barracuda, but otherwsise great spec

 

[semi-pro waster]

I would have gone for an 1800XT, ds3, and a 250 gb Barracuda, but otherwsise great spec

Fair points, I think they would make the PC better overall, certainly in overclocking terms and the X1800XT is no slouch so I'd go with those changes happily

 

[Goodeh]

Fair points, I think they would make the PC better overall, certainly in overclocking terms and the X1800XT is no slouch so I'd go with those changes happily

I just thought the 1900 would have gone to waste on a 19"

 

[Andy298]

Maybe a good idea to get the 1900 as it sounds like he'll soon want to upgrade the 19"