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spec me please! £650

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alright guys could do with some of your expert knowledge in helping me piece together a system. going to be picking the parts up on saturday, basically its going to be used for gaming and the usual office apps.

i already have a 20" monitor (so bear in mind the gfx should be beefy enough to power games at 1680 x 1050 res)

i already have mouse and key board plus hard drives and dvd writer. i also have xp but would you recomend vista? if so stick it in.

think thats about it, budget is £650, although this is not set in stone so if you need to go over please do.

look forward to see what you piece together for me! cheers!
 
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Went over budget on purpose, as you mentioned that if I felt I should then do it. Upgrade options are available on this should you choose to spend more. The paths I would take would be:

  • E6750 changed to Q6600 (+£72)
  • IP35-E changed to P35C-DS3R (+£6)
  • Lian-Li changed to Antec 900 (+£12) OR Lian Li changed to P182 (+£22)
If you wanted to lower, then:

  • OCZ ram to OcUK RAM (-£3)
  • IP35-E changed to EVGA 650i Ultra (-£11) ** Not recommended **
  • Lian-Li changed to Akasa AK-ZEN-01 (-£28)
  • E6750 changed to E4400 (-£48)
  • 8800 GTX changed to 2900 XT (-£70)

Those I find are the best options around that build. Obviously don't pick them all, or you'll end up way under/over budget. Personally I may have picked the 2900 XT instead of the GTX, and then upgraded to a Q6600 which is £2 difference.
 
tbh the 320mb version of the GTS would struggle at 1680x1050, there isnt enough graphics memory to make an easy run of it, i'd suggest the 640 version of the card, or the GTX
 
ok so im going to be picking all this stuff up tomorrow, although its my first build im pretty sure i know what im doing. one last question, what sort of tools will i need to build it? just a couple of screw drivers?
 
Just a Philips screwdriver forscrewing in your bits. Perhaps a pair of wire cutters (although kitchen scissors will do if need be) and some cable ties and also, preferably, some cable anchors on which *** cable tiees will be attached. This is to keep the case tidy inside. You might also want some needle nose plyres if you've gotthem or some tweezers in case you drops screws into the case. ;)

*** cable ties and the plastic cable anchors (with the sticky back plastic on) will cost about £2 from Wilkos or B+Q.

Have fun.:D
 
simoran1 said:
cheers! one last thing all the cables i need should come with everything right?
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You get the cables with the mobo normally. If you're concerned you might find a listing of what's in the box if you dig deep enough on the abit web site (it might be in the manual). The only thing that's not always inclued is a mains cable.

Oh and make sure you use the standoffs when you install the motherboard, don't just screw it to the inside of the case.
 
did you order it y'day? you should maybe ask if you could get the gtx cheaper saying it's on special offer from today
 
tbh the 320mb version of the GTS would struggle at 1680x1050
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Seems to work fine for me, though any resolutions higher than that may cause a slight problem. Overclock it and your good for most things.
If you wan't an alternative you could buy an E2140 and overclock it to ~3ghz fairly easily with very little performance loss compared to the far more expensive processor, imo your best of adding the extra cash for quad core, or downgrading to an E21*0 series.
 
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