Spec me please :)

danyulland · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:31

Hello,

looking for a spec for a budget gaming system,

needs to include all the usual components including case/dvdrw/psu.

Budgets 400 pounds (tight i no!)

Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)
Price: £52.95 (£62.22 Including VAT at 17.5%)

OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-130-AM)
Price: £89.95 (£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
Price: £74.95 (£88.07 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Thermaltake VC2000BNS Mambo SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-026-TT)
Price: £27.50 (£32.31 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Q-Tec 650W Triple Fan Gold PSU (CA-003-QT)
Price: £19.95 (£23.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 80GB 6L080P0 ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-073-MD)
Price: £32.95 (£38.72 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Liteon SHM-165P6S-02C 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail (CD-046-LO)
Price: £27.95 (£32.84 Including VAT at 17.5%)

This is what i suggested (its for a friend!)

if anybody can suggest any better/different from this performance wise then that'd be great. also cant really go much over 400.

Thank in advance.

TechnoCorruption · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:48

Most of it looks ok, but swap that psu over, I wouldnt trust any machine with a q-tec in it.

Eliminos · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:58

Agr3sive said:
Most of it looks ok, but swap that psu over, I wouldnt trust any machine with a q-tec in it.

seconded, thired and fourthed.

A Tagan 380W should do it.

Could you possibly stretch to £105 for a HIS ICEQ x800gto on the graphics card? I think there is quite a difference between the 6600gt and the x800gto. It all depends what games you want to play I suppose. Can you give us a list?

fenderbass86 · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:01

Agr3sive said:
Most of it looks ok, but swap that psu over, I wouldnt trust any machine with a q-tec in it.

Q-Tec consequences

danyulland · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:08

hahaha, yep ive also heard bad things about q-tec but ive had 2 which i built into other peoples computers and theyve been running solid no probs for a year now....porbably best to be on the safeside though

.

i dont no specifically which games, wouldnt harm to say the top end ones like

hl2
doom3

etc

Eliminos · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:09

Then you'd want the X800GTO then. Reckon you could squeeze it in with a tagan 380?

Explicit · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:18

fenderbass86 said:
Q-Tec consequences

Damn!

Well, a £25 PSU is always going to be 'dodgy' to say the least

Eliminos · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:20

I reckon a Tagan 380W will do fine, its only £38.

danyulland · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:20

hopefully, my friend will get back to me later

. im posting this information from this forum.. to another forum

( a local area friends forum )

so we shall see, thank for the help.

TechnoCorruption · 17 Feb 2006 at 13:27

There are a lot of "bob the basic" el cheapo psus that work fine with low power rigs especially ones with minimal drives and onboard sound+video, but even still a q-tec would probly still struggle, as someone said above the Tagan 380 would be a reliable and cheap alternative. I have had a couple of Tagans in my time and had no problems with them.

Ender · 17 Feb 2006 at 13:50

Do you really need SLI? if not i would probably downgrade the board, change the psu to a tagan 380w and look into getting a X800gto
If you buy this week theres
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)
on special offer for 105 inc vat

Runningkid · 17 Feb 2006 at 16:06

over budget a little but i dont really c how i can degrade it apart from the gfx card, but i leave taht to ** mate.

CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£99.95 £99.95
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MB-122-AS Asus A8V-MX VIA K8M800 Micro ATX (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-122-AS)
£41.95 £41.95
GX-067-XF XFX GeForce 6800 XT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT42E-UDE3) (GX-067-XF)
£84.95 £84.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-044-SO Sony DWQ30AB 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-So)
£22.95 £22.95
Subtotal £382.65
VAT £66.97
Total £449.62

and if your friend really want to save money, this spec is on a 754 sempron. But i am not sure if 1.6ghz can run games properly and will it bottle neck the card, have to ask the other guys on this forum on this one

HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MB-037-GI Gigabyte K8NE nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-037-GI)
£42.95 £42.95
GX-067-XF XFX GeForce 6800 XT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT42E-UDE3) (GX-067-XF)
£84.95 £84.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-044-SO Sony DWQ30AB 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-So)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£54.95 £54.95
CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£45.95 £45.95
Subtotal £329.65
VAT £57.69
Total £387.34

ACESHIGH · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:42

Have to agree with most others, get a different PSU & get the X800GTO if you can, its the quicker card. THe rest of your spec is fine.