Spec me please!!

GingerNinja1989 · 7 Jan 2008 at 13:41

Hi all, I am a poor student with not much cash to play with, but I would like some advice on a new system to do my Computer Science work on, as well as play some games. I was thinking about one of the new ATI cards, but other than that, I don't know what other components to buy. Budget is around £800 including a monitor. Help please!!

melbourne720 · 7 Jan 2008 at 14:32

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £68.99
(£81.06) £68.99
(£81.06)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)

Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)

LG L204WS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £114.99
(£135.11) £114.99
(£135.11)

Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) £56.99
(£66.96)

Total : £717.75

Hows about that?

melbourne720 · 7 Jan 2008 at 14:33

With the cash left over, you could get a faster CPU or add another hard drive.

GingerNinja1989 · 7 Jan 2008 at 14:45

Cheers for that, I'll look into it. Anyone reckon its worth going for DX10.1 yet, or stick with DX10?

melbourne720 · 7 Jan 2008 at 14:45

I'm not even sure it's worth going for DX10, let alone 10.1