Spec me up! £800

[Jameshill675]

Hi guys,

Want my best bang for buck and it's goiong to be used for gneral stuff but mostly gaming.

I already have a 500gb WD Sata II HDD, Sound card, monitor, speakers and keyboard mouse etc.

Willing to strecth to £1000 if its really going to benefit me.

Forgot to mention I don't need disk drives either

 

[semi-pro waster]

Something like this might be suitable, I've left out the soundcard since for most onboard is perfectly sufficient and with the speakers you won't notice any real difference.

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
SpeedLink Instinct SL-8214 2.1 Speaker System £15.10
(£17.74) £15.10
(£17.74)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Sub Total : £686.00
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £122.67
Total : £823.62

 

[Shimmy]

This is the spec I quickly rustled up, bear in mind some parts are taste/preference and add a few pounds.


You can save money from this spec depending on taste and what you or others deem to better value.

For instance, everyone has their own view on cpu cooler. Also the case can be changed (I even included the side window + case fans - personal taste)

The memory can be cheaper, also the cpu for e.g. you could OC a cheaper E6320.

You may decide on cheaper cooler e.g. Artic Cooling 7 Pro, also overclock an e6320 and cheaper case (Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS).

That system would easily come to below £800 and still be sweet . My 2p.

 

[sidefxv1]

I already have.. monitor...

What monitor and what res do you (want to) game at?