Spec me up guys/gals

MrMoon · 22 Oct 2006 at 17:42

Hi all, am totally new to SFF but want one to go with my LCD TV, must have Freeview card, decent graphics card for gaming, at least 200GB and the fastest I can get for the money with at least 2GB ram, I have about £1k to spend

Oh and wireless Kboard and Mouse

Paramount · 22 Oct 2006 at 21:56

FS-072-SH Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775) (FS-072-SH) 1
£263.99 £263.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL) 1
£139.99 £139.99
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE) 1
£45.99 £45.99
GX-091-LT Leadtek GeForce 7950 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-091-LT) 1
£144.99 £144.99
KB-051-MS Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) (KB-051-MS) 1
£23.99 £23.99
CD-059-LO Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO) 1
£19.99 £19.99
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£191.99 £191.99
GX-000-CP Compro VideoMate DVB-T200 Digital TV Internal PCI - Retail (GX-000-CP) 1
£24.99 £24.99
Subtotal £855.92
VAT £149.79
Total £1,005.71

Thats my attempt, though you're probably best waiting for the pros to fine tweak it for you.

Tute · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:05

- Wait for the SD32G2. Much much cheaper.

- Swap the 7950GT out for an X1800/X1900.

Apart from that, Paramount's got it pretty much spot on.

Paramount · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:39

The Freeview card won't fit if you put a 1800/1900xt in, the cooler takes up the second slot. You could always use a USB solution though. Otherwise the 7950gt is the fastest single slot.

But yeah, I would recommend waiting for the sd32g2, that's what I'm doing. But that's because I don't like the size of the sd37p2, not because it's cheaper. Admittedly the sd37p2 is more future proof, it can take 8gb of mem whereas sd32 can only take 2. Hopefully a mem stick using Vista readyboost will compensate for that.

MrMoon · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:16

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
FS-071-SH Shuttle XPC SN27P2 Aluminium Barebones System - AMD 64 (Socket AM2) (FS-070-SH)
£268.99 £268.99
CP-168-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-168-AM)
£111.99 £111.99
MY-072-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (MY-072-OC)
£159.99 £159.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£51.99 £51.99
CD-020-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-020-AS)
£24.50 £24.50
GX-090-LT Leadtek GeForce 7950 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-090-LT)
£169.99 £169.99
NW-009-BE Belkin 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter (F5D7050UK) (NW-009-BE)
£15.25 £15.25
KB-074-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3000 Laser - Retail (KB-074-LG)
£54.99 £54.99
Subtotal £857.69
VAT £150.10
Total £1,007.79

This is what I came up with

Paramount · 23 Oct 2006 at 14:49

Thought you wanted a digital TV card?

Kezmo · 23 Oct 2006 at 17:05

Has it gotta be a shuttle ? Very limited upgradability, cant change the mobo's on them and psu's are low power.

What with the next gen cards on there way that are very power hungry and pci express 2 at some point next year id go matx

To lazy to spec u a system lol, but if ** looking at AM2 the new ABIT board is the nuts pair it with G.Skill Ram and a modular psu.
Silverstone do some really nice Matx cases