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meaz

meaz

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Hi there, could I have a spec for £600-£800 please.

My mate's mate needs a CPU, motherboard, heatsink/fan, memory, graphics card (must be able to play all games at decent resolution and speed) PSU and a nice case.

thanks a lot for any suggestions,
meaz
 
what will your mate use the machine for?

what resolution is decent to you? 1024 x 768 , 1280 x 1024?

will he be overclocking?

does it have to be amd 64? am2? or Intel core duo?

Please confirm the above to help us spec a "bang for buck" pc for ya mate :)
 
he won't be overclocking.

1280 x 1024

and he will be gaming and wants all games to run in full detail. The system needs to have outstanding graphics.

it doesnt matter on the socket type...he just wants the fastest gaming machine he can get for that money.

thanks
 
Taking advantage of the price-drops on the X2 chips I'd probably suggest something like this, if you want a nicer case then your mate would need to get a cheaper graphics card and/or CPU.

CP-174-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-174-AM)
£199.95 £199.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£219.95 £219.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
Subtotal £677.25
VAT £118.52
Total £795.77

//edit just noted that the price drops don't apply to 1mb cache chips.
 
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CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£154.95 £154.95
MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) 1
£74.95 £74.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS) 1
£91.95 £91.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£136.95 £136.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL) 1
£48.95 £48.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG) 1
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £569.70
VAT £99.70
Total £669.40

Well within budget, does he need hard drives or DVD etc?
 
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£105.95 £105.95
Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN)
£74.95 £74.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
EVGA GeForce 7600 GS 512MB DDR2 HDTV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-003-EA)
£87.95 £87.95
Subtotal £606.20
VAT £106.09
Total £712.29


I chose that gpu because it will play anything you throw at it at that res I believe...

Also I chose a faster cpu as you said you will not be overclocking...

I would look into getting a gigabyte mobo tho just incase you change your mind about overclocking but more importantly you will still be within your budget..

Latest machine, latest tech and its within your budget...Keep you busy for a while :D
 
That freezer 64 pro doesn't fit socket 775 does it? I'd also go for something a bit nippier than a 7600 GS. The likes of Oblivion would make that card grind to a halt, lol. :p No point in getting an E6600 and having such a severely gpu-bottlenecked system IMHO.
 
the answer is in the clue...

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

:p

a 7600 512mb GS would handle Oblivion the recommended specs are 6800 or higher and 1gb RAM..the card is value for money

I doubt I cannot be 100% tho that the GPU would bottleneck the system
 
xirokx said:
the answer is in the clue...

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

:p

a 7600 512mb GS would handle Oblivion the recommended specs are 6800 or higher and 1gb RAM..the card is value for money

I doubt I cannot be 100% tho that the GPU would bottleneck the system
Click to expand...

I don't really know what you're talking about with the cpu cooler mate. :confused: Are you agreeing or disagreeing with me?

The OP said he wants outstanding graphics and speed, and you simply won't get that from a 7600GS. Take a look at the benchmarks - Oblivion maxed out at 1280x1024 gives you about 10 fps. The x1800xt will fit into the budget easily and wipe the floor with the 7600. :)
 
xirokx said:
the answer is in the clue...

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

:p

a 7600 512mb GS would handle Oblivion the recommended specs are 6800 or higher and 1gb RAM..the card is value for money

I doubt I cannot be 100% tho that the GPU would bottleneck the system
Click to expand...

The Freezer Pro 64 does NOT work on LGA775 motherboards :confused:.
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)

Maybe you're confusing 754 for LGA775?. Also the X1800XT will be much better than the 7600gs, the onboard ram doesnt always matter! fenderbass' spec looks cool :cool:

EDIT: The Freezer 7 does work with LGA775 though :)
 
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