Spec my Dad

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 10:51

My dad is looking for another Desktop replacement and will spent upto £1200-300. Less is better though. Preferably around £1000 mark to add other things.

This needs to be as future proof as possible and overall a powerhouse.

All i specify is that it will be used for gaming, needs 160GB HDD atleast, 19" Widescreen (may upgrade later on).

Aswell as this, we need a full spec. Monitor, Keyboard, Case. Everything.

TIA

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:37

Any ideas?

unde4d · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:55

How about something like this:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £47.99
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £137.99
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail £19.99
Logitech Z-4 2.1 40 Watts Speakers - Retail £44.95
Logitech Media Keyboard Elite - Retail £14.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £105.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £48.99
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £114.99
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) £79.99
Sub Total : £939.82
Shipping : £24.95
Vat : £168.83
Total : £1,133.60

Case/Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor/Speakers are really something you should decide on, depending on you preferences. I've just gone for a simple, no frills approach.

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:58

Yeah i had a spec similar to that. We wont be overclocking (well not for a while anyway).

We will order speakers later & have O/S (should have stated sorry).

I'll rephrase what im asking for:

Mobo, CPU, RAM, HDD, GFX Card, Case/PSU, Monitor, Keyboard/Mouse, Optical Drives

unde4d · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:02

If you take out the OS & speakers, i've almost hit your target of £1000.

I'd suggest a better monitor (not sure which model, but something a little better would be nice). Perhaps you could drop in an Intel E6600 Core2Duo, if your budget allows. Apart from that, its pretty decent.

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:04

We really only need a 19" tbh. Takes up a bit much space with other laptops/desktops.

We're trying to now stick to £900-1000 (decided to take extra for new router/speaker system).

Ive had a thought about:

Gigabyte DS3
C2D E6300/6400
2GB Corsair RAM
520W Corsair PSU
Lian Li PC7+ (when in stock)
X1950Pro/XT OR is 8800GTS worth the extra?

unde4d · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:07

The 8800GTS is definately worth it. I was being conservative. Good choice.

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:08

unde4d said:
The 8800GTS is definately worth it. I was being conservative. Good choice.

Ill try fit it into my budget

although we dont game heavily so would it be slightly overkill?

unde4d · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:09

Tbh, it's probably overkill.

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:13

unde4d said:
Tbh, it's probably overkill.

For say, COD2 and a few other games..maxxed out how would an X1950XT Perform?

FrostedNipple · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:17

Syk3 said:
Ill try fit it into my budget although we dont game heavily so would it be slightly overkill?

definatly overkill, my x1600 does me highest everything for cs:s and bf2, almost highest everything for fear so it does the job, go for a x1800 or similar

plus also, why do you need new pheripherals if you are updating an old system??

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:22

FrostedNipple said:
definatly overkill, my x1600 does me highest everything for cs:s and bf2, almost highest everything for fear so it does the job, go for a x1800 or similar

plus also, why do you need new pheripherals if you are updating an old system??

We're not upgrading. Completely new system. Giving old away

FrostedNipple · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:34

Syk3 said:
We're not upgrading. Completely new system. Giving old away

ahh i see, hmmm, my system does me justice with gaming as well, perhaps if you upgraded my gfx card, and went c2d e6300 then im pretty sure that rig would be good, also get a p5b delux or ds3

if you got that superb

ohh also get at least 2gig ram

but unfortunatly i know nothing about moniters, i still use my nice big crt

however i find that a standard microsoft keyboard is fine, but get a decent laser mouse

syke · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:42

Trying to cut off a bit but what do you think?

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
Cherry G83-6105 PS2 Keyboard - Black
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM **
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) **
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI **
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail **

Total: £919.84inc.

** = Not sure about.

Dont think anythings missing, also, with the E6600 it comes to £995.10.