Spec my friend a £400 gaming system.

Dark_Angel · 17 May 2008 at 09:07

He doesn't need keyboard, mouse, DVD writter or indeed monitor.

He does need the base unit, he has windows retail already purchased that he hasn't used yet ready for the machine.

I was thinking of something like :

8800 GT
4GB Ram
E2180
Antec case + Earthwatts PSU
Gigabyte P31 DS3 motherboard
Samsung 500 GB F1 drive

The machine will be overclocked a little, but not to super high clock levels, and won't be used for video editting or anything like that - it will just be used for normal use and gaming (age of conan, WoW, the odd FPS game).

Anyone suggest anything else ? :confused:

semi-pro waster · 17 May 2008 at 09:37

I did have a quick try at fitting in a system with an E7200 but the other parts suffer so I think your suggestion is about as good as you will get overall.

aproctor · 17 May 2008 at 10:38

For the sake of £30 he will get much more performance from an e7200.

Dark_Angel · 17 May 2008 at 10:48

aproctor said:
For the sake of £30 he will get much more performance from an e7200.

Yeah, but I am not sure he needs it. The E2180 can OC to 3GHZ, and that is more than fast enough surely for AGE of Conan and whatever, its not like he will be doing anything CPU intensive, only playing games, Skype, and stuff like that.

psychas · 17 May 2008 at 10:52

still more cache would nod hurt him and last him longer 7200 the way to go