Spec My Friend!

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Hey guys,

If any of you have the time could you spec my friend a new gaming rig please:

Base unit only: Budget £600-£800
Prim. use: Gaming \m/
Pref. AMD

Thanks folks :)
 
does he need monitor? keyboard? mouse? speakers? etc.

a bit more info needed.

Also why does he need amd?? what is the reason behind that?
 
Bit of a big price difference there 600 - 800 quid
Anyway spec'd it more towards 800 quid and this is based on just the base unit only. Oh and you need Intel Conroe not AMD :p

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 - £107.95 (This Week Only)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 - £89.95
CPU Cooler: Scythe Ninja - £31.67
Memory: GeIL 2GB PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 - £129.19 (This Week Only)
PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 535W - £64.57
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB SATA II - £41.07
Graphics Card: Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB - £205.57 (This Week Only)
DVD/CD Drive: NEC ND4570 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - £25.79
Case: Antec P180 Black - £93.94

Total - £789.70

That's what I'd go for anyway :D
 
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AMD System:

CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM) 1
£89.95 £89.95
MB-057-GI Gigabyte GA_M55_S3G Plus (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-057-GI) 1
£54.95 £54.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL) 1
£99.95 £99.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£126.95 £126.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE) 1
£52.55 £52.55
CD-076-SA Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-076-SA) 1
£23.95 £23.95
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 £559.20
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £99.78
Total £669.93

Intel System:

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£107.95 £107.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£89.95 £89.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£109.95 £109.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£126.95 £126.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE) 1
£52.55 £52.55
CD-076-SA Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-076-SA) 1
£23.95 £23.95
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 £622.20
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £110.81
Total £743.96

I would really go for the Intel system over the AMD. Much more performance for your money.
 
booyaka said:
does he need monitor? keyboard? mouse? speakers? etc.

a bit more info needed.

Also why does he need amd?? what is the reason behind that?
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Just the tower needed. He's already sorted for monitor/mouse/keyboard.
AMD is just his personal preference but that's based on previous experiences.

I think all that matters is the system is a best as it can be :)

gr1mey said:
with £6-800 in the kitty I would def go for a C2D over an AMD rig at this point in time :)
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I didn't realise that they could squeeze into the budget. Now it's more interesting :)

GhostRider said:
Is your friend going to overclock?
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Pretty unlikely.
 
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