Spec my mate a PC...with certain requirements

Witor

Witor

Witor

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No Monitor, no keyboard, no mouse, No OS (He's got Vista already), no speakers required for starters.

£800 is the absolute limit (EXCLUDING VAT...not in UK)

Primarily to be used for gaming, especially Strategy games.

4GB is a must (Vista x64)
4870 1GB / GTX 260/280 minimum

500GB HD Minimum (1 will suffice, he has an external backup Drive)

Im at a loss nowadays as to which Motherboard / PSU to get, but an integrated sound/network is fine for his needs. Im thinking to go Quad with this once to...

I'll put my list together, but any alternatives would be dead handy, thanks!
 
Thoughts on this?

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £184.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £134.99

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £69.99

Thermaltake VA3000SNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Silver (No PSU) £59.99

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £56.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £53.99

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) £52.99

Sub Total : £718.92

Total : £826.76 inc VAT
 
How about this:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK)
Asus GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Case - Aluminium (No PSU)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

As you said £800 excluding VAT this comes in at around £805
 
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Probably what I'd go for with that amount of money. Definitely a modular PSU, makes it so much easier only using the cables you need.

For gaming I prefer a faster dual core, everyone has a preference on this. The E8400 will reach 4.0ghz with the tuniq (I've managed it with my setup).

Definitely go for a P45 motherboard, I've got the one I've shown in one of my PC's, highly recommended. Plus offers crossfire, just incase you want a big of extra fire power in the future.

The case is purely down to you, I really like the 300, offers a great case for a cheap price.
 
Thats what i'm thinking...he loves supreme commander, and is looking at buying empire total war when it's released, mind you he likes his CODWaW's and Crysis' too....

I've pretty much based my original shopping list around my own PC plus improvements, but there are a couple of suggestions i'm taking on board, such as the modular PSU, an uprated CPU Cooler and hard disk choice. Cheers peeps keep em coming if you can think of anything else :)
 
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