Spec please

[Calum]

Hi there i'm looking to spend max 850 on a new pc, with everything except for monitor, keyboard and mouse. Any ideas? EDIT: I am going to use it mainly for gaming and multitasking

Many thanks,
Calum

 

[lee87]

This has a X1900XT which is one of the best cards out for gaming along with a dual core cpu which will be good for multi tasking.

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) 1
£169.95 £169.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£12.95 £12.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD) 1
£44.95 £44.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE) 1
£25.95 £25.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£46.95 £46.95
GX-048-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT) 1
£259.95 £259.95
CA-006-TG Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-006-TG) 1
£62.95 £62.95
CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN) 1
£29.95 £29.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
Subtotal £718.55
VAT £125.75
Total £844.30

edit: Welcome to the forums, I fogot about windows, do you need that as well?

 

[fenderbass86]

I'd drop the X1900XT down to an X1800XT 512MB and get 2GB RAM.

 

[GAMEfreak]

agreed

 

[Calum]

Hi, thanks for the greeting.

I already own a copy of windows thanks and just at this moment have been given a 120gb maxtor hard drive that belonged to my friend - lucky me! tried it in my current pc and works fine so hd won't be necessary either. Just looking around the shop and thought would the opteron 170 processor be better than say a x2 3800 or even a 4400 (see my quickly drawn up spec below) - i'm really split between the 3 and am wondering would the extra cache do much toward system performance?


AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM) 1
£274.95 £274.95

Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA) 1
£29.95 £29.95

Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) 1
£64.95 £64.95

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£59.95 £59.95

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP) 1
£179.95 £179.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£89.95 £89.95

Subtotal £699.70
VAT £122.45
Total £822.15

 

[fenderbass86]

That would be a wicked system. Are you planning to overclock the 170? If not, then your probably better of getting the 4400+ X2.

 

[Calum]

I've never overclocked a cpu before so would definitely consider it, and as the 170 is only clocked 200mhz below the 4400 i wouldn't think it would be too hard, that's partially why i thought the zalman cooler would help, would it be better getting a 3800 though, and spending the extra cash on a 1900xt?

 

[fenderbass86]

I think you should go with the 170 opy then if your keen to overclock it. It shouldn't be hard to reach 2.7GHz with good air cooling.

 

[Calum]

just ordered myself the above spec, can't wait for it too arrive, it's like the feeling you got when you were 6 on christmas eve! Thanks for help concerning the cpu.

Calum

 

[fenderbass86]

No problem mate, you always wanna make sure you get everything right. Enjoy it