spec thread

cornyfeet · 9 May 2007 at 16:44

£600

id like a pc which is good for games. would like a 8800gts and a c2d

but no optical drives, monitor speakers, keyboard/mouse
no o/s required

thanks

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 16:48

How far does your budget stretch. I have a very good spec for £679 delivered

Overclocking ?

cornyfeet · 9 May 2007 at 16:51

mild overclocking. i would prefer it to be close as posible to 600

but id be happy to hear your spec if you'd like to post it mate.

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 16:52

Highly overclockable system, kicks ass at stock too.

Talking CPU > 3GHz, RAM > 950MHz with ease, they go much higher.

You can drop one of the hard drives to get nearer your budget :-)

I just like RAID soo much :eek:

cornyfeet · 9 May 2007 at 17:00

thanks, i might base my pc arround your specs.

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 17:02

cornyfeet said:
thanks, i might base my pc arround ** specs.

That spec is currently the best you can get for an overclockable gaming system for the price, which im sure everyone will back me up on.. right??

cornyfeet · 9 May 2007 at 17:06

oops, i forgot to say i need a psu

DOH,

not a big follower of psu's which is good for 40-60£

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 17:11

The Corsair ones are very silent + they are modular :-)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS

supernova9 · 9 May 2007 at 17:19

That spec is the basis of the best system you'll get for the money. To save some cash to fit in a PSU, drop one of the hard disks, and the processor to a 4300, and get the Corsair 520W PSU. Maybe keep the processor the same and get a cheaper case instead (Akasa Zen is a good bet, that'll save you £20).

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 17:55

supernova9 said:
That spec is the basis of the best system you'll get for the money. To save some cash to fit in a PSU, drop one of the hard disks, and the processor to a 4300, and get the Corsair 520W PSU. Maybe keep the processor the same and get a cheaper case instead (Akasa Zen is a good bet, that'll save you £20).

I must disagree with that, The 4300 has a 2mb cache, half of the E6420, if you want to drop the CPU get a E6320, save the cache size.