Spec<ticle> ( lol @ mods XD) me a gaming rig.

GAMEfreak · 1 Mar 2006 at 12:50

hey. its been a while since ive last asked someone to spec me a pc. it was around august when i asked for a spec and i have decided against using an opteron this time but i will still be overclocking and i no longer need a monitor, so i wanted a re-evaluation of what to get. i'm looking to play games. i wanna get a 3700+ SD cpu and i already have 2 gigs of newly bought g.skill ddr 4000 ram, so i dont need ram either. my brother says he will send me over a 160gb HDD from scotland aswell so , i have £650 to spend on: cpu ( 3700+ SD OEM), mobo, gfx card, a dvd rewriter and 2nd dvd rom, a thermaltake big typhoon cooler and a decent case and PSU, preferably the X-QPack cube case. i'm picky i know

, anyhow, thanks in advance, i'l make sure to check up on this thread in an hour or two.

semi-pro waster · 1 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Here you go, pretty much bang on the budget but doesn't include a second DVD drive, if you really want one then you can drop the hard drive size. It is a retail CPU because you get a 3 year warranty rather than 1. The QPack case limits you to mATX motherboards which may well affect the overclocking abilities but it is up to you.

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£60.95 £60.95
CA-006-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Red (CA-006-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-119-AS Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-119-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
Subtotal £555.65
VAT £97.24
Total £652.89

ACESHIGH · 1 Mar 2006 at 13:06

semi-pro waster said:
Here you go, pretty much bang on the budget but doesn't include a second DVD drive, if you really want one then you can drop the hard drive size. It is a retail CPU because you get a 3 year warranty rather than 1. The QPack case limits you to mATX motherboards which may well affect the overclocking abilities but it is up to you.

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£60.95 £60.95
CA-006-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Red (CA-006-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-119-AS Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-119-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
Subtotal £555.65
VAT £97.24
Total £652.89

Very nice spec, cant think of anything to change here.

GAMEfreak · 1 Mar 2006 at 13:55

i dont need a hard-drive, what should i spend the xtra dough on?

p.s: past the 400 post barrier ^^

semi-pro waster · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:43

You could go with an X2 CPU then if you don't need a hard drive, you will need a copy of XP Pro though to run it I believe.

amx · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:57

Would a big typhoon fit in the x-qpack case? I was under the impression you could only use low profile coolers, as the CPU is seated under the PSU.

I would have thought a Zalman FS-C77 would be better for that particular case (or the FS-C7700 if you don't want the funky fatal1ty colours).

GAMEfreak · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:59

hmm not a bad idea

. thanks dude

@offtopic: , ah your from dundee i see

. was there last year for a bit. not a bad place , bit too cold though

.

hmm i'l get a zalman cooler instead then, cheers.

brightside_ · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:49

depends on the zalman again. Also depends if your going to be overclocking, especially in that tight a case! 9500 wont fit, and i'm not sure whether one of the flatter ones will either with the size of them =\

Monstermunch · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:07

Hows about this, better gfx card, dual core cpu:

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£64.95 £64.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£219.95 £219.95
Subtotal £558.25
VAT £97.70
Total £655.95

GAMEfreak · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:43

hmm that looks like the best then. any1 else have any final suggestions?