specmeplease

[dpeterb]

Could somebody spec me a computer, mainly for gaming and other demanding things such as 720p HD playback.

As for my budget, it would be great if somebody could spec me something below 600,maybe willing to go up to 700. Need everything except a monitor and mouse.

Not sure what else I need to say, don't need an OS either,
thanks in advance

 

[Alex UK]

Here you go mate...

Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 Speakers - OEM
(£23.49) £19.99

Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard - Blue
(£25.84) £21.99

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£178.59) £151.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£68.14) £57.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74) £49.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04) £5.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£17.61) £14.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£44.64) £37.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£66.96) £56.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£52.86) £44.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£84.59) £71.99

Sub Total : £549.88
Shipping : £14.95
VAT : £98.85
Total : £663.68

 

[Teaf]

£600
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£700
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[BillytheImpaler]

This is a pretty slick rig for £700:

It's got a great motherboard, RAM that's faster than it needs to be, a quad core processor, a great case and PSU, and the fastest 320 GB HDD.

EDIT: I suppose I should have spec'd the black PC-7, though if I were buying I'd get a drive bezel and stay with the über-chic aluminum finish.

 

[SGWills]

i second billy's spec

 

[BillytheImpaler]

After some fine tuning I got the bezel and was able to cut the price to under 700: