Suggest a Spec please?

zilly_boi · 1 Jan 2007 at 19:57

Hey there, due for a new build from what i have currently:
p4 3ghz
1gb ram
Geforce FX5500 (The radeon 9800pro died)
120gb HDD

Got round about £850 to spend ex VAT+ and it will be used a lot for gaming.
The Conroe E6600 and 2gb of RAM are pretty much definites yea and I am not looking to overclock.

With graphics cards, well... an 8800gts looks quite good or is there better bang for my buck? Currently game at 1280x1024 on a 17" TFT but id rather get a gts and use a bit of overkill than get a lower card which only just achieves maximum performance because im considering getting a 19" monitor aswell.

Cheapest case is fine to save money i am not bothered about things like that, also cooling - i don't mind it noisy to save money either to spend on the more important things (for me at least).

Thanks guys

mishima · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:11

ello,

I would suggest the following:

Asus TA-212 Series Midi Tower (Silver) - No PSU £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £182.99
(£215.01) £182.99
(£215.01)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £124.99
(£146.86) £124.99
(£146.86)
Abit AB9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST380811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £244.99
(£287.86) £244.99
(£287.86)

Sub Total : £757.93 (EX VAT)

Areas you could spend more in are memory, and I also allowed for other items - not sure if you need optical drives etc!

gumbald · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:12

It's easier for you to give us a spec that you think then we can suggest minor modifications, rather than a few of us giving you completely different systems

It will be your computer after all

gumbald · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:13

Sounds like a good spec, I'd be tempted to go for a Gigabyte motherboard rather than the Abit. OP, what don't you need to buy?

Lolcb · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:16

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- BFG 8800GTS
- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4
- Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3
- Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB

Total = £808.93 - WITHOUT VAT
£950.49 - WITH VAT

mishima · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:20

gumbald said:
Sounds like a good spec, I'd be tempted to go for a Gigabyte motherboard rather than the Abit. OP, what don't you need to buy?

With advice from some on ere I moved from Abit (who I usually invest in for motherboards) to GByte and had to RMA cause of it being faulty so now I've been put off them!! lol.

gumbald · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:22

Lolcb said:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- BFG 8800GTS
- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4
- Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3
- Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB

Exactly what I'd written down! Except went for a smaller HD to save a bit of the money. Struggling to get under £800 without a significant alteration such as the CPU...

Lolcb · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:27

gumbald said:
Exactly what I'd written down! Except went for a smaller HD to save a bit of the money. Struggling to get under £800 without a significant alteration such as the CPU...

Great mind thinks alike.

zilly_boi · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:38

gumbald said:
Sounds like a good spec, I'd be tempted to go for a Gigabyte motherboard rather than the Abit. OP, what don't you need to buy?

I pretty much need to buy everything such as CDRW/DVD drive, not a mouse and keyboard though, no software.- i would have suggested a spec of my own but i am not exactly very knowledgeable with computers :rolleyes:

... for example does it come bundled with fans etc so i won't need to buy additional ones?

I can spend up to about 850 ex vat not 800 but id need a bigger HDD than 80gb i reckon.
Thanks guys for your suggestions, Lolcb's suggestion looks pretty bang on!

gumbald · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:42

In which case you'll probably struggle to get under £850

Can the graphics/CPU be put down slightly? Big savings potential

Or use mishima's spec as the basis?

Lolcb · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:42

Just add this into the list

- NEC ND7173 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Thats like £20. Still under 850.

I hope the 850 doesn't have to include the monitor. If not then you're pretty much screwed lol.

gumbald · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:45

I've just read you said ex VAT, I feel silly. Go with Lolcb's then (seeing as I wrote it too)