System spec for £900

CKOZUK · 27 Mar 2006 at 09:37

Morning all

Could people help me spec a system for £900?

Will be used for gaming i already have Ballistix RAM and an LG DVDRW but will need everything else apart from speakers as I use headphones!

Thanks in advance.

PinkFloyd · 27 Mar 2006 at 10:15

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£119.95
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£12.95
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£199.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£30.95
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.95
Hyundai ImageQuest B71A 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-033-HY)
£149.95
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (KB-060-LG)
£27.95
Logitech Ultra-X Keyboard - OEM (KB-041-LG)
£14.95

Total: £895

Great overclocking system, (how far depends on your RAM), also very fast at stock.
Good quiet harddrive, with a good case.

CKOZUK · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:35

Thanks that looks pretty good, doing my sums got an extra £50 anyone have any other specs

Gun9 · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:44

CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£274.95 £274.95
MB-131-AS Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£164.95 £164.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £694.75
VAT £121.59
Total £816.34

very sweet overclocks very easy and cheaper!!

Gun9 · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:47

or another

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£184.95 £184.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£169.95 £169.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£28.70 £28.70
CA-017-TT Thermaltake VB1000BNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-017-TT)
£39.95 £39.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
Subtotal £705.35
VAT £123.44
Total £828.79

xirokx · 27 Mar 2006 at 12:59

to be honest with £900 u can get a top spec rig mate....you definately **** be looking at dual core CPU

will you be overclocking?

IMO this is what I think:

CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£274.95 £274.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£169.95 £169.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£28.70 £28.70
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
£94.95
with a slightly cheaper case and a 250gb sata.....

sorry havent done the maths but I would go along that line...best for overclocking etc....

x1900 is a good graphics card but uses to much power, heats up a lot and is loud.....

thats what i think anyway...

PinkFloyd · 27 Mar 2006 at 16:50

He already has RAM, And I guess by the fact he needs everything else he needs a monitor too

fenderbass86 · 27 Mar 2006 at 17:00

Did you have another £50 to add on to the £900 budget? A total of £950? If so, here you go:

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
MO-028-SA Samsung SM730BF 17" LCD Monitor (MO-028-SA) 1
£154.95 £154.95
KB-055-LG Logitech Ultra-X Optical Mouse - OEM (KB-055-LG) 1
£11.95 £11.95
KB-041-LG Logitech Ultra-X Keyboard - OEM (KB-041-LG) 1
£14.95 £14.95
CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM) 1
£274.95 £274.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP) 1
£169.95 £169.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) 1
£55.95 £55.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £807.60
VAT £141.33
Total £948.93

CKOZUK · 27 Mar 2006 at 17:17

Like that last one,anymore for anymore?

Are the opterons pretty future proof?

EDIT: Also as the opterons are good for overclocking is the asus board any good for that? or would a DFI be better?

PinkFloyd · 27 Mar 2006 at 17:56

On that last one the motherboard might limit you a bit to what you are capable of. The DFIs are capable of insane speeds and it will be your bottle that will give in before the motherboard, depending on other hardware of course. I have a LANParty and I absolutly love it, never had the slightest problem with it.

An Opteron like that one is about as future proof as you can get at the moment for socket 939.