Tell me how to spend £1000 on a conroe rig.

ben_

ben_

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Well I've been out of the loop for the last 3 years now, so am not really up to scratch with the current flow of technology. That's what university did to me anyway.
So to get to the point, I'd say I am allocating about a grand to spend on a new machine, although that budget is a bit flexible if need be.
I'll need everything, case and all, apart from a monitor (2407FPW), mouse, keyboard and speakers.

I wouldn't say i am heavily into gaming, as the only game I am into at the moment is WoW, but that might change soon.

So to get us going I was thinking something along the lines of an E6600 and an BFG GeForce 8800GTS ("Future proof"?) for starters.

Cheers in advance guys. :)
 
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£254.99 (£299.61)

Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA755)
£32.99 (£38.76)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£55.99 (£65.79)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£182.99 (£215.01)

EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£179.99 (£211.49)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£137.99 (£162.14)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
£87.98 (£103.38)

Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black
£44.99 (£52.86)

Sub Total : £977.91
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £173.40
Total : £1,164.26

It's way overbudget but it's a very slick rig that will remain slick for quite some time. :)
 
Cheers very much Billy.
I did say my budget was flexible.
But anyway...
So we can easily slash 100 quid by opting for a Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3?
What would be the major effect on the system?

Oh and, sound card? I'm not really a big music buff so an onboard will do me fine I think. Hmm i answered my own question.
 
You could do that as the DS3 is an excellent board but my idea was to use an nVidia chipset so that you could have the option of running SLi in the future. If you are sure you're not interested in SLi the DS3 would be a fine choice.
 
keep the 680i mobo, slash money by getting a artic freezer pro7 and getting the lian li pc7! And a 250gb 7200.1 barracuda instead. That will save bout £80
 
Thermaltake said:
keep the 680i mobo, slash money by getting a arctic freezer pro7 and getting the lian li pc7! And a 250gb 7200.10 barracuda instead. That will save bout £80
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These are fine options. The savings would be exactly £83.41 after taxes and shipping.

EDIT: I assume you mean the 7200.10. I just corrected this as to not confuse anyone. ;)
 
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Cheers guys im very thankful for the help.
At the moment i dont think i'm too concered with SLIing in the future.
And i had already spotted the pc7 so good to know someone suggested what i was thinking already.

Once again thanks very much.
 
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