The new and improved "My rig £700 max"

[James07]

Okay, this time ive spent time and effort into choosing my parts, ive got the same priced pretty much but with a better cpu gfx cpu mouse etc etc, its all better

Check it out and tell me what u think..



Bigger screeny if needed

 

[lynchy6789]

PUt it towards your car insurance (read thread in motors)

Looks nice spec. I would look at the Biostar board myself and go for to of these:
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB

If you are running 24" 1920x1200 you will definitely benefit from a 4870 that has 1024mb ram

 

[cmndr_andi]

Nice spec - it will run very well, used to run a q9550 and they are great chips.

Do you plan on overclocking? If so a cooler like this would be a good investment.

The Asus P5Q is a nice board with a lot of rep - but this gigabyte X48 looks like a real steal - may be worth a look.

Btw, are you needing a case and OS, or have you already got them sorted?

 

[Kryten2k35]

I've suggested a TRUE as he's going to be using an Antec 900 (plus I rate them)

And a HD4890 looks far too tasty to turn down.

 

[LukeTW]

If your gunna spend that much on a CPU you may as well got i7

 

[James07]

Nice spec - it will run very well, used to run a q9550 and they are great chips.

Btw, are you needing a case and OS, or have you already got them sorted?

I have an Antec 900 but i do need an OS..

And a HD4890 looks far too tasty to turn down.

Im spending enough at once as it is, i need a screen and headset desk and chair yet!!

If your gunna spend that much on a CPU you may as well got i7

I was gonna spend 160, but then i saw the one for 200.. as for i7, not at all dude, the mobo alone is half the price of the cheepers i7 and as for the cpus, they are like 60 more then the quad im having..

Plus, the basic i7 which IS the cheepers probably wont be a match to my rig..

 

[LukeTW]

I was gonna spend 160, but then i saw the one for 200.. as for i7, not at all dude, the mobo alone is half the price of the cheepers i7 and as for the cpus, they are like 60 more then the quad im having..

Plus, the basic i7 which IS the cheepers probably wont be a match to my rig..

Got me there

 

[James07]

Got me there

My reasoning is there Its a lot of money, its been thought through a lot haha

 

[Kryten2k35]

The i7 would walk all over it, James. The i7 920 routinely hits 4ghz, with 8 logical cores and 4 physical... Plus there'll be the DDR3 memory along side it.

I still think it's a waste to get the Q9550 and not get a good motherboard to overclock it. Spending £150 on a motherboard is money well spent. Everyone just beefs up the graphics and CPU and forgets about the thing they're going to use to bring them all together. The important thing to remember is if you grab a good motherboard now, and something like the E8400, you can upgrade the CPU 6 months down the line to something better, when everything is cheaper.

Definately need an aftermarket cooler and a £50 headset is silly Zalman clip on mic is about £10, good pair of Sennheiser headphones are £20 =D The Fatality brand is a gimmick and I know you've used a pair like those before, and I've used the exact same pair, and I still say they're just a gimmick! Like my mates now defunct aBit Fatality board!

As for the graphics, I guess I keep forgetting you're going to just play CS:S on it mainly, which would put any modern graphics card ot waste in your planned rig! An 8800GT would be more than ample!

Also, where's the U3DP on OcUK? That board would be the best thing to happen to James's rig.

 

[4T5]

Buy an MX518 & a Speedlink Ultra keyboard & use the cash you save to get a better PSU, Trust me on this.

 

[LukeTW]

I love my MX518

 

[James07]

Snip

Im not paying the prices for an i7, cant justify it at all, i aint only going to be playing css but i do want to play the best settings with the best fps.. Ill be playing a lot of other games that need a better gfx, plus im thinking for the future with that card too..

I aint paying for a E when i can get a Q for 35 more which is better and worth the money..

The boar dim getting will more than suffice, its £105.. Theres not much more the other board will do then this one if you look at the spec, and a good reliable headset is one of the most important things to me

Buy an MX518 & a Speedlink Ultra keyboard & use the cash you save to get a better PSU, Trust me on this.

Nah id rather get what ive chosen, id only be folking out further down the line anyway.. Plus the mouse is awsome, and the keyboard is something i wanted a very long time ago when it came out and id feel good when i got it..

I love my MX518

Like ill moer than likely love my G15

 

[wbc1]

If it's just for gaming, get a phenom II 720 and a 790gx mobo and save £100. can upgrade ur gpu to a 4870x2 etc.

 

[Kryten2k35]

James, you don't trust me on this at all. You've been out of the market for about 2-3 years!

Paying a lot of money for a good motherboard isn't a waste! Also, the extra £20 would be better, which is why it's £20 more!

Also, I agree on the PSU. I have 600w and I'd like a little more headroom.

I bought a PC for £500 two years back.

I had a P5N-E SLI, E6600, 2GB RAM and a 7300GT. I thought it was going to be the mutts nuts. But it was complete crap. So I grabbed another 7300GT for SLI (stupid waste of money, imho) Also, my P5N-E motherboard was aweful. It was £79, cheap and didn't do what I wanted it to. The competition was about £50 more and having looked at reviews and benchmarks, AFTER I bought my P5N-E, I realised I'd made a mistake, I should've saved that bit more and gotten a better board, so instead 6 months later, I dropped £500 on just a CPU and motherboard combo and well over a year later I'm still running the same ones (though it is time for an upgrade )

I told Goose not to get the Fatality abit 650i motherboard for the same price. I URRRRGED him not to make my mistake, but he got it anyway, then abit went out of business about 4 months later. He has to run his Q6600 G0(known for overclocking) at stock settings because his board is crap!



All I'm trying to say is don't scrimp because it'll bite you in the ass later! Get a good motherboard to go with that CPU, there's no point getting a £200+ CPU and a £79 motherboard that won't let you use it like everyone else does. I'd take that Q9550 and try squeeze 4ghz out of it, and you aint doing that on a £79 P5Q vanilla. The extra cash will be spent on all kinds of things like voltage regulation, better quality capacitors, resistors and transistors all in all amount to a higher FSB and thus a higher overclock.

 

[James07]

Im getting the P45 board at £103 not the P43 one lol..

 

[Kryten2k35]

My motherboard was £190 upon release and is a real beast.

 

[James07]

My motherboard was £190 upon release and is a real beast.

I think your sig height may be too much, check the FAQ

As for the boards, this will do, its £104 and surely itll do for now untill i can be bothered saving up for an i7 like a year n halfs time at xmas maybe..

Check out my other threads Kryten.

 

[Helios1234]

Buy an MX518 & a Speedlink Ultra keyboard & use the cash you save to get a better PSU, Trust me on this.

 

[lynchy6789]

I would go for a more balanced pc, especially if its for gaming the 4890 and 1 GB would be beneficial





edit change DVD drive for this << sata

 

[Kryten2k35]

I would go for a more balanced pc, especially if its for gaming the 4890 and 1 GB would be beneficial





edit change DVD drive for this << sata

I've seen nothing but good things about the HD4890.

This is a good build, James and would see you right through to i7 next year.

I don't know why you want a quad when you couldn't even get your head around mine =D

and you can call me Matt on the forums, I don't mind. I just didn't pick Matt for my username because god knows how many other Matt usernames are out there!

Also, I agree with that DVD drive, they're silent, I have one and Jo has two of them!