*****THE OFFICIAL "SPEC ME" THREAD*****

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I opened my other thread in hope of reducing "spec me" threads, and helping the community. Dont worry I will keep that updated every week, as i have done so far, but, I am also opening this thread, which mods, could you stickie, which should make the "spec me" threads come to a halt :)

Just Copy and Paste this template :)

BUDGET:

Processor:
Motherboard:
Memory:
Graphics Card(s):
TV Card:
Hard Drive(s):
Optical Drive(s):
Cooling:
Water Cooling:
Cable(s):
Sound Card:
Controller Card(s):
Case:
Power Supply:

Keyboard:
Mouse:
Headset:
Speakers:
Monitor(s):
Operating System:

Uses:
Overclocking:


So for example:

BUDGET:£1000

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): 1 (1TB please)
Optical Drive(s): 1 (normal DVDRW)
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: Yes
Controller Card(s): No
Case: (personal choice)
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: No
Mouse: Yes
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): 1
Operating System: Vista 64-bit

Uses: Gaming, Listening to music, movies, word processing, CAD surfing net
Overclocking: Mild
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SO... SPEC ON:D

I hope others join in and spec, as multiple choices are always the best IMO, and if you do could you keep images to 800*600 or best a clickable thumbnail.
 
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icey_haj said:
Only a couple of things I would personally change from that spec;

1. Change the PSU from Tagan to Corsair, Coolermaster
2. Change the Tuniq to a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + Noctua NF-P12

Other than that, it looks great!
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i would also the the TRUE but have u seen the inflated price? £58 :eek:

and as for PSU choice, the corsair HX620 doent have the connectors for xfire 4870s, and its RMA is in holland, where as the BZ800 does and its RMA is in the UK
 
karelessk said:
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getting a PSU that would be compatible with 4870s in crossfire and a 4870 was practically impossible on the budget (not forgetting getting a crossfire compatible motherboard), SO, i went down to a 4850 which is more than enough even for a 24" monitor and the motherboard and PSU will allow you to go crossfire in the future with another 4850 or even a 4870


 
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Mucky_Pup said:
Hey, new here, trying to spec a new computer I've chose some parts just want some advice about them, compatability? or alternate parts I could use for same performance etc, cheers.

BUDGET: £700.00 - £800.00

Processor: Yes (Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB))
Motherboard: Yes (MSI P45 Platinum Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard)
Memory: Yes (OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK))
Graphics Card(s): (Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express))
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes (Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ))
Optical Drive(s): Yes (Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM)
Cooling: Yes (Akasa AK-922 EVO Blue CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775))
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: No (M/B Sound should suffice)
Controller Card(s): No
Case: No (Already have an Antec Nine Hundred)
Power Supply: Yes (Antec Neo HE 650W Blue

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Have XP Pro (Will I need Vista 64bit, or can I manage with XP)

Uses: Gaming primarily, games currently are things like: Company Of Heroes, Total War, World Of Warcraft, Call Of Duty 1-4, Half Life 2, CSS, Brothers In Arms. Would like to play them on high settings with a decent frame rate instead of low-medium currently with marginal frame rate.
Overclocking: Possibly, maybe

I'm not really sure about the graphics card, can I get away with better one that is cheaper, or is that a good choice?

It has to be better than my current rig of an AMD XP 2200+, 512mb RAM, and an GeForce FX 5200, lol.

Any help is welcomed, thanks.
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that seems pefect to me, just swap the cooler with a Tuniq Tower and your set for extreemly high graphics loaded with AA and AF and it wont break a sweat :)
 
flibby said:
Agreed. Nice initiative from the OP however but this will get a confusing thread very fast and people like to debate a spec, and trying to debate 10 specs at the same time in one thread will get hard. You'd have people who posted a spec going over a few pages of posts trying to find their specs.

If anything there should be a seperate "Spec Me" forum, with a template system like post titles are: "Gaming PC - £700 max", "HTPC - £300 to £400" and the posts using the template that the OP posted.

It would clear up the General Hardware forum quite a bit.
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that would be a brilliant idea. come on MODS USE THIS :) (how about you send an email to the mods?)
 
thank you,

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a little over, but he antec 300 as an amazing a case as it is dosnt come with front intake fans, but has two out take, if you taek away one of the front intake fans, you get it at £799.

seeing as you wanted xfire as a possibility, i gave you a very good X38 board which will do x16/x16 PCIE 2.0 support, unlike the P45s which would give x8/x8 once in xfire, AND the PSU have 4 PCI-E (6+2) pins, so 2 4870s would do perfectly, but the onyl downside is no modular cables, but he antec 300 is a brilliant case and you can hide those cables away in its cable management area :)

now you may think, i could have taken the fans away and put a 500GB HDD, but this is the fastest 7200rpm drive you can buy, and will be out in two days. it has a single 320GB platter, which makes it very fast.

if however you want £500 GB, then for an extra tenner, get this:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...nt F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ)

and get rid of the ram, and use this instead:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...al Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK)
 
mmm, well another HDD for raid0, or a 500GB fo storage, and thr 320 for OS and installations.

obviously, if you combine the antec 300 (£35) + the TT (£35) + the two fan (£15), you get £85 for a differnt case aswell.

a X48 chipset board is also possible, but if you want modular cables, the 850W Thermaltake PSU for about £105 :)

it all depends on your preferences
 
what res do you game at?

that CPU is good for 3.6 so that wont be a bottle neck.

if you are at 1920 or above the 4870 will be a very worthy upgrade, but if 1680 or less, then that spec seems perfect
 
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