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

miles0 said:
Hey guys, thinking of parting with the cash for something like the below - was wondering if you would recommend any changes?

Thanks

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 (£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (£123.36)
Antec Sonata III (£91.64)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (£88.11)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB (£44.64)
Noctua NH-U12P (£42.29)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (£37.59)

Sub Total : £513.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £91.85

Total : £616.73
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Swap the 500GB HDD to a Western Digital 640GB imo (faster).

Personally, I would buy a different case, like the Antec 300 and get a different PSU (better quality) like a Corsair:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...X2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)

Nothing wrong with Antec PSU's but personally, I'd spend a bit more on one.

Plus, the Antec 300 (add a couple of Yate Loon fans to the front) offers far superior cooling over the Sonata.
 
System Spec £1100

Fantastic thread, I hope OCUK pay you a lot for showing us exactly what to purchase!

BUDGET: £1100

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes (Currently thinking GTX280 VS 4870X2?)
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): No
Optical Drive(s): Yes (One, just for loading games on(quickly!), burning off DVD ISO's etc)
Cooling: Yes (Necessity?)
Water Cooling: Yes/No (If performance gains from OC'ing would exceed price of buying higher end CPU)
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: Yes/No (If Onboard sound is good enough to get the most out of the speakers then no)
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes (Preferably Modular, if the case is huge I suppose I can do away with modular if it says £££ for better components elsewhere)

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: Yes (2.1 System(Currently looking at Razer Mako's), discarding my old 5.1's and Creative Xtreme Gamer)
Monitor(s): No (Current one is running at 1920*1200 if rig needs to be optimized for that resolution) (Also I am more than willing to splash out £300 extra on one of those 3D Monitors if someone thinks they are worth it!)
Operating System: No

Uses: Primarily Gaming (Fallout 3, Call of Duty Games) (The main reason I buy better pc's is to play the latest CoD without lag, atm I have to turn some settings down on CoD4 :'()
Overclocking: Yes/No (If performance gains from OC'ing would exceed price of buying higher end CPU, without damaging lifespan then by all means I would happily overclock, though (It needs to live at least 5 years))




Hope to hear back from you all! (Or just Shaffaaf by the looks of this thread!)

Also, if you honestly think it is worth waiting for the next range of Nvidia/ATI GPU's to come out, then I am more than happy to wait. I have had enough bad experiences in the past with sudden hardware price drops! (8800GTS 640MB - Bought, next month, discountinued, 512MB faster revisions...) (AMD Athlon X2 4200+, £250, next month, £50!)


Ben :)
 
hi shaffaaf, need some help.... which one is better??

im a gamer, dont really know how to overclock, which one is better value for money.... thx.

shaffaaf27 said:
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or:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-011-OE&groupid=43&catid=1080&subcat=&name="Ultima%20Sugo"%20Intel%20Core%202%20Duo%20E8600%203.33GHz%20@%204.0GHz+%20Dual%20Core%20DDR2%20System
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BUDGET: £500 - £600

Processor: YES - intel
Motherboard: YES - not to good, to afford a better graphics card
Memory: YES
Graphics Card(s): YES - Needs to be good
Case: ANTEC THREE HUNDRED


Uses: New games..eg crysis./Web browsing/ instant messaging/music
Overclocking: Possibly.

thankyou
Edit: removed other option to keep post short as they're not needed.
 
Wraith1uk said:
hi shaffaaf, need some help.... which one is better??

im a gamer, dont really know how to overclock, which one is better value for money.... thx.

shaffaaf27 said:
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or:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-011-OE&groupid=43&catid=1080&subcat=&name="Ultima%20Sugo"%20Intel%20Core%202%20Duo%20E8600%203.33GHz%20@%204.0GHz+%20Dual%20Core%20DDR2%20System
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The Antec 1200 spec is better if you have the space, as its more upgradable. The Sugo OcUK build is good but for such a powerful spec, I would want a large, cooler case.
 
BUDGET: 350 to 400 quid

Processor: Yes (quad preferably)
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes (4GB preferably)
Graphics Card(s): Yes (not into gaming, so dont need a top end card)
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes (250gb+)
Optical Drive(s): Yes (Normal Cd/DvD writer)
Cooling: Yes ( Air)
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s):
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: Yes
Headset: Yes
Speakers: Yes
Monitor(s): No ( already got it)
Operating System: No ( already got 64 bit Vista)

Uses: internet browsing, watching movies, listening to songs, Instant messaging
Overclocking: No
 
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Hey, am new here and would like some help on what I could get :)

BUDGET:£550

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes (not too big, i mean 150gb is sufficient)
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Where required.
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Anything that's suiting - not looking to spend too much on this though
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: No

Uses: Gaming - would like to be able to run recent games without issues - doesn't have to be heavy on anything, but good enough to run on reasonable settings
Overclocking: No

Thanks! I appreciate any help given :D
 
Budget: £350

Processor: YES
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES
Graphics Card(s): YES (Needs to be able to play C&C3:RA
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): YES (something small will do)
Optical Drive(s): YES (anything DVD)
Cooling: YES

Cable(s): YES
Sound Card: YES
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: YES
Power Supply: YES

Keyboard: NO
Mouse: NO
Headset: NO
Speakers: NO
Monitor(s): NO
Operating System: NO (Most likely be on XP)

Uses: For a mate of mine, primarily used for browsing/youtube/iTunes. Must be able to play Command and Conquer 3 Red Alert, and he would like to be able to play some of the more recent/new FPS games, but I have said this is unlikely for the budget.

My knowledge of hardware is 5 years out of date, so I really have no idea whats going on these days!

Overclocking:NO
 
Ok guys here go. I'm building a PC specifically to play a new flight sim that’s away to be released DCS:Black Shark.

The developers have stated that I currently doesn’t make use of Multi-Core processors or DX10 but will do in future modular upgrades.

I prob will use the system for others games too and would like it to be upgradeable in the future.

The recommended specs for the game are:
Windows XP, Vista; CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 3GHz or AMD equivalent, RAM 2 GB; Video Card with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon HD4850+ or nVidia GF8800+), compatible with DirectX9; 5GB of HDD space; sound card; DVD ROM; TrackIR®; keyboard, mouse, joystick.

I could prob stretch to about £800-£1000 budget but the lower the better.

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes (4GB preferably)
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes (Normal Cd/DvD writer)
Cooling: Yes ( Air)
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s):
Sound Card: Maybe, Ive got an old soundblaster pro
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply:Not sure, i've got a Seasonic SS-600HT
Operating System: Yes

Cheers folks.
 
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