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

Budget: £460-£480ish

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes, 4gb.
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes, 500gb minimum
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Don't really mind
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: Onboard will be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes, one with a window would be preferred
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: Yes
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes, Vista.

Uses:Football Manager, possibly games like COD(bit of a push on this budget), Photoshop, transferring music and general internet browsing.
Overclocking: No idea how
 
Ok iv been thining about a new build for some time now and honsestly not sure how the build i have come up with will do.Would like opinions please.

Budget=£775max inc vat and delivery

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Memory: Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)

Graphics Card(s): Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Toxic" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

TV Card: No

Hard Drive(s): Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS) I currently have a 260 sata hd and dont rearly use most of it so see no need to get larger one.

Optical Drive(s): Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Cooling: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Water Cooling: No

Cable(s): No

Sound Card: no onboard has always done me

Controller Card(s): No

Case: Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU

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

Uses: Gaming mainly,surfing net.
Overclocking: Considering trying

All the above comes to £758.82 inc vat and delivery I have only picked a 650w psu as i have no intention of getting a second gpu buy the time i can afford anything else i may as well do a full rebuild, i picked exstra fans and difrent cpu cooler due to knowing i would be tempted to overclock it.Reason for processer is i heard they great overclockers.

What i would like to know is do you think there is any way i could possibly improve on the build within my budget (do you think im spending wisely) and will the build i have come up with be able to play the latest games on max settings with 19in moniter max res 1440 x 900.
 
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Number crunching box...

Okay, doing some encoding on my olde laptoppe and it's taking an age. Swapped to ye greate Shuttle and it's no better because it's just as old :D

So it's time to get with the times and upgrade. Basically I need processing power and storage space. Graphics is not a concern, neither is huge amounts of RAM, just need number crunching power for ripping discs to the iPod etc.

Been out of the computer market for a while so I'm well out of touch. I think a terrabyte of space should cover us for now, would prefer a desktop system but as small as possible. Don't need a screen, just a nice quality simple case, onboard graphics is fine, already got Windows XP, got disk drives. Used to be able to build a respectable box for under £200, what would I be able to do now?

Want to stay with Windows so PC suggestions only please :)
 
BUDGET: 1000-1500

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): ?? I assume so
Sound Card: Yes
Controller Card(s): ??
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes

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

Uses: Gaming, Software Development
Overclocking: Open minded on this, if I can afford it why not
 
BUDGET:£300ish?

Processor: Intel dual
Motherboard:yes
Memory:yes
Graphics Card(s):no (have 8800GTX)
TV Card:no
Hard Drive(s):yes (big sata)
Optical Drive(s):no
Cooling:cpu only
Water Cooling:no
Cable(s):no
Sound Card:no
Controller Card(s):no
Case:no
Power Supply:no

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

Uses: gaming, netsurfing, photo and camcorder storage editing
Overclocking:yes but not ott.

I've been vague as I've noticed I can sell my current core pc parts on the bay and get a much higher performing/reliable intel upgrade.
(check sig for current spec)
 
Akers said:
Budget: £460-£480ish

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes, 4gb.
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes, 500gb minimum
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Don't really mind
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: Onboard will be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes, one with a window would be preferred
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: Yes
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes, Vista.

Uses:Football Manager, possibly games like COD(bit of a push on this budget), Photoshop, transferring music and general internet browsing.
Overclocking: No idea how
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Knocked this up:

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That comes to £562inc VAT and delivery, what can I remove to get that down to about £500?
 
Hi there, im new here, my friends have bought good pc's from here, and im stuck with my laptop with an intel 950 GMA :( So i think i want a desktop.


BUDGET:300-500

Processor:yes (dual core would be fine)
Motherboard:yes
Memory:yes (2gb is ok for me i think)
Graphics Card(s):Yes please.
TV Card:no
Hard Drive(s):yes
Optical Drive(s):dvd r/w
Cooling: necessary?
Water Cooling:no
Cable(s):i have no idea.....
Sound Card:necessary?
Controller Card(s):no
Case:yes
Power Supply:yes

Keyboard:no
Mouse:no
Headset:no
Speakers:yea(on board?)
Monitor(s):no
Operating System: hmm well i dont think getting 64 bit is such a gd idea, i like 32 bit for the time being , as computability is an issue with this stuff. Your experiences?

Uses:gaming( no too heavy, just casual, dnt wanna play too much:D urm then yea rest of casual browsing and such.... and downloading lol....)
Overclocking:yea? (makes the comp run faster right?, if its really necessary)

Thank you!:)
 
BUDGET:£300
Processor: Yes (Quadcore)
Motherboard: Yes (DDR3/DDR2. PCI Express 2.0)
Memory: Yes (2GB - Based on best performance for suggested MOBO and other components)
Graphics Card(s): No
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): No
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: Yes (Just for the Processor really)
Water Cooling: Yes (Depends on Price and Improvement on Air Cooling)
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Possibly?
Power Supply: No

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

Uses: Gaming
Overclocking:

I would prefer AMD for their Better Performance/Price Advantage IMO.

DDR3 DDR2??? Whats the big difference other than Memory Speed increase by about 500Mhz?
 
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BUDGET: >700 pounds

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes 250GB
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: If needed
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s):If required
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes

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

Uses: Primarily for gaming
Overclocking: No, possibly mildly in future

This is my first build, so i'll let you guide me, if you have to get a bit over budget i don't mind, or under, i'm just looking for best bang for buck :)

Thanks in advance
 
BUDGET: Hmm don't really know. Basically my Dad has offered to buy me a processor up to the price of £200, so I want the best processor I can get for gaming, for that price. I'll stick a price next to the rest.

Processor: Yes, £200.
Motherboard:Yes, £150-£175ish? Preferably cheaper.
Memory: Yes, £100, preferably less.
Graphics Card(s): Yes, £150-£200??
TV Card: No.
Hard Drive(s): Yes. 500GB. £whatever.
Optical Drive(s): One, DVDRW. £whatever
Cooling: Don't know if I'd need any additional as I want to watercool? You decide.
Water Cooling: Yes. £Whatever you think will do the job. Double rad.
Cable(s): No.
Sound Card: No.
Controller Card(s): No.
Case:Yes. £nothing too pricey.
Power Supply: Potentially. I have one of them quiet Tagan 480w psus right now. Not sure if that'll do the job or not. £whatever. Nothing too pricey. Something that's not too noisy.

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

Uses: Gaming (Crysis, Far Cry 2, FPS's..), media server, internet, music creation (Ableton live 7).
Overclocking: No.

Thanks in advance guys, and sorry for being a bit sketchy on the prices. I don't really have a budget for it, I'm just after some recommendations really.

Also a somewhat related question if I may. As far as DVD-RW's are concerned, is there much difference between the SATA and IDE ones? Any issues with booting off CD's with the SATA's? Sorry for the noob questions :D

Thanks again.
 
I have a questions about this set up:

Mobo:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-141-AB
RAM:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-033-KS
CPU:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-226-AM
GFX:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...upid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274&name=PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 4670 PCS 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Will it Run the Latest Games on MAXIMUM Possible settings with High FPS etc ... I want to be able to play latest games on Full Settings Smoothly?

FSX, Far Cry 2, GTA4, Fallout 3, ...

Also is it worth upgrading from this? I mean how much better will the new system be?

Mobo: MSI Neo2 RD480
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.6Ghz
RAM:DDR PC3200 400Mhz 3GB
GFX:1GB ATI 4670 PCS PCI EXpress 2.0
 
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