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

[Reed]

Seems like a sweet spec shaffaaf but I already have a TT so that gives you another £35 to work with if that can do anything meaningful.

 

[shaffaaf27]

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

 

[shaffaaf27]

bump

 

[sniffy]

Any suggestions mate?

 

[fergie128]

Get a 4870 if you can afford to up the budget a tad, its well worth it. Apart from that, you're looking pretty good.

 

[sniffy]

I've been thinking it over. I can't think of any games on the horizon that justify the extra 70 quid really. I might convince myself though

 

[shaffaaf27]

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

 

[sniffy]

I usually game at 1680 so I'll stick with the 4850. Thanks again, much appreciated

 

[shaffaaf27]

np, here to help

 

[KennyBhoy]

BUDGET: £900(ish)

Processor: YES
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES
Graphics Card(s): YES
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): NO
Optical Drive(s): NO
Cooling: YES
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): NO
Sound Card: NO
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: YES
Power Supply: YES

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

Uses: Gaming mainly
Overclocking: Maybe, not that fussed!

Cheers shaffaaf

 

[shaffaaf27]

sorry was away (A2s )

hows this?

 

[KennyBhoy]

Cheers shaffaaf. Looks good. Giving it some thought over the weekend!

 

[Meloco]

BUDGET:£400 (ish)

Processor:yes
Motherboard:yes
Memory:yes
Graphics Card(s):yes
TV Card:no
Hard Drive(s): yes (only small, have 2x500gb externals)
Optical Drive(s):yes
Cooling:yes
Water Cooling:
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

Uses:
Gaming

 

[Anewbe4u]

BUDGET: 500

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):Yes
Sound Card:Yes - onboard would be fine
Controller Card(s):
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes

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

Uses: I want to be able to play Red Alert 3 at ok settings
Overclocking: If you like

Is that possible?

 

[shaffaaf27]

snip

you are elegible for free postage as you have been in the forums for atleast 90 days, and have over 250 posts.

just go to yuor acount on OcUK, and go you "you and your account" and enter your username and p.w from the forums and you will get free shipping

 

[shaffaaf27]

snip

 

[shaffaaf27]

are they okay?

 

[Anewbe4u]

Ahh, sorry, well I know nothing about the current comp scene so I wouldn't really know.

How will that comp hold up as I don't upgrade very often.

 

[Simonnn]

BUDGET: £500 max

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): NO (only ones for build)
Sound Card: NO (onboard is fine)
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: YES
Power Supply: YES

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

Uses: Mainly office, internet but needs the ability to handle photoshop and other similar level software
Overclocking: no
Thanks for any suggestions.

Simon

 

[Damien.]

Im looking to upgrad my machine.

Im currently running a Q6600, 2GB of PC5300 and a 8800GTX.

BUDGET: £500

Processor: No
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): No
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: No
Water Cooling: Possibly
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: Purely Gaming
Overclocking: Yes