Thoughts on a PC Spec?

[supernova9]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to the world of DIY PCs, but I've been reading for days now. I'm looking to sort myself out with a new system, to run Vista Home Premium and do a bit of gaming. My budget (for complete set-up minus monitor mouse and keyboard) is £650-700.

In terms of spec, the most important things for me are:
At least 2GB RAM
At least 500GB HDD
Dual Layer DVD-RW

The games I'm looking to play will be fine running on either a 7950GT or an X1950PRO, no need for the 88xx series just yet (I'll probably upgrade in the summer when I've got a bit more cash).

So what do you suggest?

 

[Energize]

Antec NSK4000 380W
£34.20
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13Ghz
£133.65
Asus P5GZ-MX
£44.41
Crucial 2GB DDR 533 2x1GB
£84.98
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm
£81.06
ATI Radeon X1950XT 256MB
£149.84
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
£70.75
LG GSA-H12N 18x DVD±RW
£21.99

£620.88

 

[supernova9]

Antec NSK4000 380W
£34.20
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13Ghz
£133.65
Asus P5GZ-MX
£44.41
Crucial 2GB DDR 533 2x1GB
£84.98
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm
£81.06
ATI Radeon X1950XT 256MB
£149.84
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
£70.75

£598.89

That's awesome, thanks. Just one question - would I see a vast difference between a 512MB X1950 and the 256MB?

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, I've gone for 2 hard drives as with storage it often pays to spread the risk slightly although it does cost a bit more than the single 500gb (it is 640gb though). The rest is probably fairly self-explanatory.

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £103.98
(£122.18)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
Sub Total : £576.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £102.88
Total : £690.74

 

[Energize]

That's awesome, thanks. Just one question - would I see a vast difference between a 512MB X1950 and the 256MB?

No afaik, It's only when you have textures on ultra uncompressed or something stupid like that.

 

[Claire Drew]

Welcome to the forum,

Got some good spec rigs suggested.

One thing to remember is that you will have to put this together and that is fun if you new to the build game.

Hope it goes well and if you need any help feel free to post.