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NoobieOCer · 12 Feb 2008 at 17:04

okay i need a bit of help deciding on either build a pc with £500 and get following:

Neo2-FR mobo
gell ULL 800mhz ram
8800GT 512mb
E2180 cpu

and then upgrade again each year.... or go spend £1k and get:

asus p5k premium wifi ap
Crucial Ballistix 2gb 800mhz
8800GT 512mb
Q6600 cpu

i really wanna spend 1k but i worried in 6 months time i see the q6600 and it half the price now and go aw i should have waited........ and with the 500 i can just go and upgrade to another budget pc with the new cpus that will come out in the next year....

help me decide?

HummuH1 · 13 Feb 2008 at 09:59

Although there's better quads coming, the Q6600 is still a good overclocker and is pretty good value ATM, IMO.

Just make sure you get a board that can get the best out of it. Check the Overclocking and MB forums.

mp260767 · 13 Feb 2008 at 11:51

build the £500 pc.

EDIT:

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (Deal Product) £27.99 (£32.89)

PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £124.99 (£146.86)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99 (£32.89)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £134.99 (£158.61)

Sub Total : £380.95
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £68.23
Total : £458.13

NoobieOCer · 13 Feb 2008 at 12:05

mp260767 said:
build the £500 pc.

EDIT:

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (Deal Product) £27.99 (£32.89)

PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £124.99 (£146.86)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99 (£32.89)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £134.99 (£158.61)

Sub Total : £380.95
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £68.23
Total : £458.13

i actually meant that including a monitor and a nice mouse and everything....

PanchoVilla · 13 Feb 2008 at 12:27

NoobieOCer said:
help me decide?

I'll help you decide. It all depends on what you run on your PC. If you play the latest games all the time, then yes there is a benefit to upgrading to the latest hardware.

If you only use a word processor, then you don't need to spend a lot of money.

I would advise on trying to find a balance between "want"/"need"/"future need"/"cost". To that end, and being a gamer, I would budget about 1000 for a system. Even more, if you intend to build a quieter system.

I place more emphasis on sound and vision, so a set of AEGO-m speakers and a good 24" monitor with a nice GFX card would get priority.

You are a student so your priorities perhaps differ.

NoobieOCer · 14 Feb 2008 at 08:52

PanchoVilla said:
I'll help you decide. It all depends on what you run on your PC. If you play the latest games all the time, then yes there is a benefit to upgrading to the latest hardware.

If you only use a word processor, then you don't need to spend a lot of money.

I would advise on trying to find a balance between "want"/"need"/"future need"/"cost". To that end, and being a gamer, I would budget about 1000 for a system. Even more, if you intend to build a quieter system.

I place more emphasis on sound and vision, so a set of AEGO-m speakers and a good 24" monitor with a nice GFX card would get priority.

You are a student so your priorities perhaps differ.

ty

i think i gona spend around 700

for a 20" samsung tft and i got nice speakers well good enough for gaming and movies

i guess a upgrade every year wont be too bad as i will only be getting a mobo cpu and ram (maybe gfx card...)wont cost anouther 500