What kind of rig could I expect to build with £1000 incl a 24" screen.

Freeman

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Basically I'd like to build a high spec rig mainly for gaming. I'd also like to include a 24" screen as it will be used for stuff like television as well.

I don't need speakers, or keyboard/mouse, just the tower and screen.

Some min specs: 500 gig HDD, as quiet as possible. CD/DVD all in one drive and a sound card.

Cheers.
 
Will you be overclocking?

Also since a 24inch screen has a res of 1920x1200 you will find it very hard to play the latest games at that res since your budget wont allow for a good enough GPU to handle it. :)
 
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stickroad said:
Will you be overclocking?

Also since a 24inch screen has a res of 1920x1200 you will find it very hard to play the latest games at that res since your budget wont allow for a good enough GPU to handle it. :)
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Ok, what about playing at 1280x1024 though? :p

And no, no overclocking, but that's not a definite no....
 
Spec if you wanted to overclock but sacrifice some gaming performance.

Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU

Total : £963.32

Or Spec if you didnt want to overclock but get a slightly better GPU.

Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
Asus M2V (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU

Total : £996.24
 
Is the 24" an absolute must? 22" screens are very cheap in comparison these days, and would allow you do get a much beefier machine. If you do want a 24" the only ones I know of are the Dell and the much cheaper acer 2416wd which has far fewer connections IIRC.
 
Well if you take the screen separately then he is only really spending around £575, in which case squeezing an 8800gts into the budget would actually be rather impressive.
 
8800gtx £320
24" dell £400
e6320 £100
Ballistix 2GB £55
Gigabyte DS3p £65
500gig HD £60
case £15
PSU £15


a tad over £1000


Overclock the CPU to 3GHZ, the ram to 860MHZ


simple


edit: if you go for second hand or refurb, a 30" dell can be had for £500
 
cells said:
8800gtx £320
24" dell £400
e6320 £100
Ballistix 2GB £55
Gigabyte DS3p £65
500gig HD £60
case £15
PSU £15


a tad over £1000


Overclock the CPU to 3GHZ, the ram to 860MHZ


simple


edit: if you go for second hand or refurb, a 30" dell can be had for £500
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putting a 8800gtx in a system with a £15 power supply is an impending time bomb ticking away £1000 worth of it.

dont kid yourself, i wouldnt put a celeron in with a £15 psu.
 
cells said:
edit: if you go for second hand or refurb, a 30" dell can be had for £500
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The old model 30" Dell monitors (3007WFP) quality sucks in comparison to the newer ones (3007WFP-HC). Unless you're willing to fork out near £1000 for a new one I still wouldn't buy anything more than a 24".
 
Freeman said:
Basically I'd like to build a high spec rig mainly for gaming. I'd also like to include a 24" screen as it will be used for stuff like television as well.

I don't need speakers, or keyboard/mouse, just the tower and screen.

Some min specs: 500 gig HDD, as quiet as possible. CD/DVD all in one drive and a sound card.

Cheers.
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The 24" screen really eats into that budget and for a high spec rig for gaming on top its unlikely going to stay under £1000. I suggest either you adjust your budget/expectations/screen size in order to give us a better idea of what you want.
 
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How come even these days people massively underestimate PSUs? Just wanting to waste money with some generic mess :confused:
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If your talking about my spec. I believe the PSU that comes with that case is made be Seasonic. :) :) :D
 
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