Which Bundle?

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:10

Thinking of buying a cpu/mobo/ram bundle for my PC. I think the Intel Bundles are better but not sure which 1 to get. Have around £300 ish to spend, any recommendations?

Thanks

MofoKilla · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:20

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-037-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=791

Thats more than likely the best one your gonna get for 300 notes.

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:23

MofoKilla said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-037-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=791

Thats more than likely the best one your gonna get for 300 notes.

How much difference would there be in something like that and say this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-041-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=791

MofoKilla · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:59

are you planning to overclock at all?

stickroad · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:59

Ignore.

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:01

MofoKilla said:
are you planning to overclock at all?

I have no idea how to so no, i wont be overclocking

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:02

Q6600 would be good. The E6600 is no slouch though.

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:08

syke said:
Q6600 would be good. The E6600 is no slouch though.

Well would you say the extra £100 would be money well spent for the Q6600?

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:10

Adam18290 said:
Well would you say the extra £100 would be money well spent for the Q6600?

If it was me, yes as it'll last you a long time.

Although it depends, others might say different. You could probably build a decent spec for ~£350-400 too though.

stickroad · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:10

Adam18290 said:
Well would you say the extra £100 would be money well spent for the Q6600?

Yes, this is what you want to get my friend:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-AB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR

Total : £384.48

Overclock the nuts out of it.

I know you dont want to overclock but it is very striaght forward. Theirs tons of guides out their and plenty of people here that are willing to help.

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:11

^ Similar to spec i was about to post.

Thats the way to go, definately.

stickroad · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:14

syke said:
^ Similar to spec i was about to post.

Thats the way to go, definately.

Great minds think alik you see.

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:15

stickroad said:
Great minds think alik you see.

Haha

. I was gonna change the RAM myself

. As he wasnt overclocking, was gonna get him bang for buck.

stickroad · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:17

syke said:
Haha . I was gonna change the RAM myself . As he wasnt overclocking, was gonna get him bang for buck.

This stuff?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:18

stickroad said:
This stuff?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

That or the OCZ stuff.

Was gonna spec him a Q6600, GeiL or OCZ RAM and a DS3R - would come to ~£320

.

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:22

Hmm, dunno whether to just go for the cheaper option, ie http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-037-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=791

Im gonna be using the PC for bit of gaming (mainly css) and school work, so not sure whether I need the quad. My current GFX, which ill be using would be a X1600XT so couple with cpu/ram should be enough for what I need.
Im gonna be keeping most of my current hardware, eg case, hdd, gpu, psu. I have like a 500W Trust PSU, its running my current system fine;
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1.5GB Ram
X1600t

Will it be enough power to run the Spec in the link above?

syke · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:27

You can get something like:

E6600
2GB RAM
DS3R

Q6600
2GB RAM
DS3R
£320

Or, if you want a gaming PC - to play others;

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC (possibly change?)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail

= £405inc.

Under £400 if you get some GEIL RAM.

Edit:

Can make some of that money back by selling current gear.

MoBo · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:31

Slight O/T but its a shame that they dont do bundles with E2XXX processor.

Adam18290 · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:35

Hmm, its sort of a gaming PC, but not for new DX10 games, just CSS most probably so wouldnt need to start purchasing GFX cards.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...339&subcat=791

That paired with my current GFX card should be enough?

Also do you think my current Trust PSU 500 and something Watt should be enough for the new system?