Yet another check my spec thread!

nantucket66

nantucket66

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I broke down and sold my old PC before Christimas last year.

Been happily using a laptop and haven't been gaming at all (other than the odd blast on the PS3).

However, I now have an itch I would like to scratch.

The following spec will be used for gaming only, general web browsing etc will be on my laptop. I don't need masses of storage as I have a 4 bay NAS with
4TB in it.

Planning to use the OCZ for OS and the WD for games.

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Any c&c on motherboard, memory, graphics or PSU is welcome.

The only things I have left off are a mouse (already have a good one) and a monitor. I intend to get a 24 inch, either a Dell, NEC or Iiyama.

I want to game at 1920 x 1200 have things run smoothly with plenty of eye candy.

Is Crossfire (or SLi) recommended, or is it not worth the additional outlay?

I don't mind spending a bit more if something will give me a real benefit, but I don't want to go crazy.

Any thoughts?

p.s. If I get back into it the way I used to be I may end up watercooling, hence the large case.
 
That was the other mobo I was giving serious consideration to.

My only other query was of how much benefit the SSD was. They may be a no brainer, but I have not had any first hand experience of one.

Changing the mobo and ditching the SSD would save me £300.00 (3/4's of a decent monitor).
 
Thanks for the comments, really appreciated.

So something like a E8500 Dual Core would be ok for gaming???

If I got one of those and changed the mobo, ditched the SSD I would save approximately £400.00 - which will pay for the monitor. I could dump another HDD in there and raid them.

Just because my budget seems ok doesn't mean I don't want to save a few quid if I can!!
 
Tweaked slightly.

Memory is still the same, I don't know whether this needs changing for something different.

Same with HDD, don't need masses of onboard storage.

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£1724.00 with the 24" NEC

Looks ok to me, as the previous one was £100.00 less, but with no monitor.

Again, any c&c welcome.

Thanks
 
Thanks for pointing that out.

Given I could go either way with a mobo am I better off with a DDR3 board, or a DDR2 one?

Will I notice any difference?

Cheers

D
 
I don't know whether I do want to go DDR3 to be honest, more of case of should I go DDR3 or is DDR2 fine?

My shopping basket as it stands is £1733.00 including the 24" NEC monitor.

This is £419.99 (gone up £10.00 overnight :rolleyes:) leaving just over £1300.00 left over for the PC.

Within this budget (I would stretch to £1500.00 for PC absolute maximum) what would you recommend as the best gaming rig? (based on the monitor I want)

I will use the PC for gaming only, general web browsing and day to day stuff is on a laptop, I have a 4GB NAS with 2GB of music fed to a Sonos system (don't need masses of onboard storage).

The only things in my basket I would like to keep is the case and speakers, anything else I open to suggestions on.

I used to have a TJ10 in my old system and absolutely loved it. I may go down the watercooling route in the future and this case is ideal as it is massive, of course if anyone want to suggest something different case wise.........

Thanks, again!!
 
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