Spec me £900 please

[Craig321]

My budget will be £900, the PC needs to be future proof as well please

The following stuff I really want!: 8800GTX, 2GB RAM (I'll get another 2GB after I've bought the PC), 500GB HDD

I need the following components: CPU, graphic card, hard drive, motherboard, RAM, case, PSU

Thanks,
Craig.

[Clunk]

What bits do you need?

[Craig321]

Oh, sorry guys I forgot to tell you:

CPU, graphic card, hard drive, motherboard, RAM, case, PSU

Thanks,
Craig.

[saltynay]

cpu: e6600
gfx card: 8800gts 320mb
hard drive: 250gb samsung spinpoint
mobo: Msi p6n platinum
Ram: look for a good deal on 2x1gb Geil, OCZ, Kingston are good makes
Case: antec 900 or antec p182
psu: 500W by a good brand corsair, fortron, enermax, silverstone, thermal take

will you be overclocking?

[Craig321]

Thanks saltynay

I don't plan to overclock, but I'd like it as an option if I do decide to overclock.

I personally put together the following on Scan:



£901 inc. postage. (minus £12 from £901 as I won't be paying postage )

That above spec is perfect I think, but you guys might be able to point me to better manufacturers/components?

[Theo]

Hi Craig,

I'm in almost exactly the same boat as yourself... doing almost exactly the same thing as you, right this minute!

I decided to go with the 640MB Leadtek 8800GTS and the Asus P5B Deluxe mobo instead. All I need now is a new monitor

[Craig321]

Hi Craig,

I'm in almost exactly the same boat as yourself... doing almost exactly the same thing as you, right this minute!

I decided to go with the 640MB Leadtek 8800GTS and the Asus P5B Deluxe mobo instead. All I need now is a new monitor

Are you excited like it's Christmas when you're 10 to get it like me! ?

[Theo]

Yes I am! My main PC is still running the classic XP1700/NF7-S combo. The missus and I are moving out of my mother's house later this year, so this one will have to last me forever while we live in poverty!

[Colossous]

Thanks saltynay

I don't plan to overclock, but I'd like it as an option if I do decide to overclock.

I personally put together the following on Scan:



£901 inc. postage. (minus £12 from £901 as I won't be paying postage )

That above spec is perfect I think, but you guys might be able to point me to better manufacturers/components?

Top to bottom sweetness !!

[Craig321]

Top to bottom sweetness !!

Have I gone for the right stuff above there then ? I ask because I'm not 100% sure which manufacturers are best (now I'm sounding like a noob )

[saltynay]

haven't gone wrong at all for overclocking you will want a better cpu cooler then stock so get the thermaltake 120 and some artic silver thermal paste

[Clunk]

If it were me, I would go for different ram, that corsair is horribly overpriced for is pretty much bog standard ram. You can pick up some from a different manufacturer with similar specs for around half the price.

[zephod]

antec nine hundered/antec p180 are better value cases. Also, much as i love scan could get a better value psu from elsewhere (ie ebuyer w/ google checkout) and better value ram! Also, although the Gbite D are good, the Abit ab9 or ausus pw5-d are better so i'd go that route.

[Craig321]

antec nine hundered/antec p180 are better value cases. Also, much as i love scan could get a better value psu from elsewhere (ie ebuyer w/ google checkout) and better value ram! Also, although the Gbite D are good, the Abit ab9 or ausus pw5-d are better so i'd go that route.

I was going to spec myself one on ebuyer, but they won't let me add the E6600 to my basket because it's out of stock!!

I'll check out some reviews on the P-180, thanks m8

haven't gone wrong at all for overclocking you will want a better cpu cooler then stock so get the thermaltake 120 and some artic silver thermal paste

I'll be going for a Scythe Ninja or Thermaltake 120 ASAP (I might even stick on in with my first order) - I really don't get along with the stock intel coolers

If it were me, I would go for different ram, that corsair is horribly overpriced for is pretty much bog standard ram. You can pick up some from a different manufacturer with similar specs for around half the price.

What manufacturer do you suggest?

Craig.

[saltynay]

geil normally has some nice sets of ram for quite cheap

[Craig321]

geil normally has some nice sets of ram for quite cheap

I'll change that to Geil thanks, most people seem to use Geil with C2Ds these days.