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What can you re-use from your existing rig? Remind us what you want to use it for and the OS.
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You could get the following
Antec NSK3480 +380 earth watts PSU ~£55
Asus M2A-VM ~£35
AMD X2 5000+ (2.6GHz) ~£45
2GB DDR2 ~£30
250GB Western Digital AAKS ~£35 Do you need this or the optical?
Samsung Optical ~£15
That's £215. I run an almost identical PC and it's a great little thing (uATX). Antec make 2 full ATX versions of the case to.
If you want to use intel then you could get a pentium dual core for around £45 and a gigabyte P31 or basic P35 for around £50.
leaving the graphics up to you.
ATi HD3850 ~£80
Nvidia 9600GT ~£90
Nvidia 8800GT ~£110
ATi HD4850 ~£120 (stunning new card from ATi) :)
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R - £70
Intel E2180 - £45
2Gb Corsair XMS2 PC6400 800Mhz - £30
Gigabyte HD4850 - £130
320Gb Seagate HDD - £35
Coolermaster CM-690 - £50
Seasonic S12II-430W - £45
Comes to £405 and should last you quite a while :D
EDIT: To save money you could use the Antec NSK3480 +380W PSU for £55(forgot about the Antec PSU case bundles...) which would bring the total down to £365 :)
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Why not an E2180 system Mike?
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Why not an E2180 system Mike?
I mentioned it after (as a pentium dual core). The AMD saves a bit of money though and doesn't really need overclocking. Mine runs nicely enough :)
If you are willing to overclock though the intel probably makes more sense.
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I was bored, lol
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1...3980vr7.th.jpg
(have i missed anything?)
something like this
u could pay a bit more for an 4850 (+ £20)
or spend less for a 9600gt (- £20)
but u only have a 19" screen so u dont really need 4850, so a 9600gt should be fine, but i choose the 8800 cos it comes within budget ^^
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Oh yeh I missed that... sorry... but to rephrase, why AMD over intel... its saves hardly any money....
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If he doesn't want to overclock the 5000+ is a nice chip at stock settings :)
The motherboard is a little bit cheaper to.
Intel offers a better upgrade path if you plan on upgrading again soon, but if you wait any longer than a year then that won't come to much anyway as you will probably want the new chips which will be on a new socket anyway.
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I suppose... but for budget stuff, you do need to overclock to play the latest games anyway
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I'm not so sure. Anything above a 2.0GHz copes well in my experience. My e6600 is back at stock settings now and I don't notice a difference in any games.
Are you sure it's not your e-peen clouding your judgement? :D
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Thanks for the speedy replies guys. I'll compare everything in a second, but since starting the topic I decided to have a look myself and price some stuff. How does this sound?
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6GHz (800MHz) Socket 775 2MB L2 Cache OEM Processor - £75.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L iP31 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - £40.87
Hard Drive: Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache - OEM - £47.03
Memory: DDR2 PC2-6400 (800) - £24.08
Case: Casecom LG-3360 Black Mid-Tower Windowed Case with Red LED and Red LED 12cm Front Fan - £18.99
PSU - Extra Value 550W ATX Silent Neon PSU - 12cm Fan/PPFC - £21.99
Total: 227.93
That's without a graphics card.
Seems a good price for what I'm getting? Opinions please :bowdown:
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Naff PSU.
This would be better
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130948
or better still
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130949
If you like the case though go for something like an fsp 400W or a ocz stealthxtreme, usually quite cheap and decent.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=468726
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159
Drop the CPU to a pentium dual core, you can get 2.4GHz for about £50
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dont get that cpu, get a E7200, much better and only £82 at scan today only...
dont get unbranded psu it will kill all other components if it dies...
dont get a crap case, will only make your life harder when you want to install/change anything.. the zen case mentioned above is cheap and very good for the money...
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What's wrong with the processor I posted? I had a look at the E7200 - £82 on ebuyer as well, is it worth the extra money?
What about this case? Seems like a good deal!
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU *SPECIAL - £49.97
And graphics cards:
Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Now £94.99
Inno3D 9600GT OC 512MB DDR3 Overclocked Edition Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - £93.95
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Good card for the price yeah. Certainly enough for your screen.
The E7200 is a 45nm chip, one of the very new ones. Overclocks very well making it a bargain in that respect.
If you aren't overclocking though it will make little difference. I'd personally drop down to the the E2220.