Gaming Machine Spec??

[Drobbins]

Hey People,

Iam after building a gaming rig which can stack a fair punch, iam after getting into a bit of overclocking aswell.

Iam after some help from you guys as to what parts i should put in, i have about £2,000 to spend on the machine if that helps you.

- Drobbins

[Merlin4458]

X24800 or Fx57 too start with.
X1900XTX 512 IMO atm

[nvening]

Does that price include monitor and other stuff or just the tower? Def get a AMD X2 and remember to buget about £70 for a good system. The best hi end graphics cards are currently ATI according to a hexus test. Mabe even look to crossfire with some 1900XTs??

[Drobbins]

X24800 or Fx57 too start with.
X1900XTX 512 IMO atm

What board would you use and also what ram??

- Drobbins

[Merlin4458]

alot of people like the DFI for overclcoking but in terms of reliability ive nevr had a prob with asus.
this one seems top at the mo
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express

[Smokey21]

£2000? does that include monitor?

With that kind of money, id get this:

4800 X2
Asus Nforce 4
1900XTX
2GB nice ram
LCD capable of 1600 res
Raptor
X-Fi plat

I wouldn't bother with Dual GPU's, though you could easily fit it in the budget.

[Merlin4458]

smokey is pretty much spot on. the mobo i mentioned would fall inside that spec by smokey, and the ram, well just get some top notch corsair or OCZ

[Drobbins]

£2000? does that include monitor?

With that kind of money, id get this:

4800 X2
Asus Nforce 4
1900XTX
2GB nice ram
LCD capable of 1600 res
Raptor

I wouldn't bother with Dual GPU's, though you could easily fit it in the budget.

No that dosent include the monitor.

Would you get a Raptor for windows & Applications then a large disk for storage?

Also what is a X-Fi Plat?

I was thinking of a 24" Dell or something like that for monitor.

- Drobbins

[EtheAv8r]

Even with the new 7900 release, ATI seem to have it with the x1900 xt.. so you shoudl give SERIOUS look at the ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe for the mobo if you don't want to wait for the summer and the new AMD CPUs.... espesially if you might want 2 graphics cards...

ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe looks AWSOME (I was about to buy a ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe but this new Xpress3200 Crossfire board put the breaks on that idea).

[Smokey21]

In that case, id get a FX-60. X-Fi plat is a sound card, with this budget id get the Fatality version instead.

[Drobbins]

What would T]this ram be like? Any good or should i go for something else??

- Drobbins

[RavenNight]

Okay For £2000 (all prices from Scan, I've included the SCan shortcut things):

CPU: AMD X2 4800+ LN10968 £454.11
Mobo: Asus A8N-Sli Premium LN10973 £111.50 (I knows its Sli snd ATi buts its a fab board)
GFX: 512MB ATi X1900XTX LN12976 £405.25
RAM: 2GB Corsair Pro PC3200 2-3-3-6 LN11096 £202.04
HDD 1: Western Digital Raptor 150GB LN12802 £199.69
HDD2: Hitachi Deskstar 500GB LN11060 £237.34
SoundCard: X-Fi Fatality LN11687 £138.64
Case: Gigabyte Aurora LN11501 £81.65
PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Modular LN11005 £59.93
DVD-RW: 2 x Lite-On Lite-ON Lightscribes LN12316 £55.70
FDD: Sony Black LN5291 £4.69
Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500LED LN11598 £36.42

That should be awesome, with that i'm assuming you have a copy of Windows XP.
Total Cost (inc. Free Hexus Delivery): £1986.94

[Smokey21]

Looks good, though you should get a better PSU. You'd be better of shopping around for the parts, as OCUK do a XTX for 60quid less than that scan one.

[RavenNight]

Whats wrong with Hiper? They make awesome PSUs for a decent price leaving more moolah for the other stuff.

[nvening]

FDD are evil - dont go for the raptor with a window, u dont nomrally see the HDD and its £50 more and louder. Also the XFi is a sound card which is apparently MUCH better than onboard and it has soundcard RAM (on the one revennight specified).

I would agree on a better quality PSU with that setup - i suggest tagan or seasonic.

[RavenNight]

FDD are damn useful for RAID drivers, BIOS flashing etc. Its only £4 so you might as well.