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zeus9876 26-05-2006 14:14
Need Help with new build PC
 
My mate wants me to build him a TOP OF THE LINE PC and he wants to spend about £1,500.

I am not upto date on whats hot and whats not so i am in need of some advice.

If you could please reply with what to get i would be most greatful.

zrerz 26-05-2006 15:21
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
zinglebarb is the man you need, he'l advise you on named parts and costs etc, the guy is a tech guru.
He'll be along soon.

handyman 26-05-2006 15:21
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
That'll be a beast. Last time a built a pc that dear mind it was a pentium III 333mhz :)

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 16:08
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Is that to include monitor? if so find what you want then come back with a price just for a tower and some ideas what its gonna be used for.You wont have a problem with a good machine for that price
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I wing it all really I know nothing :D

zeus9876 26-05-2006 17:07
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
It will be mostly used for gaming. The case i am getting is http://www.xcase.co.uk/acatalog/XG_Dragon_case.html

This is to include a monitor also. I found an Acer 19" tft for £180 i think, may have been cheaper but i am still looking for that right now.

Just the tower is gonna be right around £1,000. Should i go for dual core ?

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 17:16
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
oh yes without a doubt.
And you could also test out AM2 boards and ddr2 memory for us if you wanted :) lol
4200 / 4400 cpu unless you want to go higher £300
Nice crossfire mobo I would opt for sapphire I like £100
2 gig of corsair xms £150
74 gig Raptor £122
optical (pioneer or nec) £25
About 700 quid so far so gfx
X1900xt £300 theres your grand spent :)

You will need to add an extra driver for storage but it wont go to far over budget.Didnt include your case either lol

note also could be a sli motherboard and a 7900gt (gtx for 40 quid over budget)

zeus9876 26-05-2006 17:19
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
oh yes without a doubt.
And you could also test out AM2 boards and ddr2 memory for us if you wanted :) lol
4200 / 4400 cpu unless you want to go higher £300 Is good for CPU
Nice crossfire mobo I would opt for sapphire I like £100 Is good
2 gig of corsair xms £150 Is good
74 gig Raptor £122 Good
optical (pioneer or nec) £25 Is good
About 700 quid so far so gfx
X1900xt £300 theres your grand spent We have a PCI-Card already we gonna use

You will need to add an extra driver for storage but it wont go to far over budget.Didnt include your case either lol Case is £117

handyman 26-05-2006 17:20
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
He's got £1500 Budget zing so up to £320 to spend on storage HD if required which buys a lot these days.

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 17:22
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
well yeah but he has to deduct monitor and case which I did he said about a grand :)

zeus9876 26-05-2006 17:26
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by handyman
He's got £1500 Budget zing so up to £320 to spend on storage HD if required which buys a lot these days.
Well actually....i just got handed the money which was £1,300. 19" tft should be about £180 and case is £120 so thats £300 which leaves £1,000 for the tower less the GFX card which we have.

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 17:28
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
all the better then bung an extra raptor in stripe and a 300 gig something and your well away

zeus9876 26-05-2006 17:34
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
now that i have a basic list of what i will need where would you reccommend to buy as to get the best price ?

Just google the items ? I don't mind searching for the items myself but if you have a site that you use then it would save a alot of searching but if you want to tell me to GO SEARCH YOURSELF i will. LOL

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 17:37
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Well look at places like overclockers.co.uk and scan.co.uk theres loads of places and some people have had different experiences from different suppliers.I use overclockers as a quote price as there normally pretty close to what you will end up paying all over:)

__spc__ 26-05-2006 18:54
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zeus9876
My mate wants me to build him a TOP OF THE LINE PC and he wants to spend about £1,500.

I am not upto date on whats hot and whats not so i am in need of some advice.

If you could please reply with what to get i would be most greatful.
My local supplier would sell me the parts, then charge JUST £20 to put it together. If I told them I had £1480 to build a PC with, they'd love it! They're pretty comparable to online prices aswell, so you might as well go local... I would.

zeus9876 26-05-2006 19:22
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
what i have found so far is :

1. AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 4400+ Socket 939 , Toledo Core, 2x 2.2GHz , 2MB Cache, Retail £297.79

2. Sapphire PURE RD580 CrossFire Advantage (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (PC-A9RD580Adv) (MB-004-SP) £93.94

3. Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-094-CS) £158.57

4. Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD) £122.14

5. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) £75.14

6. Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO) £26.97

7. Enermax Noisetaker 600W EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU (CA-021-EN) £88.07

8. XG Dragon Aluminum Gaming Case Black £116.33

9. Wireless Keyboard £40.00

10. Dell 19" TFT Flat Monitor E196FP £186.00

Grand Total £1204.9 5 of the £1300.0 0 that i have on hand to work with.

If i should replace anything with something different or left anything out please let me know. Thanks

Stephen 26-05-2006 19:25
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try www.aria.co.uk I have built a few systems using parts bought there. Good prices on most things.

khado 26-05-2006 19:39
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
u wanna try www.dabs.com will beat anything on the internet, 3 day delivery easiest place ive been too, all my pc stuff came from here, superb place

zeus9876 26-05-2006 19:40
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Almost forgot the most important part...... The OS. Which should i go for, XP Pro or MCE if XP then x32 or x64 ?

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 19:54
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
what graphics card you going to be using??
As far as os check your devices if u can get 64 bit drivers then xp64 all the way.I wouldnt touch media centre with a 20 foot pole :) If theres things you need to run in 32 bit then either dual boot xp64 and xp 32 or stick with xp32. I think xp64 is a cracking os mind far better than 32 bit for me

The reason I ask about gfx is if you already got an nvidia buy a sli board, Also make sure the sata 2 hdd will work on the sapphire board. Ebuyer has a 320 gig western digital sata 1 drive (wont be much slower than a sata 2 ) for 67 quid

zeus9876 26-05-2006 20:03
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Graphics card is a Power colour ati radeon x800GT pci-E 256mb

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 20:04
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Ok so the boards good just check support for sata II its wouldnt be too much of a loss if you have the sata I

zeus9876 26-05-2006 20:24
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
and for peak hard drive performance the Sapphire PC-A9RD580Adv boasts two ATA133 ports, SATA RAID 0/1 and SATA-II RAID 0/1 support.

With that said looks like everything is a go yes ?

All these prices mainly came from overclockers but i will be shopping around for these excact items elsewhere to get the best bargins.

zing_deleted 26-05-2006 21:40
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
yeah its a go :)

Gareth 26-05-2006 21:43
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by __spc__
My local supplier would sell me the parts, then charge JUST £20 to put it together. If I told them I had £1480 to build a PC with, they'd love it! They're pretty comparable to online prices aswell, so you might as well go local... I would.
Just outta interest, which shop is this...? I'm in Swindon too ;)

zeus9876 01-06-2006 18:21
Re: Need Help with new build PC
 
UPDATE.

I've talked my mate into spending a few more ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ and we are now going for the 4800+ and a better GPU. I have about £200 to spend on a GPU so i am in need of the best one for that kind of money.

Thanks


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