About to buy a new machine - Page 2

Hector's House · 30-10-2006, 17:59

If I had that kind of money for a pc I think I'd get Zing to build me one

The Jackal · 30-10-2006, 18:08

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Originally Posted by Hector's House

If I had that kind of money for a pc I think I'd get Zing to build me one

My first PC cos me 700.... since then I always build machines costing around the 400 mark and they have always served me well.

my 1500 budget always goes to a laptop.

TheBlueRaja · 30-10-2006, 18:32

Zingle,
You know how you specify 2gig of ram in your post, thats quite a general statement, if your buying your machine which Ram and what speed would you buy bud?

Im not sure what the heck you should get to be honest.

30-10-2006, 19:33

Well Im using ocz at the minute. Corsair for me resently has been a little hit and miss. I prefer the DDRII 667 as the latency is a lot lower than the DDRII 800 which has really slack timings even for DDR II

and then theres the cost.Ram prices are quite high at the mo the major OEM's have gobbled the surplus up for christmas lol

Druchii · 30-10-2006, 19:45

Currently using Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM @ 5-5-5-18. Running it at 860mhz with just a .1v bump

Lovely stuff, seems to perform well, and it's running 1:1 with my C2D.

Ramrod · 30-10-2006, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Gareth

I'd agree with Zing on this one... Intel hare retaken the CPU crown from AMD with the C2D CPUs. I was a die-hard AMD fan until very recently, but I'm struggling to find a valid reason to not go for a C2D if you're spending that kinda money on a PC.

Same here.....

30-10-2006, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Currently using Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM @ 5-5-5-18. Running it at 860mhz with just a .1v bump

Lovely stuff, seems to perform well, and it's running 1:1 with my C2D.

me and a couple of my clients have had corsair ram fail with in weeks of buying it.

Druchii · 30-10-2006, 20:15

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

me and a couple of my clients have had corsair ram fail with in weeks of buying it.

Still going strong here

And if it goes wrong, it's going back!

30-10-2006, 20:17

yeah but when your building a number of pcs you have to look for most reliable hardware,for me corsair isnt that

Druchii · 30-10-2006, 20:20

Very true, heard some good stuff about Geil and OCZ recently

DocDutch · 30-10-2006, 20:46

1500 quids on budget :yikes: I wish I had that kinda dosh as I would go for

E6600
2gb of OZC DDR2-533
Ati X1950XTX
ATI X1950 XTX cross fire
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
2x WD Raptor 150gb sata2
OCZ ModStream 520w
Thermaltake VB1000SWS

total would just be a bit over the 1500 but only by 90 quids.

handyman · 30-10-2006, 21:25

I'd give Zingle the dosh, he's gonna look at getting you the most bang for your buck.

30-10-2006, 21:38

Theres a nice looking system here.Might run a bit over with a screen though

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or theres this one
dunno if the price will be right but I made it the gx2 and a 22 inch screen

ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1722

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...UCT&KEY=127801

I know you didnt want mesh but this is the spec you shoudl be looking for

nffc · 31-10-2006, 01:00

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Originally Posted by foreverwar

That's a lot of money for a 4600+ processor with a gig of memory. Does it have a screen with it? (it shows one, but does not state one in the spec).

there's this spec for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1399 on cube247.com

AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ DUAL CORE AM2
4096MB DDRII 667 Corsair Memory - The World's Premium Memory!
960GB Seagate Data Storage - RAID Stripe - Ultimate Performance!
ASUS AM2 Deluxe Motherboard
16x DVD Player - Fastest DVD ROM Available!
NEC DVD ReWriter AD-5170A 16x Dual Layer & Dual Format - The Best Drive In The World!
ATI Radeon x1950 XT-X 512MB - What Dreams Are Made Of!
Sony Floppy Drive
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard
12x USB2 Ports
Firewire
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Adapter
Midi Tower Case

or this from pcspecialist.co.uk for a grand
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/index....erformance1000

or this
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/index....pec=gaming1000

i want that.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 31-10-2006, 01:57

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

1500 quids on budget :yikes: I wish I had that kinda dosh as I would go for

E6600
2gb of OZC DDR2-533
Ati X1950XTX
ATI X1950 XTX cross fire
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
2x WD Raptor 150gb sata2
OCZ ModStream 520w
Thermaltake VB1000SWS

total would just be a bit over the 1500 but only by 90 quids.

not a lot of use without a screen

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Theres a nice looking system here.Might run a bit over with a screen though

---------- Post added at 20:38 ---------- Previous post was at 20:30 ----------

or theres this one
dunno if the price will be right but I made it the gx2 and a 22 inch screen

ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1722

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...UCT&KEY=127801

I know you didnt want mesh but this is the spec you shoudl be looking for

lol, the MESH comment was to pre-empt you!

The OC one doesnt look bad, thats a single GPU rather than the dual that you suggested?