Need Help with new build PC

[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.

[zrerz]

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]

That'll be a beast. Last time a built a pc that dear mind it was a pentium III 333mhz

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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[zeus9876]

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 ?

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]

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]

He's got £1500 Budget zing so up to £320 to spend on storage HD if required which buys a lot these days.

well yeah but he has to deduct monitor and case which I did he said about a grand

[zeus9876]

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.

all the better then bung an extra raptor in stripe and a 300 gig something and your well away

[zeus9876]

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

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__]

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]

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