budget rig

.operator · 02-10-2008, 05:55 PM

if you had £850 to build an entire new system, what would you throw together?

mikbhoy · 02-10-2008, 06:45 PM

"Ultima OC 9800GTX+" Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz @ QX6950+ 3.00GHz+ Quad Core DDR2 System

there ya go,add vista ultimate 32 bit and its almost bang on 850.

natasha · 02-10-2008, 06:56 PM

Tell us what you need ..

Only the PC or also monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse ...
It important to know what you have/what you need.

Makes a big difference in the total price! ^^

Sage · 02-10-2008, 06:59 PM

"entire new rig" does that include a new monitor?
if so:

case -
Coolermaster Centurion 5 All Black Case + 550W eXtreme Power Plus PSU - Ebuyer
motherboard -
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4 P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer
ram -
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz/PC2-6400 REAPER Memory Unbuffered CL5 DUAL CHANNEL - Ebuyer
hdd -
Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer
cd/dvd drive -
LG GH20NS15 20X SATA DVDÃ‚Â±RW/DL/RAM - Black Bare Drive OEM - Ebuyer
cpu -
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer
cpu cooler -
Thermalright Ultra-120 EXTREME CPU Heatpipe Heatsink - Ebuyer
gfx -
Sapphire HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

£653.54 and u have more than enough left for a new monitor

btw if u really really really prefer nvidia this price isnt bad for a gtx 260
GTX260 : Novatech GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 TVO/Dual DVI - PCI Express : nVidia PCI E : NOV-GTX260

remember to choose the free delivery option on ebuyer/novatech

.operator · 02-10-2008, 09:50 PM

i appreciate all the replies guys.. i'm going to need the works, monitor, keyboard, mouse, ect... for now im just focusing on the system hardware, and i'm really set on building my own, and learn how to OC a few things... i've only done a few days research but im slowly learning.

so far the only things i'm bent on purchasing would be

--- intel e8400 3GHz
--- WD velociraptor
--- EVGA nFORCE 780i (i read a drawback to this mobo is the placement of the PCI-express slot and that if you get large SLI-GPU setup you can no longer access the PCI-express slot... has any1 had problems with this?)
--- should i go with a 3-way(if they will all fit?) EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (512mb GDDR3, core clock 738MHz, 256-bit) or EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra (768MB GDDR3, core clock 630MHz, 384-bit)

so far roughly 735 quid...eeeeek but worth it if you believe this system will last me 5 years... so we still need a case, PSU, dvd burner, and memory (i was leaning towards crucial ballistix 2x1GB DDR2 SDRAM 1066MHz PC2 8500 dual channel, but i hear they die after 6 months)

thanks for all the info and help, cheers.

mikbhoy · 02-10-2008, 10:01 PM

.operator welcome to fragmasters by the way

i had crucial ballistix tracer and like you said they died on me after about 6 months so i rma'd them and got sent crucial ballistix and theyve been fine so far,i think the probs where with the tracer memory (with the little lights).the good thing about crucial is they have excellent customer services.

Fragmaster · 02-10-2008, 10:25 PM

The fastest card and the BEST on the market is the 4870 X2 DDR5 Supports PCI Express 2.0 version. for (£350-380)

I normally also build pc's for relatives for low budgets.

k0s · 02-10-2008, 11:00 PM

I normally also build pc's for relatives for low budgets.

s/I/chaos

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