Eva Wellington

copy/paste for Daz because he didnt have enough posts to post a linky


Hi guys need a little help,I have around £700 to buy a new PC,so I did a little research and came up with a few builds below,trouble is I am not very clued up now about the latest PC technology,so I was wondering if you could help me choose the best system,or maybe you know of a better PC supplier as I didn't really delve to deep into it.

The PC will be used for gaming mostly,and the one I am using now will be given to my Son,so I basically need a whole new System.

Cheers in advance Daz


Cyberpowersystem.co.uk

custom built pc

CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
Motherboard: (Quad-Core Supports) MSI P6N SLI-FI nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
Video Card: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 16X PCI Express
Hard Drive: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: SONY DUAL FORMAT 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: SONY 16X DVD-ROM (BLACK COLOR)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

£699.13



Wired2fire.co.uk
Diablo Ultima

Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 Power 420W
Processor: Core 2 Duo E6300 2MB cache
Graphics Card 1: BFG GeForce 7900 GS 256MB PCI Express
Memory: 2GB Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Value Select
Motherboard: ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 Socket 775
Hard Disk Drive: 250GB Caviar SE16 SATA 300
Optical Drive One: BTC DVD-Rom x16
Sound Card: Onboard sound
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Total: £699.01

http://www1.euro.dell.com

Dell Dimension 9200

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6300 Processor (1.86GHz, 1066MHz, 2MB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English edit
MONITOR Dell™ 20" Black Wide Flat Panel (E207WFP) - UK/Irish edit
MEMORY 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 667MHz [2x1024] Memory edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache] edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives edit
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card edit
SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability edit
SPEAKERS Dell™ A525 Speakers with Subwoofer edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader edit

£728.99


EveSham.com

Solar 7500

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 processor
Memory 2 x 512MB DDR-2 memory
Hard Disk 320GB 7200rpm S-ATA hard drive
Graphics 256MB NVIDIA 7500 LE graphics
Monitor 19'' widescreen TFT monitor
Motherboard i946GZ mATX, PCI-E, Gb LAN, DDR2 Motherboard
Sound On-board audio
CD/DVD Rewriter 18x DVD-RW drive
Standard Software Microsoft Works 8
Bullguard Internet Security - Anti-virus with FREE 90 day updates - plus firewall and online backup
Roxio Media Suite DVD

£699.00

Chillblast.com

Chillblast Fusion Vista 6300 OCTV

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 overclocked to up to 2.1GHz
Asrock CONROE865PE R3.0/A/ASR
nVIDIA GeForce 7900GS 256MB
2GB PC2-5400 Value DDR2 Memory
NEC 7173 18x DVD RW with LabelFlash
Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive SATA II 250GB
Windows Vista Home Premium OEM
Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1100 Vista-Ready TV Card
19" 1440x900 Widescreen TFT Monitor
Logitech S200 Speakers
Logitech EX-110 Keyboard and Mouse

£750.00

Matrix² A6000+ DOTW

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 6000+ - Socket AM2
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
Digital & Analogue TV Tuner PCI Card
Mini-Tower Micro ATX Case +250W PSU - Black/Silver
ASUS M2V-MX AM2 K8M890 Micro ATX Mainboard
2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
256MB nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT - DVI, HDTV, TV-Out
22" Widescreen LCD TFT Digital Display with internal speakers (DVI, 5ms)
5.1 Channel Surround Sound Audio-SoundMAX (on-board)
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
BullGuard Internet Security 7.0 -AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter - 90 day trial
6x USB 2.0 Ports (8x possible on motherboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Internal 33-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Silver - 1 Year On Site Service - UK Mainland Only (Repair Line)

£699.00

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Hey, I can give you some help on this one I guess, since I just bought a new gaming pc myself. If I look at those builds I would definitely go for the first one. The E6600 is (in my opinion) the best choice for a gaming processor. The graphics card looks fine too, that's the one I got too. Rest looks alright, altough I'd really go for 2 gigs of RAM instead of 1. I'd also get a cheaper motherboard as this one is really overkill. The one I got was the MSI P965 NEO-F. (saves alot of money)
Also, your profile says your from the Netherlands, if that's true I can give a link to a reliable and cheap internet vendor: Link

Hope this helps

edit: I'll just post what I got, maybe it helps a bit:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
MSI P965 NEO-F
2 x 1024 DDR 2
WD 160 GB Harddisk
Some cheap-o case
Coolermaster 430W Extreme Power PSU
EVGA Geforce 8600GTS
Samsung Syncmaster 710N

= 1050 euro at local shop

Cappy

ya but if you look at all the builds he posted and what he gets for each one this 1 is the most bang for the buck i would say.

Matrix² A6000+ DOTW

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 6000+ - Socket AM2
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
Digital & Analogue TV Tuner PCI Card
Mini-Tower Micro ATX Case +250W PSU - Black/Silver
ASUS M2V-MX AM2 K8M890 Micro ATX Mainboard
2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
256MB nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT - DVI, HDTV, TV-Out
22" Widescreen LCD TFT Digital Display with internal speakers (DVI, 5ms)
5.1 Channel Surround Sound Audio-SoundMAX (on-board)
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
BullGuard Internet Security 7.0 -AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter - 90 day trial
6x USB 2.0 Ports (8x possible on motherboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Internal 33-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Silver - 1 Year On Site Service - UK Mainland Only (Repair Line)

£699.00

for what your getting for the money, well id say go with this one. I'm not a AMD fan but the new 6000 is supposed to be decent. i also just built a new system and the important things that i got are in my sig. well the only ones that i think are important :P

is the 8500 a dx10 card??? if not and your only going to have the money once i would say spend the couple more dollars and get the 8800. i went with the 7950 gt ko only because the 8800 just came out and there was no driver support yet, also went with xp because they were having problems with vista and driver support and gaming. all of which I'm going to fix in the coming year being things are starting to look up in vista.

hell and Mr. gates is basically going to force vista on everyone and delete support for xp to get his way because vista has been such a huge disappointment in sales :P

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www.tomshardware.com

If you need info on part performance and top rated things, check out toms hardware. They'll give you detailed comparisons and reviews.

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JAMerica

A few thoughts:

I'm not sure what you want to use this for, but if it's primarily to do some gaming, I would think that at a minimum:

2 GB RAM
I wouldn't get anything less than a 8600. Especially if you want to max out your resolution on a 19" + wide screen monitor.

I see two of your choices are mATX sized boxes. Probably fine for everyday computing, but if you are gaming, I would have serious concerns about overheating and a lack of an adequate power supply.

Cyberpowersystem.co.uk - No monitor. I'd think about trying to get an E6300 instead of the E6600 in this thing, and add another 1 GB of RAM (2x1 GB total) to keep the cost the same. I checked out this site, and you can build a completely custom box..I think you could do quite well in this price range here.

Diablo Ultima - No DVD burner. Seems overpriced for what they are offering

Dell Dimension 9200 - X1300? I can't believe Dell is still trying to sell these in new rigs. This is an old video card.

Solar 7500 - I've never heard of a Nvidia 7500 LE gpu. IMHO not enough memory.

Chillblast Fusion Vista 6300 OCTV - For the same price you should be able to get rid of the 7900 and get an 8600 card.

Matrix² A6000+ DOTW - IMO a 250 W PSU is woefully inadequate. Also, a Nvidia 8500 is a low end card.

Comes down to preference, whether you need a monitor or not, and what you expect to use it for.

HTH

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Cappy

oh craP DIDNT see the 250 ps,, ya that way way to little,,,, 450 or better, i have a 450 now and thinking of going higher, gona add some fans

if ya can get a 550 its about all you'll ever need, better to have more then less.

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AlbionDaz

I have Tagan 430 PS in my current PC,which I was thinking of moving into my new one if it wasn't powerful enough.

JAMerica I too liked the Cybersystems site,but I was confused by which gfx card to get,also had trouble juggling the parts to get it at the right price.

Thx for all the help so far though guys

AlbionDaz

I have managed to increase it too £800 now,thanks too some major charming by me on the Wife,so it might not be so much of a headache now

micr0c0sm

Between those two on first glance.
I like intel but the bottom seems to be a better value, though i have heard of the first company and not the second.

Cappy

gj bro,,, so what color are you painting the house

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JAMerica

LOL, I go through that everytime I need to buy something too

What are you going to use your system for? Some of those pre-built ones looked like Home Theatre Systems....I would build on of these quite differently than a gaming rig.

Do you already have a monitor or do you want/need a new one.

That comes to 811 after tax. Top notch motherboard, powersupply, fast memory. This would be far better than any of the pre-built ones above. No monitor though.

This one:
Has a cheaper motherboard/powersupply and an upgrade to an 8800 GTS card. 672 before tax.

Both these would kill any of the pre-built ones above. I'm not recomending you buy these exact rigs, but rather to give you an idea of what you should expect for the money.

Option 3: I highly recommend building it yourself. They are fairly simple to put together now-a-days, and all it takes is the will to hunt around for some deals, and I'm sure you could knock a fair bit off the price. One caveat, while you will have manufacturers warranties on the individual parts, you are sacrificing customer support....but by then you're usually a guru anyways

There are a lot of PC builders around here, hopefully they can weigh in as well.

Cheers!

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AlbionDaz

Thanks for going to so much trouble,but I must have allready chosen one from Cyberpower,while you was doing all that.

Here is what I plumbed for in the end,it came to £826 which is slightly more than I charmed her for,so looks like I will have to paint her Dad's house as well ;p

# CAS: NZXT Trinity Tower 400W Case w/ Side-panel Window [-2] (BLACK Color)
# CASUPGRADE: NONE
# CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6300 CPU @ 1.86GHz 1066FSB 2x1MB L2 Cache EM64T
# CD: SONY DUAL FORMAT 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
# CD2: NONE
# CABLE: None
# FLOPPY: NONE
# FLASHMEDIA: None
# FAN: INTEL LGA775 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
# HDD: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+11])
# HDD2: NONE
# IEEE_CARD: NONE
# KEYBOARD: Logitech PS/2 Keyboard (Black)
# MOUSE: Logitech S96 Optical PS2 Mouse (Black)
# MODEM: NONE
# MONITOR: Samsung SM940N 19" 8MS TFT LCD MONITOR 1280x1024 [+41]
# MONITOR2: NONE
# MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) MSI P6N SLI-FI nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard [+14]
# MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory [+79] (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
# NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
# OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic
# PPU: NONE
# PRO_WIRING: None
# POWERSUPPLY: Thermaltake W0093 TR2-500Watt Power Supply ATX 12V [+38]
# RUSH: NONE
# SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
# SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
# SPEAKERS: Logitech S100 2.0 Stereo Speaker Set [+5] (BLACK COLOR)
# TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
# TVRC: NONE
# USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
# USBHD: NONE
# UPS: Belkin 4-Socket Surge Protector [+7]
# VIDEO: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 16X PCI Express [+64]
# VIDEO2: NONE
# WEBCAM: NONE
# WNC: NONE
# WAP: NONE

Thanks again for all the help guy's.

JAMerica

Cheers m8. You'll be quite happy with that, and lots of room to upgrade in the future.

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