Building a new pc - parts advice needed

2008-05-12 12:04:03

#1

Fosterthelegend: :); +97|6635|Kent, UK

Since this PC is getting a bit old these days I thought that once my exams are finished in about half a month I would splash out on a completely new pc. However seeing as I know nothing about PC parts I have only a rough idea of what is good or bad and I was hoping some people on here might be able to give me some advice on wht to buy.

I have a budget of around £750 and I need pretty much everything... except a monitor (although could use one of those as well) and mouse.

I will probably be buying from scan as I have free postage from them.

I have someone who can put it together for me

Thanks for any advice!

2008-05-12 12:06:32

#2

doug1988: spank that azz.; +146|5878|Nibiru in a far away galaxy

e750 will get you a nice PC , just shop around for what you want.

2008-05-12 12:12:40

#3

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6594|London

A 512mb 8800gts is the only thing you should definitely include.

Case depends on taste really.
Motherboard- SLI is a bit much for your budget so go for a cheap asus p5 or gigabyte p35.
Hard drives - samsung spinpoints
DVD drives -liteon anything
PSU- Depends on what you wanna upgrade with in future but a corsair 620W is good for now
RAM- 2GB of anything for XP, 4gb if you wanna go vista
CPU- E7200, E6750, Q6600, depending on what you wanna do with it.

That should leave more than enough for a nice monitor- A 22" samsung is a good choice

doug1988 wrote:
e750 will get you a nice PC , just shop around for what you want.

£ is stronger than the Euro so it will get him an even nicer set-up

Last edited by Aries_37 (2008-05-12 12:16:01)

2008-05-12 12:15:50

#4

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|6863|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Aries_37 wrote:
A 512mb 8800gts is the only thing you should definitely include.

Case depends on taste really.
Motherboard- SLI is a bit much for your budget so go for a cheap asus p5 or gigabyte p35.
Hard drives - samsung spinpoints
DVD drives -liteon anything
PSU- Depends on what you wanna upgrade with in future but a corsair 620W is good for now
RAM- 2GB of anything for XP, 4gb if you wanna go vista
CPU- E7200, E6750, Q6600, depending on what you wanna do with it.

4GB if XP 64 also.

2008-05-12 12:18:36

#5

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6509|Gogledd Cymru

https://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m48/surgeon_2006/fosterzzzzzzzzzz.jpg

Solid build, obviously change the case to suit your taste etc, maybe even get a dif kboard.

Only £80 over budget too

2008-05-12 12:20:08

#6

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6254|United Kingdom

I'd switch the nine hundred for something else - for a gaming machine use an E7200 over the Q9300 and get a P35 mobo.

2008-05-12 12:22:07

#7

Fosterthelegend: :); +97|6635|Kent, UK

Thanks so far everyone... also I can go more, but 750 is around where I want really

Keep up the help!

2008-05-12 12:55:15

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6217|Winland

The Sheriff wrote:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m48/ … zzzzzz.jpg

Solid build, obviously change the case to suit your taste etc, maybe even get a dif kboard.

Only £80 over budget too

Never go nForce if you're not gonna go SLI 100%. The downsides outweigh the upsides.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-12 22:15:29

#9

B00MH3ADSH0T: Fresh NoobCaeks Here; +118|6410|Penrith,Nsw, Aus

What about a P965-DS3 or do you guys class that as a outdated MB?

2008-05-13 09:52:58

#10

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6483|cuntshitlake

B00MH3ADSH0T wrote:
What about a P965-DS3 or do you guys class that as a outdated MB?

Outdated. Go for Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3

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2008-05-13 09:55:29

#11

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6434|Finland

holy hell don't get the Asus P5N32-E SLi...

for 750 I doubt he needs SLi anyway...

like DU said, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R will be just fine.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-05-13 09:56:15)

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2008-05-13 14:21:55

#12

-101-InvaderZim: Member; +42|6863|Waikato, Aotearoa

Aries_37 wrote:
A 512mb 8800gts is the only thing you should definitely include.

Case depends on taste really.
Motherboard- SLI is a bit much for your budget so go for a cheap asus p5 or gigabyte p35.
Hard drives - samsung spinpoints
DVD drives -liteon anything
PSU- Depends on what you wanna upgrade with in future but a corsair 620W is good for now
RAM- 2GB of anything for XP, 4gb if you wanna go vista
CPU- E7200, E6750, Q6600, depending on what you wanna do with it.

That should leave more than enough for a nice monitor- A 22" samsung is a good choice

doug1988 wrote:
e750 will get you a nice PC , just shop around for what you want.
£ is stronger than the Euro so it will get him an even nicer set-up

And if u really want to save money, take AMD over Intel, with a nice X2 6400+

2008-05-14 00:39:04

#13

']['error: Banned; +630|6663|The Netherlands

-101-InvaderZim wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
A 512mb 8800gts is the only thing you should definitely include.

Case depends on taste really.
Motherboard- SLI is a bit much for your budget so go for a cheap asus p5 or gigabyte p35.
Hard drives - samsung spinpoints
DVD drives -liteon anything
PSU- Depends on what you wanna upgrade with in future but a corsair 620W is good for now
RAM- 2GB of anything for XP, 4gb if you wanna go vista
CPU- E7200, E6750, Q6600, depending on what you wanna do with it.

That should leave more than enough for a nice monitor- A 22" samsung is a good choice

doug1988 wrote:
e750 will get you a nice PC , just shop around for what you want.
£ is stronger than the Euro so it will get him an even nicer set-up
And if u really want to save money, take AMD over Intel, with a nice X2 6400+

intel > amd with performance.

2008-05-14 01:49:18

#14

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6434|Finland

']['error wrote:
-101-InvaderZim wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
A 512mb 8800gts is the only thing you should definitely include.

Case depends on taste really.
Motherboard- SLI is a bit much for your budget so go for a cheap asus p5 or gigabyte p35.
Hard drives - samsung spinpoints
DVD drives -liteon anything
PSU- Depends on what you wanna upgrade with in future but a corsair 620W is good for now
RAM- 2GB of anything for XP, 4gb if you wanna go vista
CPU- E7200, E6750, Q6600, depending on what you wanna do with it.

That should leave more than enough for a nice monitor- A 22" samsung is a good choice

£ is stronger than the Euro so it will get him an even nicer set-up
And if u really want to save money, take AMD over Intel, with a nice X2 6400+
intel > amd with performance.

damn right. I can't recommend any AMD CPU atm because Intel >>>>>> AMD in same price range.

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