29-05-2007, 02:14 PM
|
#1 (permalink) Top |
|
Geek Trainee
 Join Date: Jun 2006
Gender:
Posts: 13
Status: Offline
|
Gaming computer for under £1,000
Hi there
 Anyway, pretty much what it says on the tin. I have all the peripherals already so I'm just interested in the computer itself, although I need an OS. I have quite a bit of money left over, so I'd like some advice on what components I could or should spend more money on.Also, feel free to post general comments and in particular if you see something which strikes you as too low/high quality or something which is incompatible with the rest of the system. I have done my best to make sure everything fits together but I'm not expert  Here is what I have so far: Case Coolermaster Centurion 5 Silver [url=http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=16357[/url] £43 PSU Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan £80 Motherboard ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX £66 Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £132 Optical Drive 1 Samsung Black DVD RW Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drive OEM £20 Optical Drive 2 Samsung Black DVD RW Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drive OEM £20 Hard Drive 1 Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate 320GB Hard Drive - Cheap at Ebuyer! £49 Hard Drive 2 Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate 320GB Hard Drive - Cheap at Ebuyer! £49 Sound Card Creative X-fi Music Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music OEM Soundcard £50 Video Card BFG GeForce 8800GTS 320mb BFG 8800 GTS OC 320MB DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card ~£185 RAM OCZ 2GB DDR2 6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC OCZ 2GB DDR2 Memory - Cheap at Ebuyer! ~£80 OS Windows XP Home s/ SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2B x32bit OEM 1PK CD £52 Total: £819.00 Last edited by onearmedbandit; 29-05-2007 at 02:18 PM. |
|
|
|
30-05-2007, 04:00 PM
|
#2 (permalink) Top |
|
HWF Godfather
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Age: 28 Male
Posts: 9,636
Times Helpful: 585
My Mood: Devilish
Status: Online
|
Looks good. One thing you should be aware of is that the Antec TrioPower doesn't actually have 3 separate +12V rails.
Around the same price, OCZ GameXStream 600W has 4x 15A +12V rails versus the supposed 3x 19A +12V on the Antec, giving them both about the same effective grunt there. |
 
|
|
|
05-06-2007, 02:16 PM
|
#3 (permalink) Top | |
|
The Ninj
  
Join Date: Apr 2006
Age: 22 Male
Posts: 1,654
Times Helpful: 36
My Mood: Busy
Status: Offline
|
that and be aware, that the GTS, which is a nice unit, and will run DX10, won't really perform well at all under actual gaming conditions.
__________________
Times inadvertently confused people in threads: 4812485 times Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| New computer this summer , gaming | krklete | New Build / Upgrade Advice | 3 | 05-06-2007 08:48 PM |
| Help with a new gaming rig - around 2.5k$ | enaceo | New Build / Upgrade Advice | 3 | 18-04-2007 02:46 AM |
| which is best for gaming?? | calsonix5 | New Build / Upgrade Advice | 3 | 28-08-2006 04:06 PM |
| New gaming Rig | Biofreak101 | New Build / Upgrade Advice | 7 | 27-08-2006 05:04 PM |
| I attempted to overclock my computer and.... need help with starting the computer | DonDude | Overclocking & Cooling | 15 | 05-01-2006 05:56 PM |
