Building new PC, need some help

[Mb]

Hey guys!

My parents are buying me a new pc (:thumbsup:) and i need some help selecting the parts.

What i need:

 

- Good videocard, so i can play latest games

- Motherboard

- Processor

- Hard Drive

- Housing

- Memory

 

I still have a sound-card and valid Windows XP, keyboard, mouse, 5.1 surround sound, dvd player and burner and a external HDD.

Computer must be somewhere close to €600.

If you could help me with quality parts so i can select things and finally play games on my own pc, you will be rewarded with some cookies.

[HavockJoker]

I would like to help but you are in the UK and I don't know about those behind the scene sites that you may have that would be cheaper than Newegg.

 

Video card: 8800gts (you don't need anything higher)

CPU: Intel Q6600

Memory: Corsair 2gb 800mhz

Case: Personally I like Thermaltake - Soprano

HDD: WD caviar 750gb

Motherboard: Asus P5OL PRO

 

That is what I would build. This is off the top of my head but consider things around this cause its good bang for buck.

[Mb]

Thanks :) I'll look up the Dutch prices later today.

[Iced_Bullet]

€600 = £478 ...

 

This is what I got and it all works together nicely:

 

- BFG 8800GTS 512mb (lifetime warranty - good for the person who doesn't update loads) (£120)

- Quad Core Q6600 OEM (£110)

- Arctic Cooler Pro 7 (£14)

- Abit ip35-Pro Mobo (comes with HD 5.1) (£85)

- 2gb Corsair 4-4-4-12 (£35)

- Antec Sonata 3 Case w. 500W PSU (£80)

 

= £444

 

For the remainder £30, ou could always get an extra 2gb RAM. But then you're on XP and not Vista, so no need. Also, you might not have a 64bit XP, therefore, your max RAM is 3gb.

 

The fan cooler and mobo fit together no problem. Sometimes they dont, but I was lucky! :D

[Mb]

Thanks for info Iced!

Will look up prices aswell and find the best combination :p

[Iced_Bullet]

If you do choose the same case, give me the length of the GPU card you choose and I'll measure it ;) Make sure it'll fit in with extra room for the power supply cable.

[Mb]

Thanks! :D

[Neo-Tech]

Check eBay, you can get a amazing spec like above for around £300 and it's no fake.

But if you want to build your own, feel free but it will cost more.

[Iced_Bullet]

Check eBay, you can get a amazing spec like above for around £300 and it's no fake.

But if you want to build your own, feel free but it will cost more.

But you don't get the reasurance that what you're getting a) works, b) fits together c) is in warranty d) you also don't get the flexibilty, you have to choose pre-built rigs.

[Iced_Bullet]

Oh, didn't see you're wanting a HDD too ... how much are you wanting in terms of size? Because that can easily be £60 too ...

[Mb]

No i have one ;)

[Iced_Bullet]

What i need:

 

- Hard Drive

 

No i have one ;)

O....K.... :oook:

[Mb]

Yeah i think i used the wrong translation for it.

I come out on €803, to much, but i don't want to drop other things :p

[Mb]

At the moment i have this:

 

Option 1:

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400* Socket 775 FSB1333 3,00 GHz 2x3MB Cache

- Intel DG35EC (45nm) Intel G35/1333 5.1/GLAN/PCI-E/4xSATA/FW/10xUSB

- Expansion to 4096MB* 2x2048MB 800MHz* PC2-6400

- Zalman CNPS7700Cu 20-32 dBA

- 500 GB Western Digital Caviar 16MB 7200rpm S-ATA II

- Procase Zirco Miditower zwart lownoise 350W

- ASUS nVidia EN9600GT TOP* 512MB DDR3 DVI/HDMI/TV (Or do you recommend me something else?!)

Price: €808,-

 

Option 2:

- Aragorn Intel Core 2 Duo E4600

- 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz (2x1024MB)

- 500 GB Western Digital Caviar 16MB 7200rpm S-ATA II

- Procase Zirco Miditower

- OCZ GameXStream lownoise 600w 24 Pins 12x12 fan

- Club3D nVidia 9600GT OC* 512MB DDR3 DVI/DVI/TV-Out

 

Price: €737,-

 

Option 2 is cheaper, but only has 2GB internal memory, option one has 4gb.

Other things i have already or are on the basisprice.

[Iced_Bullet]

a) where abouts are you looking for these products? (site name)

b) you'll ned a better PSU (500W min, I doubt 350W wil get you far) ...

c) do you have inidividual prices for the parts?

[Mb]

a) Aragorn, local PC shop, faily expensive but quality service.

b) Ok, will look further

c) Not really, it gives you a basis price with all the stock parts, and you swap them for better ones. It says how much more expensive they are.

[Iced_Bullet]

My answer to reducing the cost, is to buy online.

 

Simple :p

[Mb]

True. :)

I might go to the store tommorow to just ask some random things. :)

[Mb]

Wow i was definately looking at the wrong basis computer.

 

Now i have: 8800 GT, 4GB, 500GD Hard-drive, 600w and more for €876,-

[Iced_Bullet]

The power of the internet :p

[Speedtouch]

Ah yes, I remember when I built my computer around 3 years ago. Its cheaper to buy the parts off the internet then put them together - and it really isn't that hard!

 

And I might be in the market for a new computer in around 6 months to a years time...

[Mb]

And i still have it from the same shop.

Just selected the basic 250 euro PC and boosted that almost to the max, except a few things.

[Guest RB26DETT]

Intel E8400 CPU! :D

[ScaR]

um ATi 4850 is probably better then the 8800GT (as is the 8800GTS 512) so you should check that out. and no I am not an ATi fanboy lol

[Mb]

Almost final list:

 

AMD Athlon X2 64 6000+ Socket AM2 3,0 GHz 2x1MB cache

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce590SLi S7.1/2xGLAN/2xPCI-E/8xSATA/FW/ATX

Uitbreiding naar 4096MB 2x2048MB 800MHz PC2-6400

Zalman CNPS7700Cu 20-32 dBA

500 GB Western Digital Caviar 16MB 7200rpm S-ATA II

Aopen G528C Miditower zilver/zwart (deze kast wordt zonder voeding geleverd)

LG DVD-ROM i.p.v. Samsung 16x/52x IDE Zwart

3,5" Multicard Reader 12 in 1 Zwart/Wit INTERN

OCZ GameXStream lownoise 600w 24 Pins 12x12 fan

Club3D nVidia 8800GT* 512MB DDR3 DVI/DVI/TV-Out

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Zwart/Zilver USB

 

Total of: €961,-

That's €361,- above the limit, but who cares :p