A PC for my buddy..

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by Waffle, Jun 10, 2004.

  1. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    how's it going all?

    right, I'm typing this with my buddy, and he has a budget of exactly £1000 - which we worked out to be $1842.24USD to spend on a PC for....*shock horror* gaming :eek:

    anyway. given that this isn't a great deal of cash for say, an alienware PC, can you give us a little help in deciding what to get for this cash?

    It's more bang for the buck, so to speak. So I'm guessing athlon. He already has the monitor and peripherals etc, so only the tower, drives etc etc are needed.

    Suggestions to make this a decent PC greatly appreciated.

    Thanks y'all :)
     
    Waffle, Jun 10, 2004
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  2. xslynux

    xslynux Geek Trainee

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    for that kinda money you can build a high end pc. (i.e. athlon 64, nforce3, x800xt or 6800ultra, water cooling, insane amount of ram)
    cause my system only cost me a little over $700
     
    xslynux, Jun 10, 2004
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  3. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    really? we priced up a couple of things - athlon 64 3000, 512ram, 120gb hard disk etc etc, and came out at around 1100 quid. which sorta sucked. gfx was a 9800non pro. reckon the 9600xt would be a better bet?
     
    Waffle, Jun 10, 2004
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  4. xslynux

    xslynux Geek Trainee

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    where do you shop? parts are more expensive in europe huh?
     
    xslynux, Jun 10, 2004
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  5. harrack52

    harrack52 Supreme Geek

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    Yeah I'd like to be on a tight budget like that !

    Here's what I cam up with:

    CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ $270
    Mobo: Asus K8V $111
    RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512mb 2-3-3-6 Black heat spreader $276
    Video Card: Sapphire X800 Pro 256mb VIVO OEM $445
    Sound: Audigy 2 ZS $88
    (some here hate it but I have one and have never had any problems with it, great card IMHO)
    PSU: Antec TrueBlue 480W $89
    CD/DVD: LITE-ON CD-RW 52x32x52 Black $33
    LITE-ON DVD 16X Black $25
    HDD: 2x Western Digital Raptor 36.7gb 10k rpm $111 x 2 ($222)
    Floppy $11 (always good to have one: bios flash, etc)
    Case: Antec PlusView 1000AMG $69

    Total $1639 + tax

    I shopped at newegg since I don't know any British sites
     
    harrack52, Jun 10, 2004
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  6. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    The PRO X800 is £309.41 from ebuyer.com, which is $570.32 USD, and the processor is £213.77 GBP - $394.027 USD


    So neweggs prices are a hell of a lot better than ebuyer. And thats the cheapest place I know of.

    Thanks, it helped! :)
     
    Waffle, Jun 10, 2004
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  7. harrack52

    harrack52 Supreme Geek

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    Teh video card is OEM though, you might have looked at a Retail card
     
    harrack52, Jun 10, 2004
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  8. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    How about this? you can change the case, also need to add a PSU.

    MSI K8N Platinum nForce3 250 (Socket 754) Motherboard £79.95
    Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI - Full Retail £255.00
    Samsung SP1213C 120GB - OEM £57.50
    OCZ 512MB PC3500 Platinum Edition EB-DDR CAS2.5 £107.50
    NEC ND2510A Dual Layer 8x DVD±RW ReWriter - OEM £55.00
    AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754) - Retail £169.95
    Lian Li PC 65 Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) £81.25

    Subtotal £806.15
    VAT £141.08
    Total £947.23
     
    Sniper, Jun 11, 2004
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  9. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    damn, i never realised how cheap you can get these things.

    Ok, thanks alot y'all :D
     
    Waffle, Jun 11, 2004
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