Gaming computer for under £1,000

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by onearmedbandit, May 29, 2007.

  1. onearmedbandit

    onearmedbandit Geek Trainee

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    Hi there :D 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 :O

    Here is what I have so far:

    Case
    Coolermaster Centurion 5 Silver

    £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
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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  3. Swansen

    Swansen The Ninj

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    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.
     

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