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I want a PC for normal stuff (internet, music, photos etc) plus some gaming (Orange Box, GTA4 (if it comes out on PC) etc.) .

 

I have a total budget of £750 (but ~£150 of that will have to be a new monitor!)

 

This is from PCSpecialist; £639. It seems okay to me (Apart from the graphics card but I can't stretch to the 8800GT.)

 

But I have no idea about motherboards, PSU's, cooling etc...

 

 

Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

 

2GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

 

ASUS® P5K SE: DDR2, SATAII, PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 3 x PCI-e x1

 

WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

 

8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

 

400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

 

20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

 

512MB GEFORCE 8600GTS PCI Express + D-SUB +DVI + HDMI

 

8 Channel Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio (P5K-SE)

 

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

 

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

 

Stylish Silver/Black Sigma case + 2 front USB

 

500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

 

SUPER QUIET 19 dBA INTEL CPU COOLER (£14)

 

Logitech® Cordless Internet Pro Desktop Keyboard & Mouse (Black) (£16)

 

LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£5)

 

Any help!? Please...

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Try PCoption.co.uk , they are a really great company, and cheap too. I'd recommend using them over PcSpecialist (after having experience with both).

 

You can make a pc for about £643 (Minus delivery which makes it about £660) with the 8800GT.

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You don't sound like you really need an 8800GT, but something a bit better than the 8600GT would be a good idea.

 

Try this from PC Option:

 

Intel E4400 Processor

2GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM

Asus P5KPL

ATI 3850 512MB

320GB Hard Drive

DVD Writer

Vista Home Premium 64-bit

 

£493.87

 

In terms of power it's similar to my machine, but with a slightly less powerful graphics card. I can run pretty much anything around on High - Max settings and get decent frame rates, so this should serve you well. The only exception is Crysis, where this will probably get you to medium settings.

 

It's also £100 below budget, which can't be bad ;)

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You don't sound like you really need an 8800GT, but something a bit better than the 8600GT would be a good idea.

 

Try this from PC Option:

 

Intel E4400 Processor

2GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM

Asus P5KPL

ATI 3850 512MB

320GB Hard Drive

DVD Writer

Vista Home Premium 64-bit

 

£493.87

 

In terms of power it's similar to my machine, but with a slightly less powerful graphics card. I can run pretty much anything around on High - Max settings and get decent frame rates, so this should serve you well. The only exception is Crysis, where this will probably get you to medium settings.

 

It's also £100 below budget, which can't be bad ;)

 

PC Option are only 30 miles away and could be an option (no pun intended).

 

Just a few questions:

Why 64bit Vista, I thought nothing actually ran with it yet?

Would it be worth getting a slightly better processor as my buget can really go to £600 easily?

Motherboards? Still don't understand the differences!??

 

But thanks for the replies. :)

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64 bit Vista runs almost everything your 32 bit Vista will run. The major only concern is driver support, but as long as you stick to decent brand, new hardware, almost everything will have a 64 bit Vista driver.

 

If you have a half decent motherboard you can overclock your Core 2 Duo to save a shitload of money with ease.

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64 bit Vista runs almost everything your 32 bit Vista will run. The major only concern is driver support, but as long as you stick to decent brand, new hardware, almost everything will have a 64 bit Vista driver.

 

If you have a half decent motherboard you can overclock your Core 2 Duo to save a shitload of money with ease.

 

This is my point: What is a 'Decent' motherboard... I've tried to read around the subject, visit ASUS's website etc. no-one really tells you in layman's terms!

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A 'decent' motherboard is one that is of good build quality and that contains all the features you need.

 

It's like with anything, you have to look at reviews to find out if it's any good. Some do everything under the sun but perform badly (the motherboard can have more of an effect on performance than any other product)

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So is the 'Asus P5K SE DDR 1066' any good??

 

Or is the 'Asus P5K C' worth £16 more (PC Option)!? Or the 'Asus P5K PL' 'good enough' for £18 less??

 

Soo confused! :?

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So is the 'Asus P5K SE DDR 1066' any good??

 

Or is the 'Asus P5K C' worth £16 more (PC Option)!? Or the 'Asus P5K PL' 'good enough' for £18 less??

 

Soo confused! :?

 

The SE is a slightly stipped down P5K. The P5KC is a P5K with Crossfire support. The PL is shitty budget one.

 

I'd say the C is worth the extra if you can spare it. If not then get the SE.

 

E6550

P5KC

3850 512MB

2GB DDR2-800

DVD-RW

320GB HDD

Antec 900 Case (if you like the look of them)

Vista Home Premium x64

 

That lot comes to £607 which is pretty good value.

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Yeah... only £106.

 

I recently overclocked Letty's PC. She has a Core 2 Duo (although technically Pentium D) E2200. 1MB Cache, 2.2ghz. Got it up to 2.94ghz with no issues. Anything over was unstable, but still... pretty damn quick chip.

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