pc for £600

[McBunny]

any chance of making a half decent pc these days for 600 ish ? excluding monitor/kb/mouse

 

[KDF]

Yes.

 

[McBunny]

thats alright then:rasp:

 

[JoelDee]

lol

 

[b3nje]

Close thread.

 

[jamesp24]

You could get a decent pc from dell for less unless your set on doing it yourself and want certain components.

 

[McBunny]

i have always built my own since way back 94 ish but i havent built one since about 2001 and that one hasnt been used for about 2 years and i have just been using my works laptop but i have been thinking i may as well build another but tbh i havent really looked at pc specs since about 2003! so tbh for a home pc i havent got an idea whats hot and whats not (servers are a different matter tho)

 

[KDF]

Start reading tech review sites like hardocp, wont take you long to get 'back in the loop'

 

[jamesp24]

Toms hardware.good articles on there.

 

[KDF]

^^ also a damn good site..

 

[McBunny]

i was just reading hexus at the mo shall read hardocp in a min

i know i want a core 2 duo what should i go for 6600 ? coolers these days scare me lol i remember my first pc with a cpu fan before that it was jsut heatsinks !!! and psu's ffs they used to just power the thing these days im sure they make cups of tea aswell !!

 

[jamesp24]

Lol yea you should see the cooler on my 8800 its mahoosive weighs a ton.

 

[David]

same old stuff really not much changed aside from a bus speed here and there. look at tomshardware for reviews and comparisons of parts to get the best set.

As a basic spec, you want intel dual core, you want a p35 chipset motherboaard, you want something with SLi compatible PCI express ports in there...i'd recommend two in case you wanna upgrade later, you want 1066 speed ram oh if you get a decent g card, make sure it's HDCP (i know you know that), look for HDMI out if thats important...

 

[McBunny]

i was reading that p35 isnt that great compared to the 965 just added support for ddr3 ?

 

[jamesp24]

965 the best i think also depends on which cards you want amd or nvidia.

 

[McBunny]

nvidia at the mo nowt beats the 8800's it seems the amd 2900 seems to be not as good as they wanted

 

[McBunny]

so then motherboard, ram, psu, case (nowt with windows or lights please !!!) cooler and graphics card what would you all say ?

 

[David]

i'd say, get a p35 board as it'll be more future proff and bios updates should help any issues you get with it, recommedn nvidia 8800 range only one of them, i'd say, maybe wait till quad core chips drop in price, otherwise it all dpeends on your budget and where you want the money to be spent etc etc...

if i were you take a look at the cases on http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/k.aspx there is some good media centre style ones on there if youw ant that.

 

[McBunny]

id like media center for when i can be arsed to buy another tv but when i was looking the cases either look s**t or look nice but only take half size bords

 

[McBunny]

come on peeps sling some part numbers at me

 

[McBunny]

think i have decided on the antec p182 case its not cheap but looks nice and should be quiet