Potential Build, Opinions Wanted

[KyleB]

As its nearing Payday im looking for a way to spend some money, and have decided i need a new computer. Im trying not to spend too much, close to the £450 mark as possible. Ive built up 2 specs.

eclipsecomputers.com
CPI-Q6600
Intel Core2 Quad 6600 2.4Ghz LGA775 Processor
(£167.97)

MBF-P9657AA
Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H LGA775, PCI-E, GBlan, ATX
(£68.09)

GC-XN86GT256
256Mb nVidia GeForce 8600 GT PCI-Express VGA Card
(£62.22)

MEK-D21024-80
Kingston ValueRAM 1024Mb DDR2 800MHz Memory
(£68.03)

HDS-2504C
250Gb Samsung 7200rpm 8Mb Cache SATAII HardDrive
(£39.66)

DRL-LH20A1P12C
LiteOn LH-20A1P-12C 20x+/-DVD, Dual Layer, RAM - Black
(£19.92)

Total Inc. £425.88

Scan.co.uk
LN17245
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail
£169.07

LN18794
Gigabyte GA P35-DS3P, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E x16, DDR2 1066/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
£86.94

LN14277
2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, EPP
£67.73

LN18298
256MB Palit 8600GT, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1400MHz, GDDR3, GPU 540MHz, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV £74.55

LN11461
250 Gb Samsung SP2504C SpinPoint P120, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ
£37.87

LN17058
Lite On LH-20A1P-487C 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, IDE, All Colours, Retail
£21.69

Carriage £9.93
Total Inc. £469.52


Which would everyone go for. I'll be using it primarily for Football Manager 2008 (when its released ) the odd 3D game but nothing too extreme as I have a 360.

Any parts people would swap about, ideally I want to get it all from one place.

Cheers

 

[Andy.]

Might aswell pay a little extra on the graphics card and get a 8800GTS? It will be a lot more future proof than the 8600 and wont cost much more.

 

[Final Maxim]

as above, go for 8800.

and what about psu?

 

[KyleB]

i was just going to use a PSU that came with the case, is it advisable to get a good PSU?

 

[fastwunz]

yes, what wattage is the cpu in the case? chances are its a wee bit poo - i think the second option that you listed is best but i would advise that you use:

www.overclockers.co.uk to get it all in one place - perhaps one of the cheapest on the net and has extremely good customer reliabilty and service. They are in Stafford so if you are near you could always go and pick up the stuff too - you could buy it all at once!

 

[KyleB]

http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/291311/atrex-9006-b34-silverblack-midi-case-520w.html

that was the case i was looking at, comes with a 520w psu. that should be powerfull enough right?

the cheapest i can find an 8800gts for is 170£ is it really worth the extra 100?