*****THE OFFICIAL "SPEC ME" THREAD*****
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obviously just change out the colour of the coolant, to which you want.
what is your case?
BUDGET: £800 - £1k
Processor: YES
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES
Graphics Card(s): YES (4870 X2 if possible)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): NO
Optical Drive(s): NO
Cooling: NO
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): YES
Sound Card: NO
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: YES (The quieter the better)
Power Supply: YES
Keyboard: NO
Mouse: NO
Headset: NO
Speakers: NO
Monitor(s): NO
Operating System: NO
Uses: General Use, Gaming, Photoshop
Overclocking: Possibly, not a must though
Currently have a dell 24" LCD so need a beefy video card to run games at native res. If a 4870 (non x2) would suffice for this then i'll go with that to save money. The case will be out of view under a desk so not bothered with how pretty it looks but the quieter the better.
Processor: YES
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES
Graphics Card(s): YES (4870 X2 if possible)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): NO
Optical Drive(s): NO
Cooling: NO
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): YES
Sound Card: NO
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: YES (The quieter the better)
Power Supply: YES
Keyboard: NO
Mouse: NO
Headset: NO
Speakers: NO
Monitor(s): NO
Operating System: NO
Uses: General Use, Gaming, Photoshop
Overclocking: Possibly, not a must though
Currently have a dell 24" LCD so need a beefy video card to run games at native res. If a 4870 (non x2) would suffice for this then i'll go with that to save money. The case will be out of view under a desk so not bothered with how pretty it looks but the quieter the better.
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BUDGET: £400.00
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 2-4GB
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: No - Onboard should be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): Yes
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Gaming only
Overclocking: Mild to None
Basically it's a gaming spec rig for my brother, as future proof as possible...I know it's a limited budget but he has just seperated from his Fiancée & she's now stripped him of everything including the old PC so needs something new to while away his nights at the parents while he gets himself back on his feet.
Thanks in advance
Neil
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 2-4GB
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: No - Onboard should be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): Yes
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Gaming only
Overclocking: Mild to None
Basically it's a gaming spec rig for my brother, as future proof as possible...I know it's a limited budget but he has just seperated from his Fiancée & she's now stripped him of everything including the old PC so needs something new to while away his nights at the parents while he gets himself back on his feet.
Thanks in advance
Neil
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BUDGET: £350.00
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 2Gb
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: No - Onboard should be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Uni work, Media, listening to music or watching a film. Nothing to extreme
Overclocking: Don't care
Cheers.
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 2Gb
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Yes
Optical Drive(s): Yes
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Yes
Sound Card: No - Onboard should be fine
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Uni work, Media, listening to music or watching a film. Nothing to extreme
Overclocking: Don't care
Cheers.
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That looks good thanks, so we'd judt need a monitor on top of that. Looking at that the spec is almost better than mine that I got a couple of years ago and she wouldnt need it that powerful so wondering if she needs to spend that much money? Can anything be done for £100 less? I may have to do some cheeky swapping of parts with mine
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maybe someone with the know how can make a script for a site that will pull the data that would be neat..
this was VERY VERY hard. this is the best i could do:
and it will allow a bit of Ocing, id say atleast 2.2GHz
BUDGET: £500 give or take
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 4gb-8gb
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Already got Samsung F1 320gb for O/S drive and some other storage drives
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: No
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: Yes
Controller Card(s): No
Case: No
Power Supply: Already got Corsair TX650W
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Surfing, Gaming, Music, Movies
Overclocking: Nothing extreme
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: 4gb-8gb
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): Already got Samsung F1 320gb for O/S drive and some other storage drives
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: No
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: Yes
Controller Card(s): No
Case: No
Power Supply: Already got Corsair TX650W
Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes
Uses: Surfing, Gaming, Music, Movies
Overclocking: Nothing extreme
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BUDGET: £500 give or take
Processor: Q6600 Retail
Motherboard: P5Q Pro
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 4GB PC6400
Graphics Card(s): Powercolor 4850 (on sale ATM)
Cooling: No (Tuniq Tower maybe...)
Sound Card: Xonar DX
Operating System: Home Premium 64 bit
Processor: Q6600 Retail
Motherboard: P5Q Pro
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 4GB PC6400
Graphics Card(s): Powercolor 4850 (on sale ATM)
Cooling: No (Tuniq Tower maybe...)
Sound Card: Xonar DX
Operating System: Home Premium 64 bit
LOL well you didnt want them all to be easy did you???
Thanks for the help it's appreciated.
Neil
Thanks for that, seems to be along the lines of what I was looking at. Although will probably spend the extra fiver to get the Asus 4850 since it has a 3 year warranty, rather than 1 year - for piece of mind.
I'll be able to get all that for around £400 with my 10% off voucher and free delivery
Does anyone else have any possible alternatives to suggest?
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BUDGET: £700~
This is my first ever build – moving from a Laptop so I don't have any of the pieces and I have no experience with building so go easy on the first timer!
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes - (inbuilt sound card as long as its not awful)
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): 1
Optical Drive(s): 1 (normal DVDRW)
Cooling: If needed not to sure
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): If needed not to sure
Sound Card: Yes – (Only if there is no inbuilt one on the motherboard)
Controller Card(s): If needed not to sure
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): 1
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Uses: Gaming (Main reason – would like to run games of crysis level well but doesn't have to be maxed), Listening to music, movies, word processing.
Overclocking: None – never done it before don't know how as I'm still learning how to do all this building business, possibility of doing it in the future..maybe?
Also any tips for first time builder would be greatly appreciated!
This is my first ever build – moving from a Laptop so I don't have any of the pieces and I have no experience with building so go easy on the first timer!
Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes - (inbuilt sound card as long as its not awful)
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): 1
Optical Drive(s): 1 (normal DVDRW)
Cooling: If needed not to sure
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): If needed not to sure
Sound Card: Yes – (Only if there is no inbuilt one on the motherboard)
Controller Card(s): If needed not to sure
Case: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): 1
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Uses: Gaming (Main reason – would like to run games of crysis level well but doesn't have to be maxed), Listening to music, movies, word processing.
Overclocking: None – never done it before don't know how as I'm still learning how to do all this building business, possibility of doing it in the future..maybe?
Also any tips for first time builder would be greatly appreciated!
as for tips, take your time, and do everythign logically, and ofcourse open up a thread for any help, i am sure everyone would love to help
Hello, i'm also a newcomer to this forum and to pc building, so go easy on me if i sound alittle noobish. I found this thread and i thought it is brilliant, really helps people like myself
BUDGET:£800-1000
Processor: YES (Was looking at Q6600)
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES (Preferably 4GB)
Graphics Card(s): YES (Either 4870 or 280 unsure tho)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): 1 (500GB)
Optical Drive(s): 1 (Normal DVDRW)
Cooling: IF REQUIRED
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): YES
Sound Card: YES (Unless mobo provides decent onboard)
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: YES
Keyboard: YES
Mouse: YES
Headset: NO
Speakers: NO
Monitor(s): YES (Either 22" or 24")
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Uses: Mainly Gaming, alittle word processing, surfing the net
Overclocking: Would like to, atleast with cpu, but don't have a clue where to start.
Cheers. Will.
BUDGET:£800-1000
Processor: YES (Was looking at Q6600)
Motherboard: YES
Memory: YES (Preferably 4GB)
Graphics Card(s): YES (Either 4870 or 280 unsure tho)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): 1 (500GB)
Optical Drive(s): 1 (Normal DVDRW)
Cooling: IF REQUIRED
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): YES
Sound Card: YES (Unless mobo provides decent onboard)
Controller Card(s): NO
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: YES
Keyboard: YES
Mouse: YES
Headset: NO
Speakers: NO
Monitor(s): YES (Either 22" or 24")
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Uses: Mainly Gaming, alittle word processing, surfing the net
Overclocking: Would like to, atleast with cpu, but don't have a clue where to start.
Cheers. Will.
hi mate, thanks, heres my effort
a 24" would add another £50 if you want to go to that. this set up gives you the space to add another 4870, or even a 4870X2 or 4850 in crossfire with out a problem.
overclocking is really easy, just follow the guides stickied in the OCing section