Hows this sound?

**stressfreesoul** · 08-13-2008, 01:22 PM

It started off with £350 budget, but Im trying to talk him into a bit further, hopefully £450.

Build 1
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6750 2.66GHZ 1333FSB PROCESSOR 6750 £70
Asus P5K PRO Intel P35 DDR2 1333FSB Motherboard £70.50
Corsair Dominator 2GB 2x1GB PC2-8500 DDR2 1066 XMS2 NEW £43.95
XFX Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB PCI-E Graphics Card £77
ANTEC NEOPOWER 650 £68.75
Seagate Samsung 250GB SATA II £29.85 (x2)
case about £40
fans, cables, etc £25

**wrench97** · 08-13-2008, 01:45 PM

How much can you get a E8400 for?

John88Z · 08-13-2008, 02:06 PM

If your going to use it for gaming i would recommend getting a better graphics card. If your not then its just fine.

**stressfreesoul** · 08-13-2008, 03:32 PM

no less than £100 for the E8400, its that and the GPU that will cost the most.
Any suggestions for a rig? £350, £400 and £450 budgets, so I can show him exactly what he could get for a little bit more...

**wrench97** · 08-13-2008, 03:59 PM

Your going to have to put some prices on it but,

E8400, Gigabyte GA EP35 DS3L, Ati 4850HD or 8800GTS,Crucial BL2KIT12864AA80A • DDR2 PC2-6400 • 4-4-4-12, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650w or Corsair 650W
That's the big stuff the HD, DVD, Case and fans just pick decent quality and he'll like it.

**stressfreesoul** · 08-13-2008, 06:02 PM

Yeah, he came back to me with "I kinda want to stick to £300".
Fair enough. I have some parts available.
A case, for example, which would have cost about £40(low end Thermaltake)
Cables and fans dont cost too much, I'd probably still set back £20 to make it quiet as well as cool.
E8400, £100
Gigabyte GA EP35 £80
Crucial Ballistix £35
Corsair TX650 £65
etc etc...
It only needs to be able to run medal of honour. I dont think its even one of the new ones. He always had problems with his Dellware being rubbish in online gaming situations on said game and wants something cheap and cheerful that will run it smoothly.

**wrench97** · 08-13-2008, 06:17 PM

How about an 8600gts http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500049
or a or an 8800gs http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130332
As examples would move the price down, If you keep the 650w he could upgrade later
or you could also move the PSU down to 550w with the 8600gts.

**stressfreesoul** · 08-14-2008, 03:45 PM

I decided to do him a favour and sell him one of mine. He is my stepdad after all. It will happily run the games he plays...
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
One of my many 8400GS' (XFX, rivatunered)
Seasonic 350W

Now all it needs is some faster RAM than it has and a SATA HDD (or maybe two in RAID)

John88Z · 08-16-2008, 08:48 AM

The asrock 939 dualsata2 is a great mobo. Thats what im currently running:) Never had any problems with it just if your useing 400mhz ram you have to set it to that in the bios else its sets it at 300mhz.

08-13-2008, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Hows this sound? It started off with £350 budget, but Im trying to talk him into a bit further, hopefully £450. Build 1 INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6750 2.66GHZ 1333FSB PROCESSOR 6750 £70 Asus P5K PRO Intel P35 DDR2 1333FSB Motherboard £70.50 Corsair Dominator 2GB 2x1GB PC2-8500 DDR2 1066 XMS2 NEW £43.95 XFX Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB PCI-E Graphics Card £77 ANTEC NEOPOWER 650 £68.75 Seagate Samsung 250GB SATA II £29.85 (x2) case about £40 fans, cables, etc £25 __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

08-13-2008, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,803 OS: Win7	Re: Hows this sound? How much can you get a E8400 for? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-13-2008, 02:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
John88Z Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 178 OS: Win7 64 bit My System	Re: Hows this sound? If your going to use it for gaming i would recommend getting a better graphics card. If your not then its just fine.

08-13-2008, 03:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Hows this sound? no less than £100 for the E8400, its that and the GPU that will cost the most. Any suggestions for a rig? £350, £400 and £450 budgets, so I can show him exactly what he could get for a little bit more... __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

08-13-2008, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,803 OS: Win7	Re: Hows this sound? Your going to have to put some prices on it but, E8400, Gigabyte GA EP35 DS3L, Ati 4850HD or 8800GTS,Crucial BL2KIT12864AA80A • DDR2 PC2-6400 • 4-4-4-12, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650w or Corsair 650W That's the big stuff the HD, DVD, Case and fans just pick decent quality and he'll like it. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-13-2008, 06:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Hows this sound? Yeah, he came back to me with "I kinda want to stick to £300". Fair enough. I have some parts available. A case, for example, which would have cost about £40(low end Thermaltake) Cables and fans dont cost too much, I'd probably still set back £20 to make it quiet as well as cool. E8400, £100 Gigabyte GA EP35 £80 Crucial Ballistix £35 Corsair TX650 £65 etc etc... It only needs to be able to run medal of honour. I dont think its even one of the new ones. He always had problems with his Dellware being rubbish in online gaming situations on said game and wants something cheap and cheerful that will run it smoothly. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

08-13-2008, 06:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,803 OS: Win7	Re: Hows this sound? How about an 8600gts http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500049 or a or an 8800gs http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130332 As examples would move the price down, If you keep the 650w he could upgrade later or you could also move the PSU down to 550w with the 8600gts. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-14-2008, 03:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Hows this sound? I decided to do him a favour and sell him one of mine. He is my stepdad after all. It will happily run the games he plays... ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ One of my many 8400GS' (XFX, rivatunered) Seasonic 350W Now all it needs is some faster RAM than it has and a SATA HDD (or maybe two in RAID) __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

08-16-2008, 08:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
John88Z Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 178 OS: Win7 64 bit My System	Re: Hows this sound? The asrock 939 dualsata2 is a great mobo. Thats what im currently running:) Never had any problems with it just if your useing 400mhz ram you have to set it to that in the bios else its sets it at 300mhz.