Title: New PC ideas
Post by: Obsolete on March 10, 2008, 09:04:20 PM
Post by: Obsolete on March 10, 2008, 09:04:20 PM
Anyone got any ideas for a good specification for a PC that I could buy/build for around £800 (including monitor)?
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: Cobra {sfx} on March 11, 2008, 07:16:30 AM
Post by: Cobra {sfx} on March 11, 2008, 07:16:30 AM
Make sure its a P4 3.x upwards, 2 gig of ram and a good Nvidia card (512 or more) for starters, i use a 19" LG LCD - runs everything i throw at it
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: JADE on March 11, 2008, 08:28:22 PM
Post by: JADE on March 11, 2008, 08:28:22 PM
get the best mo-bo you can !!!!!! dont get a cheap mo-bo and expect the high standard hardware to work as good as it should .
a cheap mo-bo will slow things down !!!! .
what operating system you going to be running ? xp will not recognise ram over 3gigs !.
you would need vista for that amount of ram .
a cheap mo-bo will slow things down !!!! .
what operating system you going to be running ? xp will not recognise ram over 3gigs !.
you would need vista for that amount of ram .
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: Obsolete on March 16, 2008, 09:17:15 PM
Post by: Obsolete on March 16, 2008, 09:17:15 PM
Finally decided on
Intel Q6600 processor
2GB DDR2 PC6400
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
with a 22" LG monitor
Still going to run XP as I hate vista
managed to get everything for around £15 - £20 over the budget I had too
Intel Q6600 processor
2GB DDR2 PC6400
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
with a 22" LG monitor
Still going to run XP as I hate vista
managed to get everything for around £15 - £20 over the budget I had too
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: JADE on March 16, 2008, 10:05:37 PM
Post by: JADE on March 16, 2008, 10:05:37 PM
wtg 
sounds like its going to be a nice fast pc .
sounds like its going to be a nice fast pc .
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: Obsolete on March 16, 2008, 10:17:57 PM
Post by: Obsolete on March 16, 2008, 10:17:57 PM
Just need to find the time to build it now... all I ever seem to do is work :dozingoff
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: judge817 on March 17, 2008, 09:32:03 PM
Post by: judge817 on March 17, 2008, 09:32:03 PM
Title: New PC ideas
Post by: Obsolete on March 18, 2008, 08:34:07 AM
Post by: Obsolete on March 18, 2008, 08:34:07 AM
Not a bad monitor, this is the one I've ordered though....
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(17293)LG-22-TFT-LCD-Monitor-L226WTQ-Widescreen.aspx
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(17293)LG-22-TFT-LCD-Monitor-L226WTQ-Widescreen.aspx