Need Advice!

Furiouz

The PC i'm using has lasted me quite a lot of years bought it when i was 16 i'm now 21 and it's time to put this veteran down and get a new lease of life.



I wanna build/buy a gaming PC on a budget of about 600 pounds depending if they do finance or buy now pay later deals, I play games like World of Warcraft and soon i'll be moving onto games like Age of Conan and WAR which my PC won't be able to handle.



So far:



 barebones Bundle Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 2048MB 667Mhz DDR2 Heatsink And Fan Intel P35 Chipset Motherboard 1

£280.00 £280.00



Novatech NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB SLI PCI Express Graphics Card - Retail 1

£104.99 £104.99



Samsung LightScribe 20x Super-WriteMaster - 3 Bezels And Nero Burning Rom - SATA DVD Writer 1

£18.38 £18.38



Samsung DVD Rom Drive SATA Black OEM 1

£13.18 £13.18

(From Novatech.co.uk)

Is what i've come up with. Will all this be compatible and have i choosen wisely? I'm looking for an hard drive and a cheap monitor also. Then i'm going to buy my mouse and keyboard and other accessories as i go along.

Or would you suggest going for something like http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=9 And add a 8800 GT card which would take the price to 849 Pounds but also comes with monitor speakers etc.

 

Any help would be really appreciated as it's hard to decide as i'm new to this stuff.

waverat81

Ya know....I'm not too good with the conversion and I'm not quite sure of the quality of that second site you linked, but that actually doesn't look like a bad deal to me.

 

I could be wrong though.  In your first setup I do believe you can't go wrong with an E8400, I'm waiting for mine to arrive in a couple days, and you do have a few more options.  Now, if you can live with your old monitor and keyboard and accessories for awhile you can come up with something pretty dam good based on that barebones.  I don't think you need the second dvd drive though.

daylight01

here is a link to another company I just seen,they seem to have decent systems if you are on a tightish budget.

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/sli/Default.asp

I seen they had 1 system that might suit you and was in your 600 pound budget and comes with monitor also,The processor is alittle slower,Just incase you have to stay to your budget then maybe another option.

Stuka1000

If building yourself try here www.scan.co.uk as you will find the prices better than most other places.

Smikis

ha. i was in your situation. im 21.. and my last pc was 5 years old.. so 21-5=16

i got new about 2 weeks ago. i posted my setup to another post.. but i can repost..

best high end gaming system for low price.. i can asure you of that.. took me few months browing net finding reviews prices.. new releases and such , i love it and im sure you wont disapoint. about price.

its probably bit more than 600pounds.. but you probably will get some things cheaper than i get here.. so might be around there..

 

motherboard : P5N-D ASUS S775 NF750ISLI DDR2 SATA2 ATX

gpu : 2x in sli  PV-T94P-YDD XFX 9600 GT PCIE 512MB GDDR3 XXX-EDITION

hard : ST3500320AS SEAGATE 500GB 7200rpm 32MB cache SATA Barracuda 7200.11

power suply CFT-750-14C CHIEFTEC PSU ATX 750W PFC,80+,CABL.MANAG

case GX-01B-OP CHIEFTEC MIDI ATX NO PSU 8CM 12CM FAN BL   ( cheap , comes with 2 fans. big ( good ) good looking  and quiet )

pcu : e8400

dvd rom doesnt rly matter but if you want good , there are 2 options  from lg and nec/sony

my one is GSA-H55LRB LG DVDRW 20X BLACK RET. LS

i took sound card too, but you dont have to 70SB073A02007 Creative Sound card X-Fi XtremeGamer

took 2x2 kingstom rams, . you got better spectrum there.. so choose on ur own..

took l226wtq as my monitor. inexpensive fast. good ,

my speakers http://lt.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=789&product=15774

runing vista ultimate 64 bit