Is this alright for gaming?

[aliasaid]

anyways i just looked at some comonents and i'm not sure if the 850 pounds is only for the components you listed or for a whole comp including monitor.. but i picked only the type of parts you picked.. except better.. and well here it is..


Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

Price: £204.99 (£240.86 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Intel_Pentium_Core_Duo2.html#aCP_2d128_2dIN

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)

Price: £89.95 (£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Gigabyte_179.html#aMB_2d061_2dGI

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)

Price: £129.99 (£152.74 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GSkill_Memory.html#aMY_2d014_2dGS

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)

Price: £169.95 (£199.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html#aGX_2d047_2dCO

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)

Price: £59.95 (£70.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Seagate_SATA.html#aHD_2d078_2dSE

Subtotal £654.83
VAT £114.60
Total £769.43

 

[BLOODY_BRUM_BAS]

The cost was for an actual computer fully built, with no monitor!!

I'm not to confident about building a computer so i went on to www.pcspecialist.co.uk and you can put together what you want and they build it for you!!

I'm gonna be running the pc of a 26" HD TV so I chose not to have a monitor.

Is that still to much?

 

[aliasaid]

ya it is a lot... try to find another site that builds pc's... or just be brave and build it yourself

 

[BLOODY_BRUM_BAS]

how much do you reckon I should be paying for all of that then?

 

[BLOODY_BRUM_BAS]

I managed to get this from a website for £805, what do you think?

Processor: AMD64 Athlon X2 4600+ 1Mb cache

Memory: 2.0GB DDR 400mhz (2 x 1GB)

Hard Disk Drive: 300GB S-ATA2 3.0Gb/s 16MB buffer

Second Hard Disk Drive: None

Optical Drive: 16x Double-Layer DVD+/-RW

Second Optical Drive: None

Graphics card: NVidia GeForce 7900GT PCI-E 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI/TV

Floppy Disk Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2

Sound card: Onboard audio

Internet and Networking: Onboard 10/100 network card (Built-in)

Monitor: None

Peripherals: Wireless keyboard and mouse
Printer: None

Warranty: 3 Years Standard Warranty

Case: Thermaltake Soprano

PSU: 580W Hiper Modular Silent PSU

 

[vaderpro]

Thats a socket 939 system...not a good deal...why dont you go with what Alias suggested, it kicks on that last one u listed...

 

[BLOODY_BRUM_BAS]

Whats the difference between 939 and 775?

Plus I thought AMD was the best to have if you were gonna have a machine for gaming?

Should I change over to intel dual core then?

Cheers

 

[aliasaid]

AMD WAS the best chip for gaming, until intel released Core 2 Duo. this new intel chip is now the best at everything.

socket 939 is an AMD socket thats beginning to be phased out due to AM2 and soon-to-come AM3 sockets.

socket 775 is intel's latest socket, and its been around for quite a while. core 2 duo processors use the same socket as the pentium 4 (not the old pentium 4...)

anyways... when it comes to gaming... this is how it goes


pentium 4 > athlon > core 2 duo

 

[vaderpro]

AMD WAS the best chip for gaming, until intel released Core 2 Duo. this new intel chip is now the best at everything.

socket 939 is an AMD socket thats beginning to be phased out due to AM2 and soon-to-come AM3 sockets.

socket 775 is intel's latest socket, and its been around for quite a while. core 2 duo processors use the same socket as the pentium 4 (not the old pentium 4...)

anyways... when it comes to gaming... this is how it goes


pentium 4 > athlon > core 2 duo

Yep, yep.....but u got those arrows backwards:

pentium4 < athlon (939) < athlon (AM2) < core2 duo

or

core2 duo > athlon (am2) > athlon (939) > pentium4

 

[BLOODY_BRUM_BAS]

prehaps i need to have a rethink then.

so im best having a 7900gt with a dual core 2, thats gonna cost me more than what i originally had isn't it?