gaming pc

[Targs]

yo, im looking to build my next pc and i will have a budget of around £600-£700 now im a complete noob wen it comes to hardware and stuff, so just looking for the best hardware i can get for my budget and that does inc the case

 

[Ronnie]

Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 ~ $50
PSU: Antec True Power 2 550W ~$80
Motherboard: ASUS P5B ~$150
CPU: Intel Core 2 E6600 ~$320
Ram: GSKILL 2X1GB DDR2 800 ~$240
GPU: EVGA 7950GT ~$300

This is a pretty bad *** system you can upgrade the case and what not to make even better all prices are in US should be around your budget. got all prices from newegg

 

[Targs]

hmm well £700 is my max limit and would prefere it if parts were from the uk cheers anyway tho.

 

[Ronnie]

just look for those parts froma uk site because idk any sry.
i think that $1200 is about 600 pounds right?

 

[dario03]

That would come out to about 750. Drop down to a E6300 and you should be close. I looked at Misco.co.uk and similar parts come to about that amount but I don't know of any good UK sites.

 

[Targs]

hmm well iv had a few ppl sayin that i should get a AMD cus u got alot more for ur money and its not far off the new intel chip in respect to performance

 

[Ronnie]

whoever told you that is stuck in the past because there is no better processor out right now then the Intel Core 2 Duos, the $320 Core 2 Duo E6600 out performce the $1000 AMD FX 62, so dont listen to whoever told you that

 

[KingAustin]

Yep, anyone who says AMD is better than Intel at this point in time is wrong. Core 2 duo's are the best around

 

[Targs]

kool well theres a website that has good deals www.overclockers.co.uk and they have like weekly deals and the new intel chips are usually in them. how much am i looking at to get a motherboard that can take the intel chip?

 

[Ronnie]

Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS) =£94.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail = £140.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM = £46.99
Thermaltake VC2350BNSB Mambo SuperMidi Tower - Black = £39.95
Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU = £61.99
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit = £139.99
EVGA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail = £189.99
you can downgrade the praphics if you need to