I need a new rig!

[Vomit]

Earlyer today my current pc decided it had had enough and long story short it quit on me, it didn't like the heat(what the hell is up with this english weather!)

So yeah some parts of my old pc are salvageable but I would like to leave that stuff behind and get a PCI-Express system. I have a budget of £900(but if i can get something decent for less, fantastic) and all I need is a base unit.

So could you guys advice me on how best to spend that money of mine?

Thanks!

 

[FragTek]

Asus Conroe Board

Core 2 Duo 6600

2gb Fast DDR2 (can't make a good recommendation off the top of my head)

1 x 750gb Seagate SATA2 HD (or 2 x 350... 2 x 500... in RAID 0 of course)

7900GT(X) or equivalent ATI Card (x1900xt or x1800xtx??)

That should be a good start. Sorry didnt spend much time, im trying to head out the door for a few mins right now.

 

[Raging]

1 x 750gb Seagate SATA2 HD (or 2 x 350... 2 x 500... in RAID 0 of course)

no frag he doesnt have as much pr0n as you lolz

for real though 750gb that is waay over the top imo

200 ish should be cool for you for a long time seen as ur only/was on a 80gb drive.

cheers.

 

[FarFarAway]

Frags not too abdly specced you a machine but that's well above £900

Conroe 6600 - £200ish

Intel Board - £160ish (Asus's board is good I think)

2gb DDR2 around £170

X1900XT - £300

160gb HDD - £40

PSU (Tagan or something) - £80

Optical - £24ish

Case - the rest

 

[FragTek]

no frag he doesnt have as much pr0n as you lolz

for real though 750gb that is waay over the top imo

200 ish should be cool for you for a long time seen as ur only/was on a 80gb drive.

cheers.

I could fill up a pair of 750 gig hd's with all the **** I have It takes 3 computers as it is all with external hd's to store all mah crap

 

[NickS]

HOLY CRAP are you serious? Man you need a rackmount server with 10 hot swap HDD's rofl.

 

[FragTek]

HOLY CRAP are you serious? Man you need a rackmount server with 10 hot swap HDD's rofl.

I used too, only had 6 hotswaps though

 

[Vomit]

As I'm stuck for time and need a pc fast, would it be better buying one from an online store? and what sites are reliable or do good deals?

Or would it be just as fast building my own? Also could someone recommend a slightly more on budget or under budget config? =P

 

[FarFarAway]

Where about are you mate?

I'd buy the parts from an online store or even the whole thing

SCAN are great for parts and also do some full systems that are well-specced

 

[Vomit]

Im from wiltshire in the UK, yeah the plan was use an online store, Mesh actually have some quite good spec at nice prices... ive just heard terrible things about mesh and that its a long delivery.

 

[Raven]

could always take a look on http://www.specialtech.co.uk/

think this is still valid, have not heard otherwise.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=4771

 

[FragTek]

could always take a look on http://www.specialtech.co.uk/

think this is still valid, have not heard otherwise.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=4771

Yes that is still most definately valied... Check out SpecialTech mate, you'll save money and time! You can slam a computer together in 15 mins and be up and running. You'll save quite a bit over trying to buy some POS budget computer from an online store. Sure you can get them cheap but look at whats on the inside, complete junker. Stick with building your own comp mate, ST comes highly recommended on my list of places to buy your parts from.