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building a new comp

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  • 30-08-2007 7:05pm
    #1
    blaze2881
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    Hi all I'm looking to build a new comp for the first time and was hoping someone could spec me a decent one as i don't know all that much about it.


    I have a budget of about €800 . I don't need a monitor or hd.It will mostly be used for gaming or i would like to at least. As far as the processor goes I'd preferably go for an intel but that's only because i hear they are the better chips around at the moment and i wouldn't be completely against overclocking if that needs to be taken into consideration

    Any help is appreciated


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    dazftw
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    quick spec would be

    Memory: 2GB 6400 (OCZ Corsair)
    Graphics: 8800GTS 320 (any company)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3
    PSU: 600Watt should do (OCZ Corsair)
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750

    Ive come up to €775 with all that(dont have time to make a shopping list in work now....)

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



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    Clash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 188 ✭✭Clash


    dazftw wrote:
    quick spec would be

    Memory: 2GB 6400 (OCZ Corsair)
    Graphics: 8800GTS 320 (any company)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3
    PSU: 600Watt should do (OCZ Corsair)
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750

    Ive come up to €775 with all that(dont have time to make a shopping list in work now....)

    What's wrong with AMD? Should be cheaper and definitely better :p


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    blaze2881
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭blaze2881


    Cheers for the help

    Concerning the graphics card i know its within my budget but no need to go overboard if I won't be using it .I'll only be using a 19 inch monitor.Would an x1950 pro 512mb for the games around at the moment and for a decent time to come or would i have to stick with 8800.

    or is the x1950 a decent card at all?

    Thanks in advance


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    dazftw
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    blaze2881 wrote:
    Cheers for the help

    Concerning the graphics card i know its within my budget but no need to go overboard if I won't be using it .I'll only be using a 19 inch monitor.Would an x1950 pro 512mb for the games around at the moment and for a decent time to come or would i have to stick with 8800.

    or is the x1950 a decent card at all?

    Thanks in advance

    I really couldn't tell ya! Im a Nvidia man myself so I dont even read up on other cards!

    but if its in your budget I dont think you can go wrong!

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



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    Anti
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    yep a 1950pro will be fine for the screen you have. a 8800 would just be wasted.


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    blaze2881
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    ok so these are the components I'm going to go with pretty much what dazftw speced me just to make sure everything is ok

    from hardwareversand:
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Box 4096Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Conroe

    Graphics :MSI RX1950PRO-T2D512, 512MB, AGP

    RAM:2048MB DDR2 Corsair TwinX XMS2 CL 5, PC6400/800
    From komplett:
    PSU:OCZ StealthXStream Powersupply ATX/EPS, 600W, 120mm Fan, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin

    Mobo:Gigabyte GA-P35-S3, P35, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, DDR2, ICH9, PCI-Ex16

    Case:XION II SILVER w/blue led, Steel Chassis X-Factor Metallic Design (Without PSU)

    Whatever about the case I'm open to suggestions hope the rest is ok

    Thanks again for the help


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