Gaming Rig - How To Build?

conormurphy · 14-05-2008 5:37pm

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=346537

Is this a good card? How much would shipping be?

TerrorFirmer · 14-05-2008 5:42pm

No not really, the 8600GT would be a better choice at a tenner cheaper. I think postage is between 10-12ish euro.

If you're buying from Hardwareversand, this is factory overclocked and even cheaper again. Postage is high for individual items, so not worth it if you're not buying your system there.

If you're absolutely positive you won't be playing the latest games then the 8600GT excels at most 2007 releases downwards.

conormurphy · 14-05-2008 5:50pm

No what I mean is, can I buy say 6 items (case, ram, graphics etc.) but put them together myself, or do they put the order together for you?

TerrorFirmer · 14-05-2008 5:52pm

Did we not answer that already?

You can buy whatever you like there; they will only build it if you specifically pay them too. It's E20. My comment above when I said not worth it if you're buying your system there referred to you buying the components, not specifically a built computer. If you were only buying one item, postage would still be the same, negating the value.

conormurphy · 14-05-2008 5:56pm

Haha, thanks I understand now... Has anyone bought the components from them before, not built?

Are they packaged separately or all together?

tramoredude · 14-05-2008 7:44pm

oh dear...

The parts come individually packaged, shipping is 12 euro for small items and will grow to 25 euro or so if you are buying a lot of stuff. Just buy the Vostro 200 and put an 8800gs in it. Its the cheapest and easiest option and its one of the fastest that was spec'd too.

conormurphy · 14-05-2008 11:08pm

Right I think I've basically got the build I want in this here:

Graphics Card MSI GeForce 8600GT 256MB OC GDDR3, PCI-Express
Computer Case Antec Sonata Miditower III, Black w/500W PSU
Hard Drive [FONT=&quot]Samsung SpinPoint T166 320GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
Motherboard ABIT Fatal1ty F-I90HD, ATI RX1250, DDR2 Socket-775
Memory Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit
Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.2GHz, Socket LGA 775

The total price of that build including postage is €436. Seems pretty good to me.

It will play on high settings:

Half Life 2
Call Of Duty 4
Team Fortress 2
Counter Strike
Unreal Tournament 3
Doom 3
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

And other games such as though, once I can do that kind of thing im good. I have a laptop for internet and the such
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skuzzb · 14-05-2008 11:33pm

Rubbish GFX you need anything above 8800 series.... and Rubbish Motherboard there.

New build below go with that, the dell+8800gs option or an xbox360....

Sqaull20 · 14-05-2008 11:38pm

Go with Skuzzb's build, its way better

skuzzb · 14-05-2008 11:53pm

Wow managed to get it down further!

MSI P6N SLI V2, Sockel 775 nForce650i SLI, ATX
63,49 €
Sparkle 9600GT, 512MB, PCI-Express
106,06 €
Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt
96,22 €
Samsung SH-S203D bulk schwarz
23,78 €
Samsung HD250HJ, 250GB 7200, 8 MB Cache, NCQ S-ATA II
36,27 €
2048MB-Kit OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Dual Channel, CL4
35,63 €
Intel Pentium Dualcore E2160 "Box", LGA775
49,90 €
Sum: 411,30 €
Total 431.30 delivered.....order that and get back to us when you need help building!

Sqaull20 · 15-05-2008 12:07am

Fan for the cpu?

skuzzb · 15-05-2008 12:11am

Fixed! Only an extra 5 quid.....nicely spotted squall!

conormurphy · 15-05-2008 12:12am

skuzzb wrote: »

Wow managed to get it down further!

MSI P6N SLI V2, Sockel 775 nForce650i SLI, ATX
63,49 €
Sparkle 9600GT, 512MB, PCI-Express
106,06 €
Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt
96,22 €
Samsung SH-S203D bulk schwarz
23,78 €
Samsung HD250HJ, 250GB 7200, 8 MB Cache, NCQ S-ATA II
36,27 €
2048MB-Kit OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Dual Channel, CL4
35,63 €
Intel Pentium Dualcore E2160 "Box", LGA775
49,90 €
Sum: 411,30 €
Total 431.30 delivered.....order that and get back to us when you need help building!

Sound man, what site is that? Do the parts come packaged individually or all together?

skuzzb · 15-05-2008 12:18am

www.hardwareversand.de order and do the bank transfer and in about 10 days when it arrives you can build it yourself, its like a lego kit with 7 parts but ya can only slot the parts into one place and its worth learning how to do it....theres a million guides on the internet including youtube.

Everything will come in its own box and each of those boxes will be contained in a larger box which will come in a van to your door.

If you want it built add an extra 20 quid....in all this were assuming you have an operating system already sorted out....

conormurphy · 15-05-2008 12:23am

Yea how do I sort out the OS? Do I just stick in the XP PRO cd and boot from cd?

Sqaull20 · 15-05-2008 12:30am

Yeah thats it..

You may have to go into the bios and change boot sequence from hard drive to cd..

mordeith · 15-05-2008 12:36pm

I presume this is a new XP cd and not one that came with your laptop? You can't use the same CD to install XP on two different machines (correct me if I'm wrong).
Also, have you a monitor?

MooseJam · 16-05-2008 10:51am

conormurphy wrote: »

I usually get my games off the €14.99 shelf in Game

yea me too mostly, most games find their way to that shelf, it may take a few months but they get there

conormurphy · 18-05-2008 10:35pm

How is that build? remember I only want it for battlefield 2, half life 2 etc.

Sqaull20 · 18-05-2008 10:42pm

Change cpu, mobo and graphics

8800GS €89

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=19899&agid=394

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L €50

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=18279&agid=659

E2180 €52

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=17478&agid=398

Its now a cheaper faster pc, with a better mobo..

conormurphy · 18-05-2008 10:46pm

thanks squall20 you the man

Sqaull20 · 18-05-2008 10:48pm

Really nice build..

Incredible what €380 can get you

conormurphy · 18-05-2008 10:51pm

I know...

so what do I need to do to pay for it?

Sqaull20 · 18-05-2008 11:03pm

After making your order, they will give you the details on how to pay them, go to your bank with the details and set up a money transfer to pay them..

Takes 5 minutes

skuzzb · 18-05-2008 11:06pm

I have never heard of excelstore hard drives....so it could be really crap....and ive never heard of aneon ram either!!!

conormurphy · 18-05-2008 11:10pm

ok once agina thanks

you the man

Sqaull20 · 18-05-2008 11:16pm

No prob..

Skuzzb has a point, you should change hard drive to

Samsung HD250HJ, 250GB €36

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=5247&agid=689

I have had Aeneon memory before and its been fine, are you going to overclock?

If so

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=8407&agid=599

conormurphy · 18-05-2008 11:21pm

what does of overclocking mean?

skuzzb · 18-05-2008 11:23pm

Actually im just gonna post this again.....this is the best build for the money. You have never built a system before so PLEASE just buy this exact system...the parts are much much more reliable and better than what you have chosen end of story!

MSI P6N SLI V2, Sockel 775 nForce650i SLI, ATX
63,49 €
Sparkle 9600GT, 512MB, PCI-Express
106,06 €
Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt
96,22 €
Samsung SH-S203D bulk schwarz
23,78 €
Samsung HD250HJ, 250GB 7200, 8 MB Cache, NCQ S-ATA II
36,27 €
2048MB-Kit OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Dual Channel, CL4
35,63 €
Intel Pentium Dualcore E2160 "Box", LGA775
49,90 €
Sum: 411,30 €
Total 431.30 delivered

Sqaull20 · 18-05-2008 11:24pm

conormurphy wrote: »

what does of overclocking mean?

Put your rod away

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