New Gaming system

Trebor

Hey guys. its that time again where i need a new pc before all those nice games come out for christmas!

this is the spec i have so far with komplett.

NZXT ALPHA Black w/Window side panel,
Corsair Powersupply 550W Bulk, black,
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H, AMD RS740+SB700,
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.7GHz Socket AM2
A-DATA DDR2 PC5300 4096MB CL5
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A,
MS COA Windows Vista Home Premium
PC box
Samsung 20" LCD Syncmaster 2043WM,
Creative I-Trigue 3000i, 2.1 Speakerset,
D-Link DWL-G510 PCI 54Mbps

total price: 1,070.51

i'm not looking to build my own pc again. done that before and had enough problems with it that i'll give it a miss this time.

suggestions for improvements/reductions in price?

cheers

jonny72

For that budget, go with intel they are far superior processors

a core2duo 3.0 ghz e8400 should be within budget
radeon 4850 is v good but you should also be able to afford a 4870 which is practically top of the line
you should be getting 6400 ram not 5300

try that spec on www.hardwareversand.de, choose english and choose pc configurator and mess around

for 1k
8400 processor (or q6600 quad core)
radeon 4870 graphics
4 gig 6400 ram
1 tb samsung drive

should be possible

Anti

Indeed, do not bother with a AMD setup as it just isnt up to the job anymore. Even intel's lowest range cpu'd can put much higher spec machines to shame. Also give the PC builder on Komplett.ie a try. you can save a fair whack of cash having it pre built

Trebor

Manties wrote: »

Indeed, do not bother with a AMD setup as it just isnt up to the job anymore. Even intel's lowest range cpu'd can put much higher spec machines to shame. Also give the PC builder on Komplett.ie a try. you can save a fair whack of cash having it pre built

that spec is using the pc builder. but it has been a while since i built my own pc. and that was when you were better off going for AMD than intel. so will have to have a look at an Intel setup. i think it was a bit more expensive though.

try that spec on www.hardwareversand.de, choose english and choose pc configurator and mess around

i'll have a look at that other site later on when i get home to see if i can make it cheaper. do they assemble it for you or do they ship the components to you?

PaddyTheNth

Trebor wrote: »

i'll have a look at that other site later on when i get home to see if i can make it cheaper. do they assemble it for you or do they ship the components to you?

You've got the choice of either. For €20 they'll assemble for you. I paid for a build on Monday and I'll post feedback on the whole process when I get delivery. It appears that they have a policy of not responding to emails which aren't related to existing orders, but their automated feedback once you've initiated an order is impressive.

Trebor

HV20SK48DE 2048MB-KIT Cellshock PC6400/800,CL 4 79,79 €
HV20SK48DE 2048MB-KIT Cellshock PC6400/800,CL 4 79,79 €
HVZPCDE Rechner - Zusammenbau 19,99 €
HV202LS5DE Logitech Cordl. Desktop S510 76 €
HV20E840DE Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Box 6144Kb, LGA775, 64bit 134,99 €
HV13WCI5DE WD Caviar SE16, 500GB WD5000AAKB 68,16 €
HV1024DEDE Club3D HD4850 512MB, ATI Radeon HD4850, PCI-Express 134,98 €
HV203KA5DE Antec Sonata III, ATX, 500 Watt 97,89 €
HV21VW2RDE ASUS VW202NR, 20", 5ms, DVI 180,86 €
HV207LGUDE LG GH22LP20 schwarz lightscribe bare 21,26 €
HV33MVP6DE Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SB-Version 83,40 €
HV13HSK7DE Hitachi 7K100 750GB,32MB, HDS721075KLA330 81,21 €
HV27C790DE Creative Inspire T7900 93,89 €
HV1126IZDE Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 ,Intel P35, ATX, PCI-Express 114,63 €

€1224
is what i got from that site which is more expensive than komplett.. maybe i'm just choosing the wrong stuff? plus they dont have the 4870

NZXT ALPHA Black w/Window side panel,
Corsair Powersupply 550W Bulk, black,
MSI P45 NEO-F, P45, Socket-775, DDR2,
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5,
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5,
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A,
MS COA Windows Vista Home Premium
PC box
Samsung 22" LCD Syncmaster 2253BW,
Creative I-Trigue 3000i, 2.1 Speakerset,
D-Link DWL-G510 PCI 54Mbps

€1,307.00

is what i got from komplett for the intel build...

suggestions? improvements?

jonny72

Strange I just put in that spec from the komplett pc on hardwareversand pc configurator with a 4850 instead of a 4870, minus speakers and network card and it came to 933 euros...

The komplett PC is v good but you could save a bit by going with the german site, however its up to you

Get a samsung 1tb drive instead of 2 500's should be cheaper?
Spend 75 euros max on 4 gig of ram
The ASUS 22 inch 2 ms monitor is perfect for gaming

I think there is a bug on the german site for picking a graphics card, someone here figured it out

Trebor

hmmm, maybe i just need to play around with the configurer more and go for price. but it has been a while since i learned all my hardware stuff so i'm a bit out of the loop as to the differences in motherboards and ram so i might just start going for the cheaper options.

was playing with it earlier and got it down to €1000