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engtkemp

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Hi got a nice £1000 to spend on a system no moniter or ketboard etc needed suggestions please. Gaming Preference
 
I'm able to build it myself
Looking for inspiration as to what root to go down? Intel or AMD/ Geforce or ATI etc...
 
Build yourself:


Processor: AMD 64 3700+ "San Diego" - £250
Motherboard:Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce4 Ultra - £115
Graphics Card: Ati Radeon X800XT PE - £250
Memory: Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX - £150
Hard Drive: 200Gb Seagate Barracuda S-Ata - £75
PSU: Tagan Tagan TG480-U01 480W -£65
Case: What Ever You Desire - £How much ya want

If you shop around you might get it cheaper, but thats a guildline of what you wanna do to build a gaming monster.

All I can say is to definatly go with PCI-E, S-Ata and of course a 939-Pin 64-Bit processor ;).
 
i would go along the the lines of reefsmoka ;)

maybe instead of the X800XT go for a X850XT or wait for the new 7800 series are like :p

and if your looking to buy off the web i can suggest you www.overclockers.co.uk and www.komplett.co.uk ;)

they have alot to chosse from and at a good price.. many people have had good service from them :)
 
reef thats a nice spec, add a DVD-RW and DVD-ROM for about £65 and your set, also try and get an HIS X850XT PE, they have a beast of a cooler on them and are mildly OC'd
 
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I am just updating windows on the following system i have built for a mate:

Akasa Eclipse 62 Case
Akasa Paxpower 460w ATX 2.0 PSU
AMD 64 3200+ S939 (Retail Boxed)
Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce 4 Ultra
ATI Radeon X800XL 256Mb GDDR3
1Gb High Performance OCZ RAM PC3200
Seagate Barracude SATA 120Gb HDD - Native Command Queing
Silent 120mm Akasa case fan
Floppy drive/7 type card reader in one unit
Samsung dual layer multi format DVD-RW drive
Logitech X-230 2.1 speaker system

All of the above cost a little over £800 and i can tell you this system GOES! Not only that, it looks the part! The Eclipse 62 is one of the nicest cases i have ever built into, and this system is also pretty much in-audiable.

Look for something similar to that if you have a grand - i'd choose the same components, except the next CPU up and the next GFX card up. :)

Hope this helps

Chris

EDIT
Just benched the above system, for you who are interested in that stuff:

5211 points in 3DMark05
(Just under) 11,000 points in 3DMark03

I'm impressed...
 
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Me__2001 said:
reef thats a nice spec, add a DVD-RW and DVD-ROM for about £65 and your set, also try and get an HIS X800XT PE, they have a beast of a cooler on them and are mildly OC'd
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I'd take a card based on the X850 core - newer technology - thats why the X800XL is better than the X800pro - more pipelines as based on newer chip... or something like that.
 
Reefsmoka said:
Build yourself:


Processor: AMD 64 3700+ "San Diego" - £250
Motherboard:Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce4 Ultra - £115
Graphics Card: Ati Radeon X800XT PE - £250
Memory: Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX - £150
Hard Drive: 200Gb Seagate Barracuda S-Ata - £75
PSU: Tagan Tagan TG480-U01 480W -£65
Case: What Ever You Desire - £How much ya want

If you shop around you might get it cheaper, but thats a guildline of what you wanna do to build a gaming monster.

All I can say is to definatly go with PCI-E, S-Ata and of course a 939-Pin 64-Bit processor ;).
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I like it #I like it the spec that is?:p :thumb:
 
Cheers guys, you've already switched me from Pentium 4 to AMD. With the budget i've got what do you think of an SLI setup. Not heard any feedbackon these. Are they anygood? Do they not put more load on the cpu? Does anyone know of any problems with heating etc on the amd 4000+ and with the fx chips whats the future in the current AMD chips / sockets? if you know what i mean!
 
I'd go for a nF4 SLI-DR (DFI LAN party) I could not afford one so went for the below Asus option (Next fastest), but apparently the DFI is the fastest, if you have 1000 to spend, spend as much as you can on the MoBo (in my opinion the most important part of the system)

http://www.nforcershq.com/article2643.html

I feel for now we all only need one card (unless its for serious media stuff), with these dual GPU cards and the Ge-Force 7 series soon to come out i would see SLI more of a upgrade option 12 months down the line rather than a current graphics booster.

When running an SLI set up just make sure your PSU can take it, I have never heard of any other problems such as heavy processor demands etc….…

Hope that helps

Cheers
 
christopherpostill said:
I'd take a card based on the X850 core - newer technology - thats why the X800XL is better than the X800pro - more pipelines as based on newer chip... or something like that.
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thats what i meant :o
 
engtkemp said:
Cheers guys, you've already switched me from Pentium 4 to AMD. With the budget i've got what do you think of an SLI setup. Not heard any feedbackon these. Are they anygood? Do they not put more load on the cpu? Does anyone know of any problems with heating etc on the amd 4000+ and with the fx chips whats the future in the current AMD chips / sockets? if you know what i mean!
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dont bother with an SLI setup yet, you gould get a 6800GT or ultra now then get another one later, SLI is only really for hardcore gamers and graphic intensive work. the AMD64 4000 doesn't have any cooling problems i know of but you could always get a better cooler just to make sure.

AMD are running out there new X2 chips (dual core) which work on 939 pin sockets and the new san diego and venice single core CPU's, prices for the old winchester core CPU's should be slightly less
 
engtkemp said:
Cheers guys, you've already switched me from Pentium 4 to AMD. With the budget i've got what do you think of an SLI setup. Not heard any feedbackon these. Are they anygood? Do they not put more load on the cpu? Does anyone know of any problems with heating etc on the amd 4000+ and with the fx chips whats the future in the current AMD chips / sockets? if you know what i mean!
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Ahhhh, I forgot to finish; as i just mentioned SLI

Looks to me for the forseable future AMD will be sticking to the 939 socket (which I'm personally very pleased about)

Here are some reviews on the high end amd CPU’s which you’re looking at

http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/hardware-reviews/1414_1.html

http://www.guru3d.com/article/processor/193/2/

http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/fx554000/fx55.htm
 
christopherpostill said:
Crossfire will KICK sli when released
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Yes, just done some research into ATI'S answer to NVIDIA’s sli.

I guess the best point is Crossfire should support all games rather than those with the right drivers.

I guess the only problem (For now) is unlike in the past when you chose an NVIDIA or ATI graphics solution, one will have to consider the chipset too, and basically a whole new system

Some more food for thought it will be interesting how the pair benchmark up against each other, Crossfire looks a better link up solution to SLI but NVIDIA will have there GeForce 7's (SLI) which I hope a hardware site will test them up against ATI's x850 in crossfire, mmmmmmm interesting

I bet after crossfire comes out NVIDIA will come up with something else - and the fight continues.....
 
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Right with all this info
I think I'm gonna go with
(all abreviated)

Amd 3700+ maybe 4000+ if ican push the price
Nforce4 mobo (lan party)
1 gig corsair ram
Creative live 7.1 card
Dvd Writer with lightscribe
x850xt card.

How future proof is this for sli or Crossfire?
I'm thinking it'll stand the test of time for at least 2 years with a little extra juice now and then

PSU reccomendations please
 
you cant use SLI with ATI cards and you'll need a new motherboard if you want to use crossfire. for a decent PSU get a Tagan or Enermax

it should be good for 18 months then may need upgrading
 
its like nvidia's SLi configuration but with ATI cards

Crossfire is supposed to be better than SLi.... but i dont know much on it

try looking on the web for it... il try and get you some links :)
 
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