New PC!

[Morphius]

With the release of Age of Conan and the upcoming Warhammer Online I am in need of a new PC. I've been without a MMORPG for a very long time now and as you imagine my old setup is starting to struggle just a little bit.

I have been browsing eBuyer and such trying to piece things together but I need the assistance of someone who understands the art of PC parts, my untrained eye just doesn't cut it.

I'm looking to spend around £600-700 on this set up, I'm non fussed about AMD or Intel but I think I'm swaying slightly in favour of Intel.

Cheers!

 

[pikeh]

just copying this over from the other thread to see what people say on here

Motherboard - ASUS p5n-E SLI : £70
Processor - Core 2 Quad Q6600 : £140
Memory - OCZ Platinum XTC DDR2 800 Mhz : £38
3d Card - Point Of View 8800GTS - £158
Hard Drive - 2x 500Gb Western Digital Caviar SE16 - £128
Case - Coolermaster CM690 - £38
PSU - PC Power and Cooling 610 - £60

all comes to £632

 

[inactionman]

A few things:

Is that 4Gb of memory? Seems a bit cheap if it is, if not get 4Gb.

Cost/performance you'd be better with an 8800GT, if you can wait a few weeks to the 17th/18th you'll be able to get them even cheaper, as the new ATI/Nvidia cards are out then.

I'd suggest getting one Tb drive instead of the 2x 500Mb, you can pick up a samsung for under £100.

As for the PSU, there are cheaper one's that will perform as well, that one is a bit pricey due to it's emphasis on quietness.