Help me spend €700 on a complete new rig

GreeBo

Hey guys,

I've got ~€700 to spend on a new machine
I need everything except a mouse, keyboard and optical drive and I'd like a 22" screen min. Do I need Vista?

I want it for FPS gaming and also will be used as a development box

I've messed around on hardwareversand configurator a few times but always end up spending ~1000 and dont know where/how to cut down effectively.

Cheers!

GreeBo

Ok I had another go at it based on all the responses


Anyone see where I can shave off €100 without loosing much?

Cheers!

Sqaull20

Thats class, going to be hard to knock anything off.

ASRock 4Core1600Twins-P35 €52 is a very nice board

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=20524&agid=659

Good user review

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2805246

Samsung HD502IJ, 500GB, 16MB €51

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=21693&agid=689


Build yourself - €20

GreeBo

Cheers for the reply
That board looks good alright but seems to be incompatible with the RAM and CPU I have.

Whats that samsung like compared to the WD for noise/speed?


Re build yourself:
yeah I built the last one myself but I think Id like one to arrive ready to go (bar the OS install)

thanks again.

PogMoThoin

GreeBo wrote: »

That board looks good alright but seems to be incompatible with the RAM and CPU I have.

No its not, ram & cpu are compatible. Board has both ddr2 and ddr3 slots

GreeBo

hmm hardversand configurator doesnt give me that board when I tried to change it.
Then I dropped the CPU and added the board and the memory was autodropped....

PogMoThoin

Don't go by that, they are compatible