£1000 max on new gaming pc+general use

thelostsoul

thelostsoul

thelostsoul

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I have not built a pc for over two years now, so be gentle.
I want this mainly for games, but also for the internet and for watching a dvd now and then.
Any advice about what i have choosen would be welcome.

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) £77.49

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £72.79

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail(ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £147.99

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 120GB 6L120M0 SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-072-MD) £50.47

Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS) £111.57

Viewsonic VX912 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-VS)
£252.57

OcUK GeForce 7800GTX SILENT Extreme 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (GX-033-DE) £264.32

Total £977.20

Does this look like a balanced system?
Is the monitor suitable?
Will i be able to play F.E.A.R and Oblivion on this?
Please help.
Thelostsoul.
 
Thanks for the quick and imformative responses.
I will look into changing the harddrive for a different one, but i am getting confused with the graphics card.

I did chose the Power color Ati Radeon x1800xt 512mb at first then changed my mind after seeing a comparision chart on a well known web site, don't know if i can say what web site it was, don't want to break any forum rules seeing that i have just joined.

Is it ok to put a link up or not?.

Anyway the geforce was better in every test, as far as i could see.

As for the dvd burner, i should had mentioned i already have one waitng to fit.

One final question for now, Viewing angles on monitors, does the monitor i have picked have a good viewing angle?

Thanks.
Thelostsoul.
 
Just checked again, the review was on 2nd dec 2005, and it was the 7800gtx 256 MB card. I am not doubting what you say, i was just going on what i have read.

As for the harddrive, i am going to stick with the Maxtor.

ACESHIGH,
I am taking what you say onboard and appreciate your input.

Yours,
Thelostsoul.
 
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Ok, thanks for your help, this is what i am going to go for, unless anybody else can see a problem with it.

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) £77.49

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £72.79

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail(ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £147.99

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 120GB 6L120M0 SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-072-MD) £50.47

Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS) £111.57

Viewsonic VX912 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-VS)
£252.57

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£258.44

Total £971.32

Just on final question, i have never purchased pc components online before, is OverclockersUK a good company to deal with?. going by this forum i would wish to think so.

Thanks.
Thelostsoul.
 
Well i ordered this today, should arrive tomorrow.

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) 1
£61.95 £61.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) 1
£124.95 £124.95
HD-091-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-091-MD) 1
£43.95 £43.95
MY-080-CS Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS) 1
£94.95 £94.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MO-014-VS Viewsonic VX912 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-VS) 1
£214.95 £214.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£65.95 £65.95
Subtotal £821.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £146.41
Total £983.01

Just a couple of questions if you don't mind, not built a pc for a few years now.
I don't plan on overclocking this, so is there any need for any extra fans?.
I'm i right in saying the motherboard will arrive with all the cables i need?
i have not ordered a floppy drive for this, i am right in saying i can set the bios to boot to my cd/dvd first, so that i can load windowsxp from that.

Thanks.
Thelostsoul.
 
Thanks for your comments.
First of all, this build was on a strict budget so there had to be compromises.
I saw no need for dual core as it is mainly for gaming.
As for the psu, i wanted that particual case, seeing that it came with a psu as well was a bonus for me. I am lead to believe that antec produce very good psu's.
Thanks also for thinking it was a "super duper rig" thats why i don't intend upgrading it for at least 18 months if possible.
Still would like somebody to answer my questions.

Thelostsoul.
 
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