£320 System

BoB3rt · 9 Dec 2007 at 19:38

Mate has asked me to build him a budget system with £320 excluding case. this seems to be the best i can make it.... but i aint looked at any AMD's tbh. what ya'll think? (gfx is coz he currently has a CRT but will be getting a LCD soon) he is into games and this has all the requirments for Crysis so **** be able to handle anything he wants to play.

jak731 · 9 Dec 2007 at 19:53

the 2400 will not really play any games at all so it wont be worth getting
get the corsair 450W psu instead for a tiny bit more
this might be better

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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11117-01-10R) £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
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Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS) £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
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BoB3rt · 9 Dec 2007 at 20:02

as i sed the problem is ... he needs a card for CRT monitor for about 3 months etc =( akward i know....

will 450wats be enuff tho ?
why i went for the PSU i chose plus it had good write up....

Timdog · 9 Dec 2007 at 20:17

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
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Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Antec Basic 500W PSU Antec Basic 500W PSU £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Abit IL9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
Sub Total : £284.93
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Total : £345.31

ok so its £25 over, but it has a far better gfx card

BoB3rt said:
as i sed the problem is ... he needs a card for CRT monitor for about 3 months etc =( akward i know....

will 450wats be enuff tho ?
why i went for the PSU i chose plus it had good write up....

the card will work with a crt monitor, it should have a dvi > vga adapter

*edit*

actually that mobo says it can only run ddr2 667 (can some one clarify?)

in which case THIS only adds a fiver to the price

Cr0fty · 9 Dec 2007 at 20:20

I'm liking the look of the bottom spec more

It should have a dvi-vga adapter in the box or whatever, so the card will plug into a crt

BoB3rt · 9 Dec 2007 at 20:23

Ok am i missing sumthing here?

can u get adapters for these cards to go inot CRT monitors?????

coz twice av sed he wont have a LCD (digital) monitor for a few months... so the gfx card would be usless.

(edit)
Ok feel like the pratt now... just read the other post!

MAny thanks !

i will have another shop and post another spec.. =)

Timdog · 9 Dec 2007 at 20:30

BoB3rt said:
Ok am i missing sumthing here?

can u get adapters for these cards to go inot CRT monitors?????

coz twice av sed he wont have a LCD (digital) monitor for a few months... so the gfx card would be usless.

the connection on the monitor look like this?

if it does it will work