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My friends got roughly about 400 quid to spend on a new computer , would be used for gaming and general surfing etc. His Screens 1440x900 so he would need a graphics card capable of running most things at that. It doesn't have to be mATX but if possible that would be great :) Oh no need for Windows/Screen/Speakers/Keyboard etc

My Attempt:
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£53.49 £53.49
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£56.95 £56.95
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
HS-005-TT Thermaltake Blue Orb II Socket 939/754/775) CPU Cooler (CL-P0257) (HS-005-TT)
£15.95 £15.95
CD-015-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Silver) - OEM (CD-015-SO)
£12.00 £12.00
Subtotal £331.19
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £59.88
Total £402.02

Can anyone improve on that? And would the blue orb fit in this case (never used the heat-sink but its meant to be pretty big)

-Edit Had a go at a Socket AM2 System, not sure on heat-sink though, aren't the stock heat-sinks the same ones as skt 939 fx's?

GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
CD-015-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Silver) - OEM (CD-015-SO)
£12.00 £12.00
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£54.95 £54.95
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £319.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £57.87
Total £388.52

Edit- Had a go at a Skt AM2 System with Dual core, would it be a lot better for the money? Didn't have enough to budget in a cooler though, will the stock one be ok?

GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£89.95 £89.95
Subtotal £342.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £61.89
Total £415.54
 
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plan to over-clock the thing moderately, to about 2.4ghz - think the stock cooler will be up to that? without sounding like a tornado? :D
 
ok ive narrowed it down to -

GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
MB-163-AS Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-163-AS)
£37.95 £37.95
CD-015-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Silver) - OEM (CD-015-SO)
£12.00 £12.00
Subtotal £362.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £65.39
Total £439.04

Hows that look? is the asus mobo any good? it has to be mATX and i cant seem to find many of them that support Conore in my budget. I Could then later on upgrade to 2gb when i have the money spare
 
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well i just realized i choose the oem version of the chip, but it seems to be the best i can get for the money overall.
 
Sorry To Bring This up again but im just about to order- Which would give best bang for buck- indecision is a curse :)

HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CD-039-NE NEC CB-1100B CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Beige/Black) - OEM (CD-039-NE)
£13.50 £13.50
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£54.95 £54.95
MB-056-GI Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-056-GI)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £373.20
VAT £65.31
Total £438.51


GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-053-AN Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-053-AN)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
HS-031-AK Akasa AK-955 Copper Base Low Noise CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-031-AK)
£8.95 £8.95
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.95 £107.95
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-039-NE NEC CB-1100B CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Beige/Black) - OEM (CD-039-NE)
£13.50 £13.50
Subtotal £378.15
VAT £66.18
Total £444.33
 
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