£600 Spec

heres one someone did for my dad.

Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY) £76.32
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) £64.57 *****
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK) £105.69
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA) £26.44
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) £117.44
Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS) £61.04
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO16 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-055-PC) £123.32
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG) £10.52
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG) £6.46

Total £591.80 including VAT
 
Explicit:

Your recommendations have got me thinking... Will the 450W PSU be stable with the additional Ghz you've added via the GPU(and the amount of RAM) and CPU? Plus is it not worth investing in the crossfire technology?

Geeza:

That looks like a good spec, I'll add the other bits and pieces and see what the cost is then though.

Cheers
 
davewhite04 said:
Explicit:

Your recommendations have got me thinking... Will the 450W PSU be stable with the additional Ghz you've added via the GPU(and the amount of RAM) and CPU? Plus is it not worth investing in the crossfire technology?

Geeza:

That looks like a good spec, I'll add the other bits and pieces and see what the cost is then though.

Cheers
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youll need a hard drive with that of course! if you have extra money personally id go for 2gb Gskill PC4000
 
It's not gonna be used for mega gaming sessions, it just really needs to be capable of running current games reasonably well. It'll be mainly used for school work and some Internet browsing.

I do want it to last at least three years and have the capability to upgrade.
 
davewhite04 said:
Explicit:

Your recommendations have got me thinking... Will the 450W PSU be stable with the additional Ghz you've added via the GPU(and the amount of RAM) and CPU? Plus is it not worth investing in the crossfire technology?

Cheers
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The 450W is more than enough for that spec, infact a 400W would be just fine too. As for crossfire, it really is a waste of money to crossfire on a 17" screen. Crossfire really kicks in at higher resolutions, such as those on 24"/30" screens.

The HIS 256MB graphics card that I spec'd is a very good match for a 17" screen, and you can overclock it too.
 
Lol. Did the big order today so should be here 2mor! Fingers crossed the old bits will be on ebay and I'll be playing COD by tomorrow evening. :D
 
Very nice case, excellent performance, the graphics card is very good, the only downfall is the fact that the monitor has two very obvious dead pixels, but it ain't a big problem. I will however not be buying a Hyundi monitor again as the ones I have bought have always had dead pixels whereas Samsung are always sound.

Thanks for the advice :)
 
Excellent!!! It's always nice to hear feedback from people after sorting them a spec. I'm glad you like the rig! Too bad about the monitor, it's down to luck of the draw with these dead pixels.
 
davewhite04 said:
Very nice case, excellent performance, the graphics card is very good, the only downfall is the fact that the monitor has two very obvious dead pixels, but it ain't a big problem. I will however not be buying a Hyundi monitor again as the ones I have bought have always had dead pixels whereas Samsung are always sound.

Thanks for the advice :)
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hehe I've got two hyundai's... no dead pixels.
 
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