£700 spec check please

[custard80]

Looking at buying for around the £700 mark. I have keyboard, mouse, os, speakers, monitor, dvd rw and dvd rom. Just need a new base unit.

Heres what i have come up with. Not sure about the motherboard, went sli to try to future proof but may never use. Opinions/ advice welcome.


CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
HD-058-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 250GB ST3250824AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-058-SE)
£61.95 £61.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-000-AR Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£169.95 £169.95
Subtotal £596.70
VAT £104.43
Total £701.13

 

[custard80]

aceshigh, Have you got any links to reviews info on this card. Iv' e read a few things for the 512mb but nothing on the 256mb. I see it is overclocking well in another thread. Do you know how it performs in FEAR? As far as im aware this is one of the most graphically intense games out at the moment. Iv'e read there may be driver issues with it.
If i switch to the ati card, should i change the m/b? i doubt i will go down the sli route if consensus suggests it is not worth it.