a new look 2

Furnace1987 · 7 Apr 2006 at 11:21

okay, so a while a go i put up a spec for my lil brother. wanting a computer for £550.

now the budget has increased! Ching CHING! to.. £700.

This is what i have so far :

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
GX-044-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)
£89.95 £179.90
CP-131-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM)
£77.95 £77.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
MB-091-AB Abit AT8 ATI RD480 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-091-AB)
£69.95 £69.95
FG-001-YS YS-TECH FD128025HB 80mm Fan - 3 Pin (FG-001-YS)
£3.50 £7.00
FG-003-YS YS-TECH FD1225 120mm Fan - 4 Pin (FG-003-YS)
£6.95 £6.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
HD-017-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£23.95 £23.95
Subtotal £478.55
VAT £83.75
Total £562.30

Ram is 2GB MUSHKIN PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory RAM - 116 delievered.

And on top is also a possible DVB-tv usb tuner, probably the leadtek one.

What you think?

Furnace1987 · 7 Apr 2006 at 14:03

gotta go with with budget though.

It'll do for now. he cant afford the works at the begginning! what psu you suggest?

processor and gfx can be upgraded later. its just to get him started.

i chose them cos they were on offer on the this week only. and it meant he could have them in crossfire from go.

Furnace1987 · 7 Apr 2006 at 15:43

semi-pro waster said:
Crossfire for the X800 series is limited to 1600x1200 which might or might not be above the resolution of your monitor but it isn't a limit that applies with the X1xxx series or above and has never applied to SLi cards

well.. he only has a 15" tft atm so i think it'll be grand for the moment!

as to psu. will have a look. going to check out the space on the mobo! hope it fits!!!

Explicit--- erm.. card you rated is great.. but ati.. using on a sli mobo.. waste of money?

Cheers so far! this **** be an alrite system!

will let you know how i get on

Furnace1987 · 7 Apr 2006 at 15:58

Explicit said:
The A8N-E is certainly an nforce mobo, but it will only take one PCi-E x16 graphics card (either ATI or Nvidia) and doesn't have an SLI option.

stand corrected!

Furnace1987 · 7 Apr 2006 at 16:26

yer i did think that just before..

when are ocuk going to stock some?!

artic cooler is better by far!!!-- see my original post.

might go with the card you suggested!