Bang for Buck, Which Setup?

tuckenator · 17 Feb 2006 at 09:46

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB
£287.82
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB)
£152
DFI Ultra-D
£99

£538

or

Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GT "Goes Like Hell" 512MB
£270
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB)
£152
DFI Ultra-D
£99

£521

or

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB
£211
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Gold
£176
DFI Ultra-D
£99

£486

Opinions appreciated

Cheers Guys

semi-pro waster · 17 Feb 2006 at 09:53

First one is the fastest by a fair way because of the graphics card so if you have the money then that is the one I'd go for. I assume you are pairing it with the Opteron in your signature here?

tuckenator · 17 Feb 2006 at 10:06

hey mate, yeh pairing with opteron gotta hit 3ghz on Air with my 0540.
Yeh i was thinking of the 1st setup the 'PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB' is killer bang for buck, i was just wondering if the Gskill HZ is ok now, cos i know they had a faulty batch.

semi-pro waster · 17 Feb 2006 at 10:08

I'm not too clued up on Ram at all so maybe best wait for other opinions but for what it is worth I had the idea that there were really just compatability problems between GSkill and some Asus motherboards not all across the range but like I say I could well be wrong

Eliminos · 17 Feb 2006 at 10:17

I have the G.Skill you selected in an A8N32 and it works fine at 250MHz 3-4-3-8. As for any other ASUS board, I haven't heard of any compatability issues.

ACESHIGH · 17 Feb 2006 at 10:25

tuckenator said:
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB
£287.82
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB)
£152
DFI Ultra-D
£99

£538

Definitely this setup.

tuckenator · 17 Feb 2006 at 11:11

Cheers guys, just now hoping they'll stick some of the parts on this week only for the extra saving. Especially the Ultra-D has that ever been on offer!!