budget £500

[gav2pac]

hi guys, take a look at this spec for my mate and tell me what you think

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB £43.46
OcUK GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB GDDR3 £111.61
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £69.31
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz £51.69
EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.86
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £58.74
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter £15.26
OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor £99.86

remember monitor has to be included. any suggestions welcome!

cheers

 

[gav2pac]

or get a PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XT Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB instead?

cheers

 

[Nebzor]

I'd go for the X1950XT. Edit: That is unless you have a need for DX10.

 

[gav2pac]

ok cheers think thats a tidy spec for the price tho?

 

[semi-pro waster]

Looks decent enough, no obvious issues with any of it that I can see.