Building a new gaming rig

[Muso]

Hello

Ive got around £1500 to build myself a new Rig, I am really out of touch with hardware these days so I thought I would post the specs on here in hope that a nice hardware guru would be able to offer me some insight and make sure I'm not buying anything sub standard. The PC is designed for gaming and also music production (I have a super duper soundcard I will be adding to this).

Anyway here is the list:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4200BVBOX) (CP-126-AM) Price: £211.95 (£249.04 Including VAT at 17.5%)

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF) Price: £79.95 (£93.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD) Price: £168.95 (£198.52 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-022-SA) Price: £164.95 (£193.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Razer Diamondback Plasma 1600dpi Gaming Mouse Limited Edition - Retail (KB-013-RA) Price: £29.95 (£35.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard (KB-015-SK) Price: £24.95 (£29.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS) Price: £124.95 (£146.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GT "Goes Like Hell" 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GWGFFX7647) (GX-026-GW) Price: £214.95 (£252.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS) Price: £24.95 (£29.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN) Price: £41.95 (£49.29 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Akasa Eclipse-62 Aluminum Case (CA-005-AK) Price: £66.95 (£78.67 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Thanks very much chaps!

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Spend the extra 25 quid and get an x1900xt in this week only offer (Powercolor model). Its faster than the 7800GTX and due to higher shading power, offers better performance on eye-candy heavy games and higher reses, and should also last a little longer into the future due to the increased shading power.

 

[DragonWoLf]

get abit more and get the 4400+, its 1mb cache would help

 

[ACESHIGH]

Agree with both statements, the X2 4400+ (extra L2 cache) is better than the 4200+, but if budget doesnt allow, the X2 4200+ is still very good.

Also the 7800GT GLH is slower than the X1800XT.
You can get the 512MB X1800XT for the same price.

 

[Muso]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I bought the 1900XT as reccomended as it was a good price on the "this week only" and also a Antec Sonata 2 case which includes a 450w psu seems like a very good deal.

My main concern now is buying the CPU/RAM/Motherboard combo, say I can afford the 4400+ and want 2 gig of ram, what type of ram do i need and what type of motherboard? I'm very confused when it comes to the RAM as there are so many different types these days.

 

[ACESHIGH]

As for mobo, this one, with new bios it runs sweetly ..
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
Available This Week Only for just £104.95 +VAT.

For the ram ..
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
Available This Week Only for just £89.95 +VAT.

or if less restricted by budget..
Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991483) (MY-000-MK)
Available This Week Only for just £139.95 +VAT.

or even if have even more spare cash ...
Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK)
Available This Week Only for just £189.95 +VAT.