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MiXeR

MiXeR

MiXeR

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Ok this is my first post on here I am building a new pc for my son who is heavily into gaming he also is doing a course (hoping to get his a-levels) in e-media which I think involves video editing flash etc I was thing of getting him Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 Graphics Card and an MSI motherboard he has two hard drives an 80 gig and a 300 gig both ide so he does not need them what he needs is motherboard graphics processor memory and a tower all suggestions welcome and please post links to the products. :D
 
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hi welcome to the forums. If you see sic approaching hide as he has a habit of harvesting new members :) .

How much are you looking to spend?
 
Will look at all possibilities price I dont know around £400 to £600 all in.Maybe a little more.
 
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Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN): £61 here

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM): £206 here

OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK): £52 here

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS): £76 here

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC): £252 here

Total price is just short of £650 and I've included VAT.
 
Ok thanks for that have saved all the details. Anybody else have any other suggestions ?
I take it the graphics card is a good one he will be able to play all the latest games etc with it ?
 
Ok Broon I will be placing an order soon just checking I have ordered the right components check below and let me know.
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£51.95 £51.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM) 1
£175.95 £175.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) 1
£39.95 £39.95
MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC) 1
£214.95 £214.95
Subtotal £547.75
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £16.95
VAT £98.83
Total £663.53
 
ye all the components are compatiable but could somenody please confirm the PSU will provide enough power and that the X1800XT comes with a power cable as the PSU will not have the 6pin connector required for PCI-x cards.
 
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The motherboard will take ide drives ok yes ?
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Yes, IDE is the default drive connector. SATA drives are newer technologies which have yet to become standard.

That looks a fairly decent set-up there, the only possible difference may be going for 2GB Kit of the OCuk Value RAM (2x1GB) rather than the 1GB kit, purely because you would see a big benefit during video editing and encoding.

Other than that this is a fine system.
 
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Ok Broon I will be placing an order soon just checking I have ordered the right components check below and let me know.
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£51.95 £51.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM) 1
£175.95 £175.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) 1
£39.95 £39.95
MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC) 1
£214.95 £214.95
Subtotal £547.75
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £16.95
VAT £98.83
Total £663.53
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Looks very good!
but as said 2 gig ram would help.
 
Ok guys thanks for your help its much appreciated will be ordering the whole lot tomorrow including 2gb of ram again thanks for your help.
 
Ok guys got it build all working well when I was re-installing windows I had to set bios to boot from cd drive what to I change it back to and also I am putting 2 dvd drives in it do I have to set one to master and one to slave ?
These questions may sound stupid but its a long time since I did anything like this.
 
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Ok guys got it build all working well when I was re-installing windows I had to set bios to boot from cd drive what to I change it back to and also I am putting 2 dvd drives in it do I have to set one to master and one to slave ?
These questions may sound stupid but its a long time since I did anything like this.
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Put the hard drive with XP on as boot device 1

not to sure about the dvd drives, i think putting master as top, and the second drive on the ide as slave will be ok.
 
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