Building a new rig for Oblivion, need advice.

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 10:47

I'm going to be building a new rig for Oblivion, I have a limit of about £500-600, 600 being the ultimate maximum. This is what I had in mind:

Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI SKT939 NF4 SLI SATA USB2.0

AMD Athlon 64 (ADA3700BNBOX) 3700 CPU Skt 939 San Diego Retail

EVGA Nvidia GF 7800GT 256Mb DDR PCI-E

CRUCIAL 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 184-PIN UNBUFF (Just the 1gb for now, may upgrade later)

I'm going to keep my old 80gb HDD although I may buy a larger one when money permits.

What do you guys think of this setup? Any advice/suggestions?

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 11:41

I couldn't find that exact motherboard, but I found this one.

Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 SKT939 NF3 250gb 8channel audio AGP8x Retail

It's AGP but it also says it has 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant).

Does that sound okay or what?

Also, is there a case I can get for around £50 that would be good for housing all this stuff? Has to include a decent PSU obviously.

*edit* Ahem.

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:01

Oh right, that makes sense. That motherboard you suggested sounds good then, what about a case, any ideas on that? I'm looking to keep to about £50 if possible. Lowest possible, I'm not bothered about appearance.

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:15

Alright, I also managed to stretch the limit a bit just to get that extra gigabyte of RAM. This is what I have ended up with:

Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-032-GI)
£68.09 Including VAT

AMD Athlon 64 (ADA3700BNBOX) 3700 CPU Skt 939 San Diego Retail inc Heat Sink Fan 3 Years Warranty
£147.96 inc VAT

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out Dual DVI PCI-E
£224.97 inc VAT

2x CRUCIAL 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 184-PIN UNBUFF 128MX64 Memory Modules
£57.46 inc VAT
£57.46 inc VAT

Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR)
£58.69 Including VAT

TOTAL:
£614.63

What's the final opinion?

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:29

That's not including VAT though mate.

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:39

How much is it worth the trouble of me trying to get the extra money?

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:47

Well, it won't actually be 50 quid extra, it'll be a bit more because it's OEM, so I'll need a heatsink for it as well. Won't I?

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:56

I just noticed the deal on the Dual Core is only this week only. Hmm...

Liggs · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:00

Oh right, alright. Thanks a lot for the help.

Hopefully I'll have a kickarse PC soon, I'll come back and tell you how it went.