can i better this spec for the price?

[Gun9]

AMD64 Athlon 3800+ Socket-939

Gigabyte K8N-SLI motherboard.

1.0GB DDR 400mhz

160GB IDE ATA133 8MB buffer

16x Sony Double-Layer DVD+/-RW

ATI Radeon X800GTO PCI-E 512MB

Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2

Thermaltake Shark case

550W EZCool PSU

this is £705 from a competitor built and delivered

what would beat this buying from here?

 

[semi-pro waster]

Well you could go for something like this, it is better in pretty much every way bar the graphics card although you do have to build it yourself. However 512mb isn't that necessary on the graphics card and this graphics card is as good apart from having only 256mb Ram.

OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£49.95 £49.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£179.95 £179.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£55.95 £55.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £577.60
VAT £101.08
Total £678.68