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Shure

Shure

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With a limit of £800 its fairly tricky for the parts I need but how does this look?

CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£115.95 £115.95
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£44.95 £44.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£119.95 £119.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£41.95 £41.95
CA-004-SK FSP Sparkle FSP400-60 Blue Storm 400W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-004-SK)
£36.95 £36.95
KB-073-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver (KB-073-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
MO-043-SA Samsung SM-920N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-043-SA)
£134.95 £134.95
Subtotal £673.55
VAT £117.88
Total £791.43
 
Looks pretty good to me, not had any experience with Asrock motherboards though myself, if it reviews well then go for it, if not maybe extend the budget a bit and go for the Gigabyte DS3 (though id change to Geil ram it dont like g.skill aparantly)
 
Very good speck - one thing I would be wary about is the X1800 with only a 400w psu

I know the X1900's are infamous for being power hungry - and the X1800's never had this problem, but if you want a reasonable life out of your psu then I would seriously consider spending a few more £££ on a 480w one minimum

otherwise excellent pc (I guess you already have a case?)
 
Everything I've ever heard about that Asrock is about how it's a terrible overclocker.

You might want to consider swapping the Spinpoint for a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE). It's just 15 quid more but it's loads faster.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Everything I've ever heard about that Asrock is about how it's a terrible overclocker.

You might want to consider swapping the Spinpoint for a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE). It's just 15 quid more but it's loads faster.
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there is much love for these drives atm, although I've heard that the spinpoints are quite nice drives too tho.
 
daven1986 said:
maybe spend a bit more on the psu, for something like a hiper 580. it will last you longer and will be more reliable than a sparkle i imagine.
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supposedly hiper's have droped in quality recently

Tagan or OCZ would be my choice
 
oh, that isn't good as im very pleased with mine. Oh well, yes a tagen or OCZ would be much better than a sparkle, and you dont wanna lose your rig to a cheap psu.

daven
 
The only reason the budget is that price is due to the fact I hardly use my pc, its only there for the internet, the occasional photos and music thats about it.
My other option was to buy a simple Dell system but I wanted to see what can be bought for a little more money
 
chrisstevens said:
The only reason the budget is that price is due to the fact I hardly use my pc, its only there for the internet, the occasional photos and music thats about it.
My other option was to buy a simple Dell system but I wanted to see what can be bought for a little more money
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So why are you buying such a good graphics card? You dont really need Conroe either or that RAM.
 
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