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Sparky

Sparky

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Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Team Xtreem 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£35.25) £30.00
(£35.25)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £139.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £25.94
Total : £174.16

I know the GFX will be a bottleneck but that will be replaced with a 2900xt or 8800GTS later.

Would like your thoughts on this please.
 
Seems reasonable to me. You may want to consider trying to fit in 2Gb RAM - it really is worth having nowadays. :)

What case/PSU will you be using?

I'm not sure what the deal with B-Grade is. You may want to be prepared for receiving that mobo without an IO shield or some cables.
 
looks good, just for reference the p5n-e seems to have probs with 4gigs of ram if u intend to upgrade later. I would really suggest 2gigs of ram, and at around 46 quid for that model I would get it.
 
I was thinking of getting anther set of the Team Xtreem at a later date.As for the case i am undecided.Would a 480w PSU handle the current spec?
 
p4radox said:
Seems reasonable to me. You may want to consider trying to fit in 2Gb RAM - it really is worth having nowadays. :)

What case/PSU will you be using?

I'm not sure what the deal with B-Grade is. You may want to be prepared for receiving that mobo without an IO shield or some cables.
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I can fabricate a IO plate from carbon fibre at work.
 
semi-pro waster said:
480w should be plenty for the current system, provided it is a quality PSU. Other than that it looks good, particularly for the price. :)
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I was thinking of along the lines of a FSP Sparkle Blue Storm 2 400W ATX2.0 PSU or using a Akasa 480w [i think thats what it is] thats in my spares box.
 
CS||nuTs said:
I was thinking of along the lines of a FSP Sparkle Blue Storm 2 400W ATX2.0 PSU or using a Akasa 480w [i think thats what it is] thats in my spares box.
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Either would do fine although I think the Akasa would be a 460w if anything as if memory serves they were made in 400w, 460w, 500w and up. :)
 
semi-pro waster said:
Either would do fine although I think the Akasa would be a 460w if anything as if memory serves they were made in 400w, 460w, 500w and up. :)
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I think you are right.Im not 100% sure that its ATX2 compliant either whereas the FSP is.
 
Damn that's cheap! I'm tempted to do a similar upgrade as I'm on socket A right now....

I'd get 2gb tho, it would be around £200 total then, which is still damn good!
 
Budget is not really a issue but i just wanted to see how good a PC could be built these days for what in effect is the cost of a Mid to High end GFX Card!

Only really play BF2 and thats at 1024x768 on VGA or 1600 x 900 [i think] using HDMI.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
What section is that motherboard in? I can only find the AM2version that cheaply. :(
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It's in B-grade & clearance section, there is only 1 P5N-E left at that price!

B-grade P5B is also available at the same price which is an absolute bargain!!
 
steve258 said:
It's in B-grade & clearance section, there is only 1 P5N-E left at that price!

B-grade P5B is also available at the same price which is an absolute bargain!!
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Thanks... I looked in clearance, but forgot tot check b-grade. There are some bargains to be had! :)
 
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