Final spec check please

Paul -C- · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:30

Can you give this a once-over before I place my order please?

UP-010-BE Belkin 500VA Superior Series Emergency Battery Backup (F6H500UKUNV) (UP-010-BE) 1
£14.95 £14.95
MY-079-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS) 1
£109.95 £109.95
CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM) 1
£279.95 £279.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
GX-048-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT) 1
£279.95 £279.95
CA-009-TG Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG) 1
£77.95 £77.95
CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN) 1
£29.95 £29.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£23.95 £23.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
HD-066-SE Seagate Barracude 7200.9 NCQ 300GB ST3300622AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-066-SE) 1
£68.95 £68.95
ME-006-VB Verbatim 4.7GB 16x DVD-R (25 Tub) (ME-006-VB) 1
£5.95 £5.95
SW-000-NR Ahead Nero Express v6.6 - OEM (SW-000-NR) 1
£2.95 £2.95

Subtotal £1,009.40
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £178.92
Total £1,201.27

Does everything look ok? I'm also gonna get the 20" NEC widescreen monitor once I find out what's happening with the bleeding problem everyone is reporting.

Havana_UK · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:34

I would strongly recommend you look at the A8R32-MVP motherboard instead as this uses the superior RD580 chipset.

Apparently there have also been some issues with the Belkin UPSs, but I don't know any details.

Other than that, everything looks good.

Hav

semi-pro waster · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:50

It all looks good, as Havana_UK mentions you should consider the A8R32-MVP if you can afford the extra and/or are considering Crossfire otherwise the A8R is still a good motherboard.

I don't like Nero Express much when compared to the full version but as a basic burner it should be ok I suppose

Paul -C- · 4 Apr 2006 at 11:02

Havana_UK said:
I would strongly recommend you look at the A8R32-MVP motherboard instead as this uses the superior RD580 chipset.

Apparently there have also been some issues with the Belkin UPSs, but I don't know any details.

Other than that, everything looks good.

Hav

I've already got one of the Belkins and it seems to work fine. But I did read about others having dodgy ones.

I'll go read up on the A8R32-MVP now

Paul -C- · 4 Apr 2006 at 12:55

I changed to the A8R32-MVP and ordered

I can't wait to see what games are like on it!

Havana_UK · 4 Apr 2006 at 14:59

Paul -C- said:
I changed to the A8R32-MVP and ordered

I can't wait to see what games are like on it!

I'm feeling a little bit excited for you!

You'll be well chuffed.

Hav

Paul -C- · 4 Apr 2006 at 17:00

Havana_UK said:
I'm feeling a little bit excited for you!

You'll be well chuffed.

I'm going from an Athlon 2200 and a Geforce4 440mx, so it should be a pretty big step up. I can hardly play games on all their lowest settings just now!