Final Spec Check

Ole · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:33

Here is what i am intending to order:

CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM) 1
£118.95 £118.95
HD-017-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA) 1
£57.95 £57.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) 1
£69.95 £69.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
GX-032-OK OcUK GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-032-OK) 1
£179.95 £179.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£109.95 £109.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE) 1
£25.50 £25.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£67.95 £67.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS) 1
£50.95 £50.95
HS-013-ZA Zalman VF700-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (HS-013-ZA) 1
£19.95 £19.95
Subtotal £716.05
VAT £125.31
Total £841.36

Any tips or last minute changes you would recommend?

Also, will the motherboard come with all the cables i need or do i need to order some? Any advice would be appreciated.

lee87 · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:37

Looks good, I would change the DVD RW to a NEC Lightscribe drive.
The motherboard should come with all the cables needed.

Ole · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:13

lee87 said:
Looks good, I would change the DVD RW to a NEC Lightscribe drive.
The motherboard should come with all the cables needed.

Thanks i'll check it out.

Any other opinions or does it look ok?

I should have probably said, it is used just for gaming really.

Monstermunch · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:25

possibly look at Western Digital HDD, got 16mb cache instead of the 8 on the samsung.

I would also consider going dual core if you have the cash, it'll future proof it a little more.

Plus if you're not planning on clocking or going sli, you could save a little money and look at the asus nForce4 ultra board.

Monstermunch · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:32

Some more options for you, only a little more than your spec but better IMO:

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£184.95 £184.95
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-032-OK OcUK GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-032-OK)
£179.95 £179.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£67.95 £67.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£50.95 £50.95
Subtotal £741.60
VAT £129.78
Total £871.38