Finished Spec?

[Spammeh]

Sounding good, or can you think of any improvements?

Already own:
AMD x2 3800+
1x 160GB Maxtor

Will be adding:

MY-080-CS Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS) 1
£94.95 £94.95
MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS) 1
£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) 1
£199.95 £199.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI) 2
£47.95 £95.90
Subtotal £510.75
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £90.95
Total £610.65

Couple of questions:

* x1800 or 7900GT (can be bought for £200)?
* I wont ever be going sli / crossfire, so is there a board with same stability and gaming performance for cheaper?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Hi

Sounds good!

I've posted my suggestions under each part of your spec

Will be adding:

MY-080-CS Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS) 1
£94.95 £94.95

Fine choice

MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS) 1
£119.95 £119.95

Great motherboard. I'd also consider the A8N Premium if you're not running SLI as you won't benefit from the dual x16 slots. The Premium is a very nice, stable and fast motherboard

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£199.95 £199.95

Again, a great choice. The 7900GT is basically a speed bumped 7800GTX so it's about on par with the X1800XT, perhaps a little slower. I'd personally get the X1800XT. I'd consider spending the extra £15 for the 512MB version - it's not much and the extra memory makes a difference at resolutions of 1280x1024 and above when a lot of AA and AF is applied - this makes it quicker than the 7900GT

HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI) 2
£47.95 £95.90

I'd personally go for the Western Digital Cavier Special Edition 160GB SATA-II drive over the Hitachi

Hope that helps!

 

[ACESHIGH]

X1800XT is cheaper & faster.

Also could get this mobo...
Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
Good stable mob & saves you some cash.

 

[Explicit]

Don't buy the A8N32-SLi Deluxe if you're getting the X1800...it's pointless because you can only run one ATi card on that board.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Don't buy the A8N32-SLi Deluxe if you're getting the X1800...it's pointless because you can only run one ATi card on that board.

I don't agree with this statement

Yes you cannot run a dual graphics system but you have one of the best, if not the best, AMD motherboards available.

You have a second 16x PCI-E slot for a second graphics card, for example, for more monitors, or for other expansion cards. You have the option to upgrade later to SLI

 

[kinggost]

at the end of the day people going to side with mobos because they have had good and bad experinces with few.