gaming spec last check

[LiE]

Here is what I've gone for on my £1,100 price.

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£171.95 £171.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£56.95 £56.95
HD-091-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-091-MD)
£39.95 £39.95
MB-087-AB Abit KN8 Ultra nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-087-AB)
£49.95 £49.95
MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£259.95 £259.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£214.95 £214.95
Subtotal £918.60
VAT £160.76
Total £1,079.36

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'd consider getting a top-shelf PSU. Something from Tagan, Seasonic, or FSP would do the trick.

 

[SiriusB]

I'd consider getting a top-shelf PSU. Something from Tagan, Seasonic, or FSP would do the trick.

Seconded

SiriusB

 

[LiE]

won't the antec psu do the trick? I really can't push this budget.

 

[quadboi]

won't the antec psu do the trick? I really can't push this budget.

Well, buy another psu next month mate...

 

[djcj]

I was led to believe the antec psu would be fine to run all but the very highest spec crossfire set-up

 

[semi-pro waster]

The Antec PSU ought to be fine, other people are running fairly similar systems on that PSU however if you want to change it this might be suitable and will still fit into your £1,100 budget.

CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-004-TG Tagan TG480-U22 480W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-004-TG)
£54.95 £54.95
Subtotal £79.90
VAT £13.99
Total £93.89

 

[hp7909]

won't the antec psu do the trick? I really can't push this budget.

Should, http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp, but the Tagan's, FSP's, Seasonic's & Enermax's are more reputable (= highly recommended by ATI/etc, less problematic, etc)

 

[Murzo]

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£171.95 £171.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£214.95 £214.95
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CA-007-EN Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN)
£49.95 £49.95
MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£259.95 £259.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95

Subtotal £978.55
VAT £171.25
Total £1,149.80

This is over budget but probably what i would have went for. Its similar to your spec with a few changes

 

[LiE]

Thinking about some other graphics cards to save some money. Whats the 1800xt like? will it make a lot of difference between 512 and 256 ? taking into account I like to play games on top settings at top resolution.

 

[Hlebio]

In many people's eyes the 1800xt is better than the 1900xt so you could save yourself money buy going for the 1800xt and have a better card too.

The difference between 256mb and 512mb is very small I hear, but if you plan to game in very high resolutions with all settings on the highest it's probably best to go with 512mb.

And the Antec PSU that comes with the Piano case will be fine for your specs.

 

[LiE]

I'm thinking

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-043-HT) 1
£174.95

 

[Hlebio]

Yep, go for it.