Help please with a spec

AndyBorzi · 13 Apr 2006 at 15:56

I've read the sticky above and have spent last couple of hours getting more and more confused with all thats out there!

I have a budget of around £800. I want it to be able to run latest games (Oblivion

)with high detail at 1280*1024 res plus I do a lot of photoshop work as well. Don't need monitor and I will rely on onboard sound. Graphics card needs to support dual monitor.

I want SATA drive but also need spare IDE for my current hard drives.

Cheers

AB

fenderbass86 · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:06

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) 1
£169.95 £169.95
MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£89.95 £89.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC) 1
£214.95 £214.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) 1
£55.50 £55.50
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£24.95 £24.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£15.95 £15.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£64.95 £64.95
Subtotal £701.15
VAT £122.71
Total £823.86

Best I could do.

AndyBorzi · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:23

Thanks a lot fenderbass, thats great. Just got to talk the wife around!!

fenderbass86 · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:28

*twists right thumb in left palm*

Traducer · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:29

Will that case and psu be ok for that system? I have a similar one but change the 3800 for a 4400 would the case and psu still be ok?

fenderbass86 · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:35

It'll be ok as long as nothing is overclocked, as soon as you start OC'ing CPU, RAM or graphics card, it takes a fair bit of power away. 600W should be good.

Traducer · 13 Apr 2006 at 16:44