Help With New PC Spec

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 10:59

Hi guys, I am looking to upgrade my PC soon. I have been searching around to find components, and have come up with the spec below. I have about £300-£350 to spend, and will be used for playing counter-strike, and college work/internet browsing.

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4GHz) Socket AM2 Retail - £59.52

MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550 Socket AM2 PCI-E DDR2 - £46.39

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 XT 256MB DDR2 - £55.99

Crucial 1GB kit (512MBx2) DDR2 PC2-5300 - £44.99

Seagate 160GB 7200.9 SATA II 7200RPM - £36.69

I was told that I could get better parts (for the same) on the For Sale section here, but I can't find it

Will_3rd · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:05

Yeah the spec looks OK, might want to think about a different HDD and GPU though, if your spec can stretch anymore.

Oh and you cannot get on to the for sale section unless you have 250 posts.

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:06

What HDD do you suggest?

Will_3rd · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:07

a newer Seagate you've chosen the 7200.9 which and older drive go for the latest seagate's which are the 7200.10s.

Stelly · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:07

OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79) £95.99
(£112.79)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800BD SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)

Sub Total : £310.95
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £55.98
Total : £375.88

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:12

Seagate 160GB 7200.10 7200RPM

Will_3rd · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:13

I'd edit out the competitor ASAP.

But the 7200.10s are the way to go.

melbourne720 · 19 Feb 2007 at 12:24

Go with Stelly's spec, much better than yours tbh.

Stelly · 19 Feb 2007 at 12:25

melbourne720 said:
Go with Stelly's spec, much better than yours tbh.

Thank you... at least someone appriciates me

I know its a little over but so worth the extra

Stelly

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 12:40

It's more than I can spend/stretch too.

Stelly · 19 Feb 2007 at 12:48

LiamD said:
It's more than I can spend/stretch too.

Cant you save a little... I dont know... I used to give my sister £25 for cleaning and hovering my car...

Stelly

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 12:59

I could spend more, if I can sell my old PC. But I don't know what it's worth

Stelly · 19 Feb 2007 at 13:00

LiamD said:
I could spend more, if I can sell my old PC. But I don't know what it's worth

Rightio.... what is the spec of your old computer??

Stelly

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 13:05

Intel Celeron D335 2.8Ghz
nVidia GeForce 4 MX-4000 128mb
450w PSU
512mb DDR 2700 RAM
80gb 7200 HDD
DVD/CDRW Combo
Floppy Drive
Case

I bought it 2 years ago.

Stelly · 19 Feb 2007 at 13:24

LiamD said:
Intel Celeron D335 2.8Ghz
nVidia GeForce 4 MX-4000 128mb
450w PSU
512mb DDR 2700 RAM
80gb 7200 HDD
DVD/CDRW Combo
Floppy Drive
Case

I bought it 2 years ago.

I would think £150.... anyone else??

Stelly

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 13:27

If I put it up for £140 + how much to post? then I would have about £400 to spend.

melbourne720 · 19 Feb 2007 at 14:18

Stelly said:
I would think £150.... anyone else??

Stelly

Something like that. Maybe a bit less, but it really varies if you sell it in parts and the person buying *needs* a particular CPU, gfx card or RAM speed.

LiamD · 19 Feb 2007 at 14:26

I would be selling as a whole system. Would I be best sticking it on eBay? or in the local paper?

melbourne720 · 19 Feb 2007 at 14:38

I'd say the 'bay