Here Goes.......

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 00:26

After much deliberation ( and one head gasket repair later ) finances have been reorganised and i reckon i will be ready to start building soon. Opinions on this spec please. I could maybe spend another £1-150 but.... will be used for tinterwebnet, games ( fm06 and some recent ) in fact would happily get rid of ps2 if system was good enough. mainly use the 'station for GTA and Pro Evo. cheers folks

Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)

£54.95

BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-019-BG)

£134.95

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)

£55.50

BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-001-BQ)

£21.95

Logitech UltraX™ Media Desktop - OEM (KB-065-LG)

£29.95

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM)

£77.95

Antec Performance TX640B-EC Black MiniTower Case - 400 Watt SmartPower PSU (CA-034-AN)

£61.95

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)

£49.95

BenQ FP51G 15" LCD Monitor (MO-017-BQ)
£94.95

Subtotal £582.10
VAT £101.87

Total £683.97

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 00:33

booo. forgot the cooler.

would i be better getting a retail jobbie?

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 00:42

and, to satisfy my curiosity, the gfx is ok? it will do the job for a while, yeah?

this is a first ever go. so, adding points as i go along, what tools will i need?

is there plenty of guidance/instruction included with the gear?

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 00:59

cheers.

now all it gotta do is order!

many posts await! ha.

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 01:02

one last q.

from 'her indoors'

if i was to buy a system to match the one spec'ed above on the high street, how much?

rmuir · 9 Apr 2006 at 01:39

slightly different. but any better?
MB-040-GI
Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)
£54.95
£54.95
CP-121-AM
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£127.95
£127.95
MY-061-CS
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT400C3) (MY-061-CS)
£47.95
£47.95
GX-019-BG
BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-019-BG)
£134.95
£134.95
HD-054-SE
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 120GB ST3120813AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-054-SE)
£44.95
£44.95
CD-068-SA
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
£19.95
£19.95
CA-034-AN
Antec Performance TX640B-EC Black MiniTower Case - 400 Watt SmartPower PSU (CA-034-AN)
£61.95
£61.95
KB-051-MS
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) (KB-051-MS)
£23.95
£23.95
MO-006-HY
Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY)
£64.95
£64.95
Subtotal £581.55
VAT £101.78

Total £683.33