hows this look?

[-Nick-]

ok what you think of this spec? could i do any better for around that price? is that graphics card good or is there better, i was just thinking it was a little more future proof.

Abit IP-95 Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £31.99 (£37.59)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) - £57.99 (£68.14)

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM - £16.99 (£19.96)

Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple - £27.99 (£32.89)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail - £68.99 (£81.06)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £45.99 (£54.04)

BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £77.99 (£91.64)

LG L194WT 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £107.99 (£126.89)

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99 (£46.99)

Sub Total : £475.91
Total : £574.41

suggestions please.

Cheers
-Nick-

 

[-Nick-]

is that psu enough btw?

 

[fobose]

I am not up to date with which mobo etc is best but I would say if it was me I would get a 20" WS as a monitor is something you probably wont be wanting to upgrade regulary and 1440x900 is a bit on the small side!

PSU is fine, that graphics card doesn't even require an extra power cable. I run a much older overclocked intel PC with lots more HDD's/DVDRW and a 7900GS on a 400w fine

I would also go with the antec Sonata II case (£20 more) aswell as it looks better IMO and it does have a 450w PSU to so if you wanted a better gfx card in the future you got more chance it working with that

 

[-Nick-]

it's a tight budget and can't reallly add much more onto it, i was thinking about a different mobo.

 

[-Nick-]

bump, anyone?

could people spec me a rig of similar or better ability for under 600 quid? need everything!

really needs 2 gig ram and dual core, needs to be able to play bf2 at full settings and C&C3 and maybe CoH

 

[-Nick-]

anyone?