Just ordered this budget system, tell me everything I've done wrong!

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I need it for tomorrow so I just looked at what parts had reviewed well and ordered them so that I could make the delivery cut off. I checked to see they were all the right parts, but I may have missed something, so if you guys spot anything stupidly obvious please let me know :D

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

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

Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Yes I know its not going to be super fast, but I'm skint and it should hold me over for a while!
 
YOU CALL THIS BUDGET PC :eek: :(

neway good combination there should be a beast, assuming you are reusing your old kb/ms, monitor, speakers, and optical drive.
 
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Looks sweet, but hardly budget lol. I have the exact same Mobo, Case & CPU and all are very good with good overclocking potential and the case looks sweet and very cool.
 
Heh, well most of my friends run insane quad core specs, but:

A: I can't really see the point in having tech that far ahead of the curve, you pay for performance that you don't use 98% of the time.

B: I've just had to spend 600 quid on tyres for the car, and I'm too poor even if I wanted to. :)

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YOU CALL THIS BUDGET PC :eek: :(

neway good combonation there should be a beast, assuming you are reusing your old kb/ms, monitor, speakers, and optical drive.
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Yeah I'll be using all the old kit as they are still pretty decent, what would a Dell box with a 6800, 3ghz P4, 1gb DDR and a 120gb SATA be worth to anyone these days, or should I just leave it to crunch units?
 
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Looks fine, I don't know huge amounts about the Abit motherboard but it is based on the Nforce 650 SLi chipset so ought to be reasonably decent. You might want to consider a decent aftermarket cooler if overclocking such as the Noctua NH-U12F or Tuniq Tower.

I do understand what you mean about budget though, I haven't built myself a new PC in a couple of years now but anything less than £1,000 tends to be a bit of a budget system for me.

Your old system isn't likely to be worth a huge amount now but if you have no real uses for it then you are probably as well to sell and recoup some of the cost. :)
 
Your old machine may be of use to someone if its at a sensible price!

my GF just fell in love with Half life 2, and since i only have one machine (ie: mine) i always lose my gaming time. She totally wears the trousers. I think a 3ghz P4 would suite her nicely.

Email in trust :P
 
Heh, yup, hardly budget. I would probably have cut back a bit elsewhere and gone for an 8800 GTS. But, should still do very nicely. :D Enjoy!
 
You have paid your money and made your choice!

I think that although many people would change a number of the components for their personal favourites or altered the balance to allow for a superior graphics card, at the end of the day, you will end up with a system that you should enjoy for quite a while.
 
Ah thats the thing, I tend to buy cheaper GFX cards and upgrade every 9 months, where as I usually go for a couple of years between CPU changes :)

DampCat I'll drop you a mail once I successfully moved over to the new rig!
 
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