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Citizen

Citizen

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I spent most of yesterday going over the various components for a new pc. I would like your esteemed opinions on the system i hope to build.


CASE-----Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.4 Zen Case £38
PSU------Corsair HX 520W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply £83
MOTHERBOARD----Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L £99
CPU-------Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.93GHz (1066FSB) £129
MEMORY---Crucial 2GB (2 X 1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit £23
HARD DRIVE-----Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £38
DVD ROM------Samsung TS-H493B SATA DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive - Black (OEM) £10
FLOPPY-----Sony Floppy Drive - Black £6.89

MONITOR----Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £150

GRAPHICS---Gainward GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £137.99

£577

The case was the main bugbear for me. I didn't want anything expensive as the system will not be overclocked.

Much Appreciated
 
Looks fine to me, except maybe you should take a look at the XFX ATI 4850 graphics card. As far as I know it outperforms the 9800GTX or at least matches it and is at a cheaper price. Or if you want to stick with nvidia, buy the Ocuk Value GTX260 at £156 as it will outperform the card you have selected and is not much more expensive.

More expensive cases are quite often a good thing. They help keep the inards cool, look better and generally are easier to build inside due to less sharp cutting finger objects and better layouts. Though having said that, your case looks fine. I'd just thought I'd explain why cases can be so expensive.
 
Drop the 9800 and go for the GTX250 on special, it's the same card.

Also may want faster memory if you plan to overclock at a later date.

Also I hear good things about the cheaper Coolermaster cases 335 I think.
 
Thanks for the replies guys. I'll take a closer look at those graphics cards......and the coolermaster 335 case. I know the more expensive cases generally will keep the components cooler,better air flow etc......but i'm just trying to find a happy medium.

I was going to buy the akasa eclipse 62.....last year. Don't really want to pay £120 for it.........although i could if i was 'pushed'

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sorry but how is it £577?
i just added it up and it came in at £714.88.
lol which im gutted about otherwise id want the setup :(
 
38+
83+
99+
129+
23+
38+
10+
6.99+
150+
137.99

Total 714.88

Im confused were you got £577 from?

How about this

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £120.74
(£104.99) £120.74
(£104.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.98
(£86.94) £99.98
(£86.94)
Asus M4A78 PRO AMD 780G (Socket AM2+/AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £90.84
(£78.99) £90.84
(£78.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £62.99
(£54.77) £62.99
(£54.77)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (TWIN2X4096-8500C5) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)
Samsung TS-H493B SATA DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive - Black (OEM) £9.19
(£7.99) £9.19
(£7.99)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £6.89
(£5.99) £6.89
(£5.99)
Sub Total : £564.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £86.87
Total : £666.00

EDIT: OMG it comes to £666??

Its a sign :/
 
Ah, when i did the original calculation i didn't include the price of the graphics card.....i was still in several minds with that one.

Thanks for putting that list together ( even if it did add up to the sign of the beast)......i'm still currently streamlining the other...

Actually, i havn't included a CPU cooler.....probably go for the arctic cooling freezer 7.
 
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