Need a spec please

dayloon

dayloon

dayloon

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I've got £1200. Need everything apart from keyboard/mouse. Even need speakers. Will be used for general web/email/office and occasional gaming.

1 question i've got is about processors. A lot of people I speak to say the AMD X2's are the way to go but other people are saying it's best to go with a Opteron (something like a 170) because it's a similar price to the X2 4400 and capable of a lot more.

Cheers!
 
the optis are apparently better for overclocking but you get better stock speeds with the X2 4400 than you do with its closest opteron rival (price wise) the 170

so if you are going to overclock I'd go for the Opteron UP 170 ... £323.07inc.
but if you're leaving it at stock I'd go for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+..£333.64inc.

as for the rest ...

MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-048-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT)
£269.95 £269.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£56.50 £56.50
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£64.95 £64.95
SP-060-CL Creative Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers - Retail (SP-060-CL)
£43.95 £43.95
Subtotal £610.20
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £109.06
Total £732.21


totaling around about the £1070 mark... leaving a little bit if you need a monitor, and if you don't need a monitor, then a good quality sound card whould fit in nicely
 
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