New Computer - Help with choices

markspark · 22 Aug 2007 at 12:10

New Computer - Please Help - Purchase Wednesday

Im currently trying to spec a new computer - I have a budget of roughly £1000 - I need a monitor and Vista premium. This is what I have so far, I'm not sure whether to go for the Intel Core2 processors or the Athlon AM2 ones.

Antec Sonata Designer Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU
86.94

Windows Vista 64bit Home Premium
64.61

Samsung SM-931BW 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor
164.49

Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB *2
86.92

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB
193.86

GeIL (2x1GB) PC8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon
117.49

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW
19.96

This comes to a total of 747.15 including VAT and delivery - so I have around 250 for a motherboard and processor with cooler.

Could you please give me some ideas as to what to buy for the best performance and the greatest upgradeability - and If my above choices are ok.

Thanks,

Mark

markspark · 22 Aug 2007 at 13:53

How late today will I be able to order and still qualify for next day deilivery?

stickroad · 22 Aug 2007 at 14:03

Here you go:

Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black

Total : £996.21

Oder in the next hour or so and your get it but tommorrow guranteed.

markspark · 22 Aug 2007 at 14:10

You havent mentioned a hard drive there - Id prefer two identical drives so I can mirror RAID them.

Could you also explain why you have swapped some of my hardware choices - are the ones you have chosen better?

Thanks,

Mark