Hi guys...
I want to upgrade my ancient PC (Ath XP 2100+, 1gb ram, ATI Radeon 9800) with a cube system, and a flat screen monitor. I've got a budget of around £600-£700 for the PC alone, and about £150 for the screen.
Main use of the PC will be gaming - hoping to be able to play EVE Online, CoD 2 in DX9 mode rather than DX7, and Oblivion.... so it has to be as up to date as poss I guess. Also will use to play music and movies, so needs decent storage. Will be looking for wireless internet connectivity too...
Another consideration is upgradability. I know cubes are harder to upgrade but a rig that gives me some possibilties would be good
I know I am asking a lot here, but spec away please guys
OK - the wonders of a forum search! Is this still a good spec for what I need? Can it be improved? I'm thinking I need to go with 2gb RAM minimum, so might have to juggle the other components to get the price around 700, leaving me a little bit of money towards a flatscreen?
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CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £605.15
VAT £105.91
Total £711.06
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TIA
Damo
I want to upgrade my ancient PC (Ath XP 2100+, 1gb ram, ATI Radeon 9800) with a cube system, and a flat screen monitor. I've got a budget of around £600-£700 for the PC alone, and about £150 for the screen.
Main use of the PC will be gaming - hoping to be able to play EVE Online, CoD 2 in DX9 mode rather than DX7, and Oblivion.... so it has to be as up to date as poss I guess. Also will use to play music and movies, so needs decent storage. Will be looking for wireless internet connectivity too...
Another consideration is upgradability. I know cubes are harder to upgrade but a rig that gives me some possibilties would be good
I know I am asking a lot here, but spec away please guys OK - the wonders of a forum search! Is this still a good spec for what I need? Can it be improved? I'm thinking I need to go with 2gb RAM minimum, so might have to juggle the other components to get the price around 700, leaving me a little bit of money towards a flatscreen?
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CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £605.15
VAT £105.91
Total £711.06
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TIA
Damo
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