New PC Spec

noob · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:13

Ordering the following spec tomorrow. Can someone please check it before I order. I know the prices could be slightly wrong.

paradigm · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:36

2GB of RAM seems overkill unless your a big time gamer or a video editor/photoshopper/3d stuido artist. 2GB of RAM seems definately overkill if your a gamer and your limiting yourself to an X800GTO.

Apart from that it all seems nice (except I don't like Razers!

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Explicit · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:43

^ But having 2GB ram is never really a bad thing, consider it to be more "future proof" - if there is such a thing.

Spec looks ok, not sure about that mobo

Behemoth · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:46

Only an 80 gig hdd ? 160 gig aint much more expensive.

paradigm · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:06

Explicit said:
^ But having 2GB ram is never really a bad thing, consider it to be more "future proof" - if there is such a thing.

Spec looks ok, not sure about that mobo

Same could be said about buying 1GB of ram and better GFX though.

Explicit · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:08

paradigm said:
Same could be said about buying 1GB of ram and better GFX though.

Well that's down to what the user wants to use the computer for. For photoshop and the like, 2gb ram would be more beneficial than a high end graphics card, vice versa for a gamer.

paradigm · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:14

Hence why I asked exactly that :rolleyes:

lemonkettaz · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:17

get a slightly cheaper mouse and then increase your hdd capacity... 80gb nowadays isnt much....

think you should get 160gb at least.. like mentioned

Explicit · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:19

paradigm said:
Hence why I asked exactly that

sheesh who ate your pie?

ryansm · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:30

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds)

HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI) £47.95 £47.95

GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT) £169.95 £169.95

CP-147-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-147-AM) £109.95 £109.95

CA-001-AR Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR) £49.95 £49.95

KB-016-SK Saitek 1600 DPI Optical Gamers Mouse (KB-016-SK) £19.95 £19.95

MO-035-HY Hyundai ImageQuest B91A 19" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-035-HY)£189.95 £189.95

CD-027-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-027-NE) £29.95 £29.95

GS-002-QP QPad Gamer High Sense XL (GS-002-QP) £12.95 £12.95

MB-040-GI Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI) £52.95 £52.95

KB-011-LG Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG) £8.95 £8.95

MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) £54.95 £54.95

Subtotal £747.45
VAT £130.81
Total £878.26

About the same price - yet has a better gfx,monitor and also SLi system for adding a new gfx in the future for more power.

Its not perfect but its more the route I would go down.

Behemoth · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:33

Those gygabte mobos are pretty decent, got the next model up to the the one you've spec'd and they are very stable boards.

MG42Maniac · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:59

Is that PSU that comes with the case actually any good?

Explicit · 22 Feb 2006 at 01:36

MG42Maniac said:
Is that PSU that comes with the case actually any good?

It's very good - seasonic

ToLearn · 22 Feb 2006 at 01:42

ive just got the same gigabyte board passive cooling only thing different then the pro version is no firewire not a big problem for myself but very stable boards

ACESHIGH · 22 Feb 2006 at 06:05

noob said:
Ordering the following spec tomorrow. Can someone please check it before I order. I know the prices could be slightly wrong.

A64 3700+ - very nice
2Gig ram - worth it
X800GTO16 - is very good for price (with 16 pipes)

HDD if required can easily be upgraded at a later date (so 80Gig should be fine).

Overall i think its a nice spec.