New pc

With 2GB of memory - looks the business.

GFx and RAM are your main constraints, and you'll be addressing both of those.

GFx is great - only thing better would be to hit x1900, and 2GB of memory will handle requirements just fine.

M
 
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ok this is what i have so far can you tell me if this looks ok ?

Lian-Li PC-61 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939)
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3
Antec NeoHE 550W Modular ATX2.0 PSU
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail
Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable

Now im looking at the gfx cards now :)

Thanks.
 
Or if you prompt to go AM2:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-169-AM) £284.95

Abit KN9 SLi nForce 570 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-097-AB) £94.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL) £109.95

OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-OK) £159.95

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) £51.95

NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-032-NE) £24.95

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL) £64.95

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL) £47.95

FSP Sparkle FX600-GLN Epsilon 600W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-002-SK) £69.95


Subtotal £909.55
VAT £159.18
Total £1,068.73
 
Whats every ones thoughts on the dell xps 600 or 700 just the standard build of:

XPS 600
£1,048.99
Includes VAT & Shipping

XPS 700
£1,198.99
Includes VAT & Shipping

Dell XPS 600 Spec
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 with HT technology (3.20GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
6x max. DVD+/-RW (Dual Layer) Drive
Dell E196FP 19" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
256MB nVidia™ GeForce 7900GS graphics card
Integrated 5.1 Audio with RealTek Enhanced Software


Dell XPS 700 Sec
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930 (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2x2MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
DUAL 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 7900GS graphics card
ntegrated 5.1 Audio with RealTek Enhanced Software

Sorry for so many questions but i just wanna get the right pc for gaming so all the help is greatfull :)

Thanks.
 
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£264.95 £264.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£234.95 £234.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£64.95 £64.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£50.95 £50.95
Subtotal £906.60
VAT £158.66
Total £1,065.26
 
Ok i been looking on oc site and come to this how does it look now, would it still run latest game maxed out now that i picked cheaper items to save money ?

Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 250GB SATA 8MB Cache
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939)
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3
XFX GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI

VAT £121.75
Total £817.45

Thanks.
 
May as well have the 3800 as the 4200. They usually clock past 4200 speeds anyways.

Best option is 4400 if you got the readies.

And you want a 512 GFx if you can manage it.

Otherwise looks good.

M
 
Well i was coming down in price to get it faster :) i can get these parts as follows:

Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
Mushkin 2GB DDR HP3200 High Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB)
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable

But if i get them i would have to wait another month to get a gfx card:
XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX is what i realy want :)

But i maye change for a bigger hard drive
 
IMHO, you dont need:

The Raptor - load times aren't the be all and end all, get a 7200rpm drive.

X-Fi - that can wait - use onboard sound, you'll probably find its perfectly good enough.

And now i come to think of it, since you state you dont want to overclock, that mobo is complete overkill - just get a £50 one.

That should go a good way towards your GFx.

M
 
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i dont wanna overclock like you say but i read a review that says that mother board is realy good and after i get my gfx card i wanna save for another to have 2 in there :)

oh and whats a good hard drive other than raptor then ?
 
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Case: Coolermaster Wave Master

Well IMO the Akasa Eclipse 62 and the Lian-Li PC7 are better cases for your money, still a good case though.


Cpu: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+

Good CPU


Mother Board: DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT

Waste of money unless thinking about SLI'ing which IMO is a complete waste of money anyway. I would look at the DFI nForce4 Ultra-D instead, does everything the expert board does with 1 less PCI-E x 16 slot and a much lower price tag!


Gfx Card: XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3

Why....The X1900XT is a faster and better performing card for less money!


Memory: OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC3200 Dual Channel Gold

Good Memory, but 2GB is definitely considered the standard these days...Some games like BF2 like to have use of it. For value for money I would look at the OCZ PC3200 Platinum or the Mushkin HP3200 Blue


Hard Disk: Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM

Raptors are way overrated and overpriced, you can buy 2 sata2 HDD's and run them in raid0 which is faster and cheaper than a raptor!


Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition

Not a bad soundcard but just consider that the onboard sound is usually good enough and money may be better spent elsewhere.


PSU

For the PSU I would look at the Enermax Liberty or the Tagan Easicon ranges. 400W minimum for a current system running a single gfx card but I would reccomend 500W if within your budget. Avoid the cheapy ones like Q-Tec.
 
Agree keep the X2 4400+, SLI mobo if you may go SLI ever (but unless you have a large LCD i recommend against it) & the OCZ ram.
I really would recommend the X1900XT instead (by the time you want to get a 2nd card you may as well get better single DX10 card; always better to get a faster single card).
As for HDD get Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache.
Soundcard can do without if money is tight - use onboard as said allready.
 
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