New rig for dad is ordered!

[geeza]

CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£51.95 £51.95

MY-008-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS) 1
£129.95 £129.95

CD-068-SA Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA) 1
£22.50 £22.50

MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS) 1
£51.95 £51.95

GX-055-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO16 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-055-PC) 1
£104.95 £104.95

KB-011-LG Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG) 1
£8.95 £8.95

Subtotal £370.25
VAT £64.80
Total £435.05

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Parts from elsewhere
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Opteron 146 & Arctic cooler64 pro £136.77
17" Viewsonic Premium TFT - VA702 £131 (£143 with delivery)

I think ive made the right choice getting the opteron instead of the retail venice as it was only £20 more for an extra 800mhz and 1meg cache

Im also swapping my 2gb geil value for the Gskill HZ and giving him a 160gb hard drive i have spare

 

[geeza]

he doesnt play many but he used to really enjoy soldier of fortune 2. he watched me play COD2 for a bit and decided he wanted it.

Im not really diddling him because mine did cost me £160 anyway and a 160gb hard drive would cost more than £50 (i think) that the memory is over some ocuk value. plus geil value is quite good anyway. everyones a winner!

oh and im building it for him aswell!

 

[geeza]

Not strictly true, an Opty 146 is a damned good CPU even without clocking.. although quite where the OP think's he's getting +800Mhz from I'm not sure.... the Venice 3200 is 2ghz... and so is the 146.. the 146 is effectivly about 200mhz quicker and runs cooler so is a nice buy for the price but not massivly quicker.

It will be when i overclock it for him when i build it

 

[geeza]

Still won't be 800mhz quicker.. a Venice will go to 2.6 pretty much guaranteed.

*points at sig.. which is actually slightly inaccurate as it's running at 2.65 now*

strange how cpuZ tells me its at 2.8ghz (as does every other program) so why is it 2.65?

Anyway I went for the Opteron and arctic cooler because its twice the cache, most places sell them for a lot more than I got it for. Plus the place no longer has them for sale, so they must be good if they are flying off the shelves!

 

[geeza]

I backed this up by pointing out that my 3500+ Venice ( same core as the 3200+ remember ) is running at 1.65Ghz.. so a 146 if it did indeed hit 1.8 would be running just 150mhz more.. effectivly about 300-350more.

My Opteron has hit 2.8ghz though not 1.8!! id be devistated if it only hit 1.8

(the venice 3500 cost more than i could get a 146 for anyway)

anyway, he'll like the system im sure