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I'm currently trying to put a new machine together for a bit of Surfing, Web design, DVD encoding and some gaming (BF2, WoW etc). My P3 866 is getting a bit long in the tooth, not to mention having a slight memory problem
I can salvage a LiteOn 8x DVD DL burner from it and the rest is for the bin.
I have a budget of roughly £500. Ive been away from the hardware game for a while (pretty bad when your an IT Engineer by trade) anyway, here is a spec list I have put together. I am by no means a man who runs silly res/detail in every game - all be it the more the better though
Case: Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano Black/Window £50.47
PSU: Enermax EG465AX-VE(G)(FMA) 460W £35.19
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket AM2) £105.69
Mobo: Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) £70.44
Memory: Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel (2x512MB) £70.44
GFX: Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB £117.44
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB £61.75
Total: £511.42
This takes me slightly over budget but the extra 50gb HDD space id say is worth it. I'm not sure how the motherboard will perform. I presume the Nforce 570 Ultra will run the 1 7600GT card just as fast as the Nforce 590 chipsets would do.
If you can find any ways of cutting corners fine and dandy or more bang for the buck id love to hear from you
Thanks
-Jon

I have a budget of roughly £500. Ive been away from the hardware game for a while (pretty bad when your an IT Engineer by trade) anyway, here is a spec list I have put together. I am by no means a man who runs silly res/detail in every game - all be it the more the better though

Case: Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano Black/Window £50.47
PSU: Enermax EG465AX-VE(G)(FMA) 460W £35.19
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket AM2) £105.69
Mobo: Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) £70.44
Memory: Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel (2x512MB) £70.44
GFX: Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB £117.44
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB £61.75
Total: £511.42
This takes me slightly over budget but the extra 50gb HDD space id say is worth it. I'm not sure how the motherboard will perform. I presume the Nforce 570 Ultra will run the 1 7600GT card just as fast as the Nforce 590 chipsets would do.
If you can find any ways of cutting corners fine and dandy or more bang for the buck id love to hear from you
Thanks
-Jon