new system advice needed

[metrophage]

Hi all,

first post, so be gentle!

I am in the process of building a new system, but haven't a clue about graphics cards. I am not a gamer , though wouldn't mind having the ability to play games such as City of Heroes.

I am basing the system around a socket 939 chip - yet to be purchased though likely to be around athlon 64 3200xp with at least 1gb possibly 2 of rAM and will be a PCI-E x16 .

For the whole guts excluding the case i have a budget of around £350-400 of which i am allocating £40-80 for the graphics card.

But i havent a clue where too start when it comes to graphics cards

oh and i am running a viewsonic 19" widescreen tft

thanks for your help

//metrophage

 

[lay-z-boy]

Hi there,

Welcome to OcUK!

I did this for you.
You dont mention cd drive or hdd so they are not included, but this system is fast and much better than what you were originally aiming for.

 

[metrophage]

hi thanks

for going to the trouble but i have already specced and begun to purchase my system.

Thermaltake tai - chi donated by friend

already on order awaiting delivery
Asus A8V-E SE Socket 939 Sound/LAN PCI-Ex16
Thermaltake 500w TR2-500W Retail Power Supply W0093

to be purchased - though can be persuaded to change
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ venice
NEC ND-4551A DVD±RW/DL 16x6x16x8x Lableflash Silver
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
RAM
graphics card

As my original post suggests I know nothing about grpahics cards and am unsure what the difference between all the cards are, what difference i will get in perfomance bearing in mind I am not a hardcore gamer

thanks

//metrophage

 

[lay-z-boy]

well thats a bummer

Asus A8V-E SE Socket 939 Sound/LAN PCI-Ex16
Thermaltake 500w TR2-500W Retail Power Supply W0093

stay away from thermaltake computer part products (bar the big typhoon and cases)

that psu will not be stable and could be the end of your system.
I advise seasonic, tagan, enermax and antec HE.

im not sure about the mobo but i have seen some cases of stability problems with it.

Graphics wise, if £80 is your tops then a 7600gs should do the trick.

 

[metrophage]

well thats a bummer



stay away from thermaltake computer part products (bar the big typhoon and cases)

that psu will not be stable and could be the end of your system.

That sounds extreme is there any evidence of this? all reviews of their psu's i came across seemed ok.