New system

acesausage · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:10

Hey all,

Got 400 quid to spend on a base unit. Everything inc, case, mobo, cpu, ram, hd, gfx cooling etc.

Gonna be used a bit for gameing but mostoly as a work station.

Thanks

Monstermunch · 12 Apr 2006 at 23:39

You could look at something like this:

FS-028-AS Asus Vintage AH1 Barebones System - AMD Socket 939 (FS-028-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£73.95 £73.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-044-AN Antec NeoHE 430W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-044-AN)
£54.95 £54.95
Subtotal £321.70
VAT £56.30
Total £378.00

It does have integrated gfx which are Radeon 9600 series, however the onboard gfx will not run many up to the minute games like Quake 4 etc. There is not enough in your budget to be able to play the top games, but with this setup you can always add one later!

acesausage · 12 Apr 2006 at 23:53

great, thanks very much mate

semi-pro waster · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:20

Unless I'm reading the specifications wrong the case comes with an inbuilt PSU so you could do away with the additional PSU that Monstermunch specified and get a decentish PCI-E graphics card in its place like the 256mb X800 GTO.