Been loitering and reading and counting my very limited budget and the conclusion is I have to retain my 17" Iiyama CRT, re-use my old CDRW and DVD drives, and try to spend under £500..
From other posts Ive got this far:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM) £134.95
Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) £54.95
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) £54.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE) £34.95
Which takes me to: £279.8 + VAT = £328.77
Have opted for 160Gb/8Mb Cache drive for cost reasons and cause I have a 160Gb Maxtor USB2 external drive and my old 160Gb IDE mounted USB2 external as well. Whether this is wise? but money counts and I opted to go for the 4400+.
So im left with RAM (1Gb assumed) and Graphics to sort and only a £170 approx to play with
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Any suggestions re RAM / Graphics or rebalancing the whole build in budget. Should I reduce processor spec and use cash on graphics
In regards to usage its basically work, family photos and casual gaming. My back catelogue of unplayed games includes Half 2 and Far Cry. As I play far less these days next purchase will be Neverwinter Nights 2 or Oblivion.
From other posts Ive got this far:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM) £134.95
Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) £54.95
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) £54.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE) £34.95
Which takes me to: £279.8 + VAT = £328.77
Have opted for 160Gb/8Mb Cache drive for cost reasons and cause I have a 160Gb Maxtor USB2 external drive and my old 160Gb IDE mounted USB2 external as well. Whether this is wise? but money counts and I opted to go for the 4400+.
So im left with RAM (1Gb assumed) and Graphics to sort and only a £170 approx to play with
.Any suggestions re RAM / Graphics or rebalancing the whole build in budget. Should I reduce processor spec and use cash on graphics
In regards to usage its basically work, family photos and casual gaming. My back catelogue of unplayed games includes Half 2 and Far Cry. As I play far less these days next purchase will be Neverwinter Nights 2 or Oblivion.
