Performance on a Budget

[beermonster]

Well its been a few years since i ventured into new pc territory but finally got fed up of my xp1800 oc to 2.16gig and ati 9800 pro 256mb underclocked due to being a duffer hehe,

well heres the new line up

Case - Antec P180 in black
PSU - Themaltake TR2 480 watt
MB - Abit AB9 PRO
CPU - E4300 hoping for a resonable OC
RAM - Geil value dd2 2GB 800 mhz
HD - 2x seagate sata 2 250gb 8mb cache
GFX - saphire 1950 pro 512 ram
DVD - sata 2 sony/nec dvd burner

hopefully should be a good increase in my old system which was strugling to run new games at any decent frame rate,
after lots of reseach i dont think i made a bad choice in anything tho please correct me if i have, this lot set me back about 560 inc vat

 

[semi-pro waster]

I don't know too much about the PSU but other than that it should be a fairly decent system, maybe consider getting an aftermarket cooler if you find that the stock one limits your overclocks.

 

[beermonster]

well i have read good reviews on the psu very stable on all rails and very quiet so seemed a bargain at £32, i probably should have stretched to a 1950 XT but the £20 extra i had to go for the P180 case.