Please precheck my order

Scottie2004 · 12 Feb 2006 at 19:01

Hi, going to order this lot, would appreciate it if you could take a look over it and make sure I'm getting best bang for buck on all fronts. Open to suggestions on specific gcards etc. Going to be used mostly for gaming, needs to look good on the desk as well. Needs to be a complete system.

Thanks in advance;

COMPONENTS

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W £82.19
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm £133.89
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra £72.79
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 £52.82
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU Ultra-Quiet £16.39
6800 GS £129.19
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB £58.69
Samsung SM-913N £199.69
Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop £35.19
JBL Creature II 2.1 Speakers £59.34

Total £840.18

Scottie2004 · 13 Feb 2006 at 09:01

Larok said:
be wothwhile getting the OCUK 7800 gt, you could go down to the 3200 venice to keep the cost neutral.

How does dropping to the 3200 venice and saving around £10 keep the cost neutral, am I missing something on the pricings?

Scottie2004 · 13 Feb 2006 at 09:02

BigDom said:
Go for the SD 3700+ Proccessor.

Graphics go for an X850XT rather than the 6800GS.

Other than that looks decent enough.

Is the X850XT gauranteed to clock at the X850 PE Levels and does it support HDR?

Scottie2004 · 13 Feb 2006 at 12:42

I'm trying to keep a budget of aroun £850 so I need good value on the components. If the 7800 GT is such a good buy then should I sacrifice other components such as not puchasing the speakers?

Scottie2004 · 13 Feb 2006 at 13:41

Defcon5 said:
Whats the point of a higher frame rate if theres no sound to go with it?

Could easily get a cheap temporary pair of speakers for now or just use my 5.1 headphones if the 7800 Gt makes such a big difference.

One question about the X850XT, does the lack of shader model 3 make a big difference to latest games visual quality? Does it support HDR in HL Source?