Please spec me a pc for about £800-900

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 11:37

I have no more money than this as I only make around £600 a month part time. In a month and a half I will have the money, and intend to make a completely new system, and of course, less money is better. I mostly play games, but also listen to a lot of music etc. I already have a Samsung SM959NF and Creative 5.1 speaker set, so have no need of those, although i think after a year and a bit, my MX510 mouse, and my keyboard are wearing out a bit.

Show me your best.

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:29

Gah, nice spec. Tempting me like hell to spend a little more and get 2GB of RAM.
Do you know what that mobo is like for overclocking, or how are those cpus are in general by any chance? I was thinking of perhaps getting one of them before, then I heard a 3700+ would be a fair bit better for games.

Ideally I'd like to try a dab hand at overclocking, hence originally thinking ZX RAM, an Epox board, and a SD3700+, but the dual core, even with lesser cache and a little less potential in games (a few fps?) and that gfx card are sure looking tempting. Ideally do want to get 2GB of ram though, and the ZX stuff looked best for timings...

Any more suggestions?

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 14:22

Anyone else?

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:19

Hmmm, hearing lots of bad things about the mobo...does anyone have a suggestion for a replacement board... and 2.4Ghz a core...well, that'd be 3700+ speeds anyway, on each core.... so not bad, even without the cache

Primary use is Gaming, but as one of those is WoW, minimising/windowing and using the net, and using things like WMP in the background are not uncommon in the slightest.

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:39

Hmmm, I'll keep that in mind, just apparently a lot of issues and complaints about these boards in particular, theres even a thread on the mobo forum right now about em... 2 weeks average life :/

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:10

2 GB ZX GSkill sound good?

Alexrose1uk · 31 Jan 2006 at 18:02

Too expensive for me though. I was trying to budget a system. Was given a good spec, and would have to spend more for 2GB, and HZ pushes the budget a bit too much for my liking.

Alexrose1uk · 1 Feb 2006 at 09:31

Currently looking at this:

Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-027-EP)
£69.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£249.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£134.95
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£28.70
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£64.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£54.20
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£179.95
KB-015-SK Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard (KB-015-SK)
£22.95
KB-024-LG Logitech MX510 Performance Optical Mouse & Steelpad S&S Bundle - Retail (KB-024-LG)
£24.95

(Prices ex VAT)

My main query is is that PSU suitable?

Alexrose1uk · 1 Feb 2006 at 14:47

I was planning on adding perhaps another hard drive, dvd drive, and a soundcard later on....would that still be enough?