Spec Check Please!

[Docaroo]

Hey guys, I'm gonna build a budget box for a mate and though this would be a good starting point spec - I'm sure it could be much better so any input welcome! Budget is £400 he's not exactly an enthusiast so as long as it plays game like Rome Total War, Battle4ME 2 etc he'd be happy!



LG Electronics Super Multi DVD+-R/RW/RAM Dual Layer 16x IDE OEM
£22.31
Corsair Memory VS1GBKIT400 PC3200 2x512MB CAS2.5
£63.55
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ S939 512KB
£102.07
Samsung 250GB S300 7200RPM 8MB
£49.93
ASRock S939 nForce 410 MATX Audio Graphics Lan
£47.62
****Value GF 7600GS 256MB DDR2 PCI-E DVI
£64.98
****Value 4-in-1 Kit 400W - Silver/Blue
£27.02

Delivery
(14.762kg) £11.26
total £388.74

The 4 in 1 is a Case, Speakers, Mouse and Keyboard w/ Power Supply...

He doesn't really need the Speakers, Mouse and Keyboard but since it's all in he said he wanted that one...

So I need a Case&PSU, Mobo, Memory, GFX Card, CPU, Hard Drive and DVD Writer!

Many thanks in advance guys!!

 

[Docaroo]

could I give this a sly bump? Just after some kind soul to give it a once over!

 

[hp7909]

If not doing any CPU intesive tasks e.g. encoding video, etc, (watching videos/DVD/DivX/etc, listening to music, etc is NOT a 'heavy' task) something like this should do...

• GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £51.95
• MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-071-MS) £46.95
• Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO) £18.25
• Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £43.95
• BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) £74.95
• AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM) £54.95
• Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) £42.50
• Subtotal £333.50
• VAT £58.37
• Total £391.87

 

[Docaroo]

cool that looks like a nice spec!! Basically have you sacrificed processor for a better GFX card and case??