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Just trying to spec up a new box on a semi budget for my folks in law. Haven't toyed with the the new Conroe chips and boards myself yet. They are fairly heavy gamers (plays games like Oblivion and so on) and they want to new box to last a while, while obviously still not costing an arm and a leg (don't we all.) Anyway I've thus reasoned that Core 2 is a must, as is a reasonable powerful gfx card. I've leaned toward the ATI card due to it's ability to handle HDR and AA simultaneously (so I gather ) and at slightly higher levels of detail than comparable Nvidia cards (judging by the quick research I've done.) However if you can make a compelling case for another card I'm quite open to being convinced
So can you guys please look over the spec and make suggestions/improvements/corrections if appropriate.
Current spec as follows:
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £142.99
Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) £77.99
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £139.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM £58.99
Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (CA-018-EN) £29.95
Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £51.99
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Subtotal £575.88
VAT £100.78
Total £676.66
Just trying to spec up a new box on a semi budget for my folks in law. Haven't toyed with the the new Conroe chips and boards myself yet. They are fairly heavy gamers (plays games like Oblivion and so on) and they want to new box to last a while, while obviously still not costing an arm and a leg (don't we all.) Anyway I've thus reasoned that Core 2 is a must, as is a reasonable powerful gfx card. I've leaned toward the ATI card due to it's ability to handle HDR and AA simultaneously (so I gather ) and at slightly higher levels of detail than comparable Nvidia cards (judging by the quick research I've done.) However if you can make a compelling case for another card I'm quite open to being convinced
So can you guys please look over the spec and make suggestions/improvements/corrections if appropriate. Current spec as follows:
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £142.99
Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) £77.99
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £139.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM £58.99
Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (CA-018-EN) £29.95
Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £51.99
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Subtotal £575.88
VAT £100.78
Total £676.66
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