Spec Check

[saint_jw]

Can you guys have a look over these bits before I order please. Don't need monitor, HDD or optical drives. Any suggestions gratefully recieved.

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
MB-111-AS Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-111-AS) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM) 1
£182.95 £182.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£54.95 £54.95
HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-023-TR) 1
£26.95 £26.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK) 1
£8.95 £8.95
GX-056-XF XFX GeForce 6800 GS Extreme XXX Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-056-XF) 1
£124.95 £124.95
CA-012-TT Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-012-TT) 1
£62.95 £62.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG) 1
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £626.60
VAT £109.66
Total £736.26

 

[robertgilbert86]

I think less 3800x2 and more 3700+ (with 1mb cache) and then spend the extra money on a decent graphics card eg 7800GT. Remember it's grpahics cards holding games back, not processors.

And 2gb of (value) ram for battlefield 2 if you play it!

 

[saint_jw]

Ahh, see I always get suckered into big CPU numbers so I can see you're point there, cheers.

 

[saint_jw]

New spec as advised:

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
MB-111-AS Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-111-AS)
£104.95 £104.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-023-TR)
£26.95 £26.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)
£8.95 £8.95
CA-012-TT Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-012-TT)
£62.95 £62.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£59.95 £59.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
GX-070-XF XFX GeForce 7800GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70G-UDF7) (GX-070-XF)
£194.95 £194.95
Subtotal £648.60
VAT £113.51
Total £762.11

 

[semi-pro waster]

If you can afford it I'd get 2gb Ram, places where you could save money if you are at the limits of your budget would be - get the Leadtek 7800gt (standard), you save £35 there alone, drop the additional XP120 and fan, use the retail one as it is still decent and you can then get 2gb Ram. Alternatively you could choose not to get such a pricey motherboard, however the silent heatpipes are a nice feature.

 

[saint_jw]

The noise factor was an element in both the mobo and the heatsink. I may well add another GB ram and as it's the easiest bit to add i though i'd see how things go with the specs here.

 

[ACESHIGH]

This graphics card would be even better with that system ...
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) £234.94*Including VAT

Quicker than the 7800GTX & at a very good price.

 

[saint_jw]

Thanks for the advise guys, ACES i'd already ordered when you suggested the X1800 XT but i'm sure the 7800 won't dissapoint.

I placed the order at about 15:30 yeasterday and it's here on the IOW by 11:00, great service there guys, thanks.

One thing though, the SI-120 is HUGE!! I shouldn't be surprised as it needs a 12cm fan but it was still a shock actually looking at it out of the box.