Spec check

kmistry · 1 Jun 2006 at 16:01

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£56.95 £113.90
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£179.95 £179.95
GX-038-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-038-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-001-PA Patriot Signature 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (PSD22G667K) (MY-001-PA)
£119.95 £119.95
MB-070-MS MSI K9N Platinum nForce 570 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-070-MS)
£79.95 £79.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £615.65
VAT £107.74
Total £723.39

Hi guys, what do you think of this?

am going to be upgrading soon, and if i can't hold out until conroe then this will be what i get, my sole reason for choosing a cheap-ish gfx card is because with dx10 around the corner i dont want to spend too much on a card.....Plus i dont really play games on max resolution, or on max settings as im not too bothered about it! will this be good enough for

some gaming, video editing, photoshop, general uni work, movies?

Stelly · 1 Jun 2006 at 16:53

would think about getting a different PSU

Stelly

Calum · 1 Jun 2006 at 17:53

no need, i run my rig fine with gpu and cpu overclocked - easily enough power, and almost silent too.

Mikey1280 · 1 Jun 2006 at 18:02

Looks good but you've got 2 sonatas in there? It's £656 with just the one, is your budget £720 or something

kmistry · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:47

lol, yeah my budget is £700, i didnt notice that there were 2....no wonder it was quite expensive.....

Mikey1280 · 1 Jun 2006 at 22:31

Go for a lian li pc7+ in black with a nice tagan or seasonic psu, unless you particularly like the sonata

Hlebio · 2 Jun 2006 at 01:46

Stelly said:
would think about getting a different PSU

Stelly

Umm.. why?

Runs the spec in my sig absolutely fine...

kmistry · 2 Jun 2006 at 08:50

Mikey1280 said:
Go for a lian li pc7+ in black with a nice tagan or seasonic psu, unless you particularly like the sonata

my only real reason for getting the sonata, was because

a)its a quiet case (and as far as im aware it comes with internal fans etc)

b)it comes with a PSU....

if it does all work fine then i see no reason why i shouldn't just get the sonata, and use the PSU it comes with, seeing as some of you guys say it runs your oc'ed computers fine.... Also though i do think the Lian Li is a nice case, is quiet and looks nice, simple but nice

thanks for your help