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[famas]

hi all,

could some of you kind folks have a look over this spec, see if im getting best proformance for the money,

its for a friend who want it for surfing *** web, listening to music and some gaming, hes on a tight budget, see what you think,
thanks


CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£45.95 £45.95
MB-037-GI Gigabyte K8NE nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-037-GI)
£42.95 £42.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
GX-067-XF XFX GeForce 6800 XT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT42E-UDE3) (GX-067-XF)
£84.95 £84.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.50 £24.50
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
CD-020-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.95 £10.95
Subtotal £333.15
VAT £58.31
Total £391.46

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

I'd say the Sempron 2800 is letting it down if hes going to do some gaming...

Its a poor chip - try stretching the budget to include a A64 3000.

Maybe use the money from the second DVD drive towards it? Doesn't seem to be much need for that unless he's going to be doing some serious copying...

The upgrade path on that spec isn't good either - but if thats all your friend is going to be using it for then i don't suppose it matters too much.

M

 

[locutus12]

CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£45.95 £45.95
MB-037-GI Gigabyte K8NE nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-037-GI)
£42.95 £42.95


i would change for an Asrock 939 dual SATA 2 motherboard £46 inc vat
AMD venice core, 3000+ cpu (pick them up second hand now for around £70)

advantages are, 1 venice cores overclock stupidly (should he ever want to try )

2 you get socket M2 support (theres an extra socket on the mobo, lets you buy an extra card with an M2 cpu socket and DDR2 ram sockets, v useful)

if he doesnt mind, mix the build up with some second hand parts to keep the cost down, i.e. cpu, graphics, ram,