Spec Comparison

Soldato
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My mates looking to get a new computer built shortly and myself and one of his friends have both specced him up a computer not inc keyboard/mouse/monitor/speakers.

My spec :

CPU : AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£144.47

Mobo : Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£72.79

RAM : GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£64.57

Case : Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
£58.69

GFX : PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£146.82

HDD : Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£71.62

NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-029-NE)
£29.32

Total : £588.28

Other mates spec :

Mainboard, 3200mhz 64bit processor and 1gb memory = £285

1 x Maxtor 250mb HDD = £68

Clear Side Case = £33.49

460 watt XPRO Heavy duty PSU = £42.89

Creative Soundblaster Audigy Sound = £40.00

Sony Floppy Drive = 7.00

Liteon DVD Writer = £31.00

256MB Graphics Card = £45.00 (I know no model name)

Internal Neon Light Tube = £6.00

Illuminated Case Fan = £4.95

TOTAL COST = £563.33

my mates mate seems to think his spec is somehow better because it's got a soundcard, and seems to think it's got a cheap case and a bad quality PSU, plus no lights? I lolled a little inside :)

thoughts?
 
Soldato
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that was pretty much my point, as far as i'm concerned i'm not too fussed about where he gets his stuff or w/e but think the other guys spec is a bit lacking for a machine which will be predominantly used for gaming (he said he wanted to be able to play the next final fantasy release).

Also I probably wouldn't go with the A8n-E mobo as it's pretty much caused me no end of problems on my own one.

cheers,
 
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