Spec for around £400.

Byleth88 · 14 Feb 2006 at 13:43

Hi, could you please give me a specification for a graphics card, cpu, RAM and a PSU if you dont mind please! It be great if they also were compatible with a MSI K8N SLi-FI nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard. I already have a hard drive, etc from my last pc that I can use. It can go above £400 but not by to much. Thanks for your time!

lee87 · 14 Feb 2006 at 14:09

Hi, this has a good gfx card which will play new games at a decent quality. The 3700+ is fast and it overclocks very well.

GX-037-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) 1
£124.95 £124.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) 1
£44.95 £44.95
CA-003-AK Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel (CA-003-AK) 1
£43.95 £43.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) 1
£137.95 £137.95
Subtotal £351.80
VAT £61.57
Total £413.37

semi-pro waster · 14 Feb 2006 at 14:55

lee87 has given you a good specification there, if you need to save a little money and are happy to overclock slightly then look at the X800 GTO16 which is basically an X850XT but underclocked. If you don't want to attempt overclocking then I'd go with the specification as it is

BigDom · 14 Feb 2006 at 15:09

semi-pro waster said:
lee87 has given you a good specification there, if you need to save a little money and are happy to overclock slightly then look at the X800 GTO16 which is basically an X850XT but underclocked. If you don't want to attempt overclocking then I'd go with the specification as it is

Agreed

Byleth88 · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:19

Thank you. One little question, is there a major difference between Nvidia and ATI?

BigDom · 14 Feb 2006 at 23:51

Byleth88 said:
Thank you. One little question, is there a major difference between Nvidia and ATI?

At one time or the other one tends to be better value than the other for any price level. Sometimes one has features the other doesn't. Traditionally ( and I THINK it's still the case ) ATI has generally been better at AA and AF.