Spec for friend - quick check please

[Sandmaster500]

CPU AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) £106.28

MOBO Asus A8N-VM S939 NVC51G/MCP51G Matx - Vga Sound Lan USB2 Fsb1000 Sata £48.84

GPU Leadtek Winfast PX6800GS-TDH256 Extreme PCI-E £154.99

RAM CRUCIAL 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 184-PIN UNBUFF 128MX64 Memory Modules £57.46

HD Maxtor 6L200M0 Diamond Max 10 200GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM £57.91

CASE Antec SLK1650/mt 350w Smart ATX Black Case £44.57

DVD-RW NEC ND-4550 16x DVD±RW/RAM Double Layer Internal IDE (Black) - OEM £27.02

Keyboard Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard/ps2 Black OEM £7.42

MOUSE and MAT Microsoft Basic Optical Black Mouse - USB £8.99

SPEAKERS Logitech X-210 - 2.1 40W RMS Speakers £20.99

SCREEN Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-022-SA) £187.77


Please could someone tell me if that lot is ok? Going to be for gaming and general use for a non-tech savvy person.

Any help much appreciated

 

[Sandmaster500]

What is the difference between the two models? Don't think the place i'm getting it from stocks the other.

ta

 

[Sandmaster500]

I have been of the same view. But aparently their newer ones are pretty good. Quiet, SATA II, 16mb cache. He will probably have another drive for more important data. Might set a raid up later to give him redundancy.

Think i'm going to leave the drive as is, as would mean ordering from more than one place which is a pain. Won't be used for DVD writing very much so a little loss is speed won't be hugely important. Had a look at the benq but is only in white/silver

Thanks for the input guys

 

[Sandmaster500]

I agree about maxtors as i've had two personally fail! Only reason it was in there was because my another friend who's helping me (knows a fair bit) said they are quiet and fast - from reading mags.

So how about?
Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM - £87.51
Is this the one which is actually based on old tech?
Or
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 8MB Cache - OEM - £65.77

More tempted by the seagate at the price, but is the WD a lot better?

Thanks very much

 

[Sandmaster500]

Have got a single 1gb stick so he can easily upgrade later. 6800GS should be perfectly fine for most gaming at 1280*1080 res. Trying to keep to a budget so can't really fit those in. If it was a system for me, my budget would have to increase

Thanks guys ordering pretty much now so hopefully will be building this weekend. At which point i'll be back with the probs i get into.

Many Thanks
Sandblaster500