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hargi

hargi

hargi

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Hi,
My Mates wanting to build a computer can you check the compatibility and the price and stuff all inc vat
Mother board
MSI K9N SLI-2FNF570SLI, Socket AM2,PCI-e (x16),DDR2 800, SATA II,SATA RAID,ATX £69
Graphics card *2
256Mb Leadtek 7600GS Extreen, PCI-E (x16) mem 900MHZ, GPU 520 mhz, 12 Pipes, Dual link DVI-I/DVI-I
£74
Processor
AMD AM2 Atholon 64 3800 Orleans Core,2.4 GHz 512KB Cache Retail
£73
Memory
1GB (2x512MB) Corsair twinX XMS2, DDR2 PC6400 (800) 240 pin, non ECC unbuffered CAS 5-5-5-15
£93
HD 160 bg Maxtor `6G160E0 DiamondMax Plus17 SATA 300, 7200rpm 8MB
£38,
Sound
Creative soundblaster audgy SE 7.1 OEM
£18
Thanks
 
It's a shame you can't stretch a little and go for the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 which is £126.. I think you'd find the performance far superior over the single core at only a snip at an extra £40 more..


Maybe do away with the sound card as unless you are going for the X-Fi, on board sound is fine.

You also have to think about you case, PSU and OS?
 
That is rather expensive for 1gb Ram, I'd go for a cheaper kit and put the saved money towards a Conroe like the Admiral suggests, that along with not getting the soundcard should just about do it.

Are you also going for 2 graphics cards in SLi? If so I'd suggest not and to aim for one good graphics card as it will perform as well or better than 2x7600gs.

The hard drive might also be an issue of contention, lots of people have taken against Maxtor recently, my Maxtors have been fine so far so I'm still happy with them but the Seagate 7200.10s are faster so they are what I'd recommend if you can afford them.
 
yeah the grapics cards were going in as SLI but if you can recommend a single gfx card that will be as good for the same amount of money.
You say the RAM is expensive how much should 1 gb be?
 
An X1800XT for £140 will be better plus there is no hassle with driver profiles or anything like that.

As for Ram, I'd probably go for some PC5300 at around £75(maybe Geil or Crucial, both are cheaper), when I posted I hadn't realised that the prices had jumped that much recently but I still think over £90 is rather expensive for 1gb.
 
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£116.99 £116.99
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£69.99 £69.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-124-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-124-SP)
£119.99 £119.99
Subtotal £448.91
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £80.13
Total £537.99

That should be better. Im not 100% sure on the ram, somone might suggest something a bit better.
 
^^ That's a spot on spec for the money. You'd be crazy not to go for the Allendale ;)
 
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