Spec me a PC!

[Over Clocker]

Hi guys,

I'm looking at some new hardware, but am currently not clued up about what to get etc.

Looking at:
Motherboard
CPU
2 gig ram
Fast hard disk
graphics card (nothing special but somethign that will enable Vista to operate at its best. needs dual output.)

Any advice on what to go for at the moment would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mal

 

[PinkFloyd]

WHats your budget?

 

[Over Clocker]

Umm,

up to about £100 on the board, £140ish on the grapgics card, not too bothered about cost of cpu and ram, when i know what board i'm getting then i'll decide on the CPU.

Hard drive, i'll prob go for a raptor (are they still fastest?)

 

[PinkFloyd]

MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£74.95 £74.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX)
£119.95 £119.95
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£119.95 £119.95
HD-007-WD Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
£61.95 £123.90
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX)
£179.95 £179.95
Subtotal £618.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £109.84
Total £737.49




Thats what I would go for with that approx idea of a budget.

 

[hp7909]

{snip}graphics card (nothing special but somethign that will enable Vista to operate at its best. needs dual output.){snip}

That will be DirectX 10 cards & non are out yet. A DX9 card will work with Vista, but recommend 256MB GDDR3 & above