Spec me please :)

[danyulland]

Hello,

looking for a spec for a budget gaming system,

needs to include all the usual components including case/dvdrw/psu.

Budgets 400 pounds (tight i no!)

Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)
Price: £52.95 (£62.22 Including VAT at 17.5%)

OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)


AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-130-AM)
Price: £89.95 (£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
Price: £74.95 (£88.07 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Thermaltake VC2000BNS Mambo SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-026-TT)
Price: £27.50 (£32.31 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Q-Tec 650W Triple Fan Gold PSU (CA-003-QT)
Price: £19.95 (£23.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 80GB 6L080P0 ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-073-MD)
Price: £32.95 (£38.72 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Liteon SHM-165P6S-02C 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail (CD-046-LO)
Price: £27.95 (£32.84 Including VAT at 17.5%)



This is what i suggested (its for a friend!)

if anybody can suggest any better/different from this performance wise then that'd be great. also cant really go much over 400.

Thank in advance.

 

[danyulland]

hahaha, yep ive also heard bad things about q-tec but ive had 2 which i built into other peoples computers and theyve been running solid no probs for a year now....porbably best to be on the safeside though .

i dont no specifically which games, wouldnt harm to say the top end ones like

hl2
doom3

etc

 

[danyulland]

hopefully, my friend will get back to me later . im posting this information from this forum.. to another forum ( a local area friends forum )

so we shall see, thank for the help.