Spec me up

[Smithy]

Im building a computer for my bro, his budget is about £500. He wants to be able to do his work and play a few games (possibly not the most graphicaly demanding games). Exlude monitor. It is to include a DVD-R/CD-RW combo drive. Preferably an intel system. Thanks.

 

[Explicit]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£109.22
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£70.44
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£111.57
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC) **this week only**
£58.69
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£52.82
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£30.49
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£61.04

Total inc VAT: £494.27

I know you said Intel, but AMD is leading the way at the moment.

 

[Monstermunch]

^^^What Excplicit said

 

[lee87]

Will he be using it for multitasking?
As your using it for work and low graphics games it may be better to go for a Intel dual core.

CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN) 1
£79.95 £79.95
MB-141-AS Asus P5LD2-SE Intel 945P (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-141-AS) 1
£61.95 £61.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) 1
£45.95 £45.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£51.95 £51.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE) 1
£25.95 £25.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£94.95 £94.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC) 1
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £410.65
VAT £71.87
Total £482.52

 

[Jack Bauer]

2 Gig memory is overkill for that system unless hes working with photo/video editing. Certainly the graphics card aint capalibe of running games high ebough to use 2 Gig

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Will he be using it for multitasking?
As your using it for work and low graphics games it may be better to go for a Intel dual core.

CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN) 1
£79.95 £79.95
MB-141-AS Asus P5LD2-SE Intel 945P (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-141-AS) 1
£61.95 £61.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) 1
£45.95 £45.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£51.95 £51.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE) 1
£25.95 £25.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£94.95 £94.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC) 1
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £410.65
VAT £71.87
Total £482.52

That's the spec I'd go for if't were me bying it. That vid card is more than enough for non-gamers. Being a non-gamer myself I find that having 2 GiB memory makes the machine far more responsive when I've got a lot going on at once.

 

[Traducer]

If you can afford to get 2GB then get it, it will make a difference, and it saves buying it later on.

 

[Smithy]

Thanks for the responses people, helps a lot.

 

[lee87]

Please say you haven't ordered my spec.

Just noticed I put DDR ram in the spec instead of DDR2.
Sorry

 

[Smithy]

heh, no your safe i havent ordered yet