Hi guys and girls,
maybe i'm being a bit cheeky, maybe i'm giving someone a challenge!
I'm after creating a system for about £400 without monitor or pheriperals (sp?).
TBH the mobo's and cpu's are confusing me big time. I want a system that will be able to play moderate games e.g. battle for middle earth/civilisation, nothing spectacular. I want the console to be slightly future proof so that it can handle vista (new windows) and more ram etc to be added.
am i being cheeky or giving you a challenge?
I did have the following earmarked:
Motherboard - Asus P5LD2-VM Intel 945G Micro ATX (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-110-AS) (this was my main concern, as far as motherboards go - i aint got a clue!)
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)£72.95:
Ram - Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT6464AA663) (MY-035-CR)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
Dvd drive LG GSA-H10ABRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG)
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower Asus TA-5A1 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 350W PSU (CA-011-AS)
Zalman CNPS7700-ALCU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler (which one? I've heard zalman are good)
Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1600 Pro-TD 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-094-AS)
HELP
maybe i'm being a bit cheeky, maybe i'm giving someone a challenge!
I'm after creating a system for about £400 without monitor or pheriperals (sp?).
TBH the mobo's and cpu's are confusing me big time. I want a system that will be able to play moderate games e.g. battle for middle earth/civilisation, nothing spectacular. I want the console to be slightly future proof so that it can handle vista (new windows) and more ram etc to be added.
am i being cheeky or giving you a challenge?
I did have the following earmarked:
Motherboard - Asus P5LD2-VM Intel 945G Micro ATX (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-110-AS) (this was my main concern, as far as motherboards go - i aint got a clue!)
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)£72.95:
Ram - Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT6464AA663) (MY-035-CR)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
Dvd drive LG GSA-H10ABRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG)
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower Asus TA-5A1 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 350W PSU (CA-011-AS)
Zalman CNPS7700-ALCU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler (which one? I've heard zalman are good)
Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1600 Pro-TD 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-094-AS)
HELP