What do you think?

[OliverTwist]

Well guys 'n' gals this is my first post on here and hello to everyone.

Anyway, I've got around £500 to spend on a new PC and below is the specifications I've settled on, note the graphic card is a low end one but still runs battlefield 2 in high resolution, however the main reason for not getting a more expensive card is because of the 'soon' to arrive DX10 / Shader 4 cards that are expected out near xmas (so some forums say).

AMD 64 3800+ (venice) CPU
DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR (939) Crossfire
Crucial DDR PC3200 1GB, 2 x 512mb Dual channel
ATI X850XT PCI-E 256mb DDR III
2 x Sony 18x DVD-/+ Ram Dual Layer Writer
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 200GB SATA Hard drive
Thermaltake VA3000SNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Tower case
Hiper 580w Type-R Modular PSU
12 in 1 Card reader with built in Floppy drive.

My local Computer shop can do me this for £550 inc vat

I think this is a very good price, what do you lot think???

OliverTwist

 

[OliverTwist]

Interesting

Thanks for the input guys; I'm not really an Intel fan. Ok with the new processors that Intel have brought out they have levelled the playing field somewhat, but I find that for gaming I've had better performance from AMD, if I was into applications that require high levels of multi tasking however I’d opt for Intel.

In regards to ATI X850 XT versus 7600GT I’ve been researching a little since posting and looking at the reviews/benchmarking results I think the X850 just has the edge, remember I’m building a PC that can be fully upgraded and can last me a good few years without the need to change the motherboard, with that in mind I opted for the DFI as reviews suggest that they are outstanding in the performance and also the over clocking department.

However I think for a little extra I could get an X1900 series graphics card which would improve things somewhat.

Any suggestion on AMD CPU and Motherboards ?

OliverTwist

 

[OliverTwist]

Thanks..

Thanks all for the information and advice, I think I'm still going to stick with AMD but going to AM2 instead, I'm hoping like 'fozzy Bear' that AMD will bring something new out soon to rival Intel's high end CPU.

I did have a problem with Intel (microsoft) two years ago regarding software and them forcing me to pay twice for my original copy of XP, it flagged as a pirate version when I was doing a windows update (no I didn't copy it). They agreed (in the end) that I had the orignal but I had to pay for my key to be unblocked.

This is why I'm reluctant to buy anything Intel.

Thanks again guys

OliverTwist

 

[OliverTwist]

Its up to you but i think you should listen to some good advice and go conroe. Plus i dont really understand why your problem with windows XP has an impact on a choice of cpu. That same mistake would have happened if you had an AMD chip.

True, it would have happened even if I had AMD, but I decided to boycot Intel (microsoft), even when XP was not longer supported I was going to use linux instead (and it's free).

Saying all that, I'm going to take the advice onboard and take a look at the benchmarks/reviews of the conroe CPU versus AMD, ok I may over look the rip off by Microsoft and put it down to lifes little problems .

Thanks all

OliverTwist