Which Rig?

[rmuir]

bro's looking at getting himself kitted out for uni (finally) and i've suggested two specs.

The one below

MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN)
£74.95 £74.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£154.95 £154.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£107.95 £107.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£174.95 £174.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£52.55 £52.55
CD-056-LO Liteon SHW-16H5S-15C 16x Lightscribe DVD±RW - Retail (CD-056-LO)
£21.95 £21.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£51.95 £51.95
KB-046-LG Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG)
£5.50 £5.50
Subtotal £710.70

Or one with am2 x2 4600 and a evga 7900GT.

Question is, on either setup is the psu enough? Absolute max budget of 750 notes. Tho the less the better in the £££ dept.

 

[j00ni]

Or one with am2 x2 4600 and a evga 7900GT.

Can opened. Worms everywhere

The psu should be fine unless he's going to be pushing it's o/c potential. For the record I'd go intel every time at the moment

 

[rmuir]

i realised I was taking a risk asking for help choosing between a connie and an x2... anyway.

My main worry was the psu. I'd read in various places that the ati cards can be a bit power hungry.

Doubt he will be clocking, he's off to uni to drink his weight in port

 

[j00ni]

I suppose if he is willing to go to £750 budget, that will give around £100 for case and psu, so he could get a 500W+ psu for the majority (£70 ish) and get a cheaper case without psu with the remainder

Though tbh i dunno whether the extra 50W would be needed