Which spec?

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I am ordering in a few days but can't decide between these two specs.

CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£64.95 £64.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£24.95 £29.32
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£214.95 £214.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£169.95 £169.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB320)
£89.95 £105.69
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95

Subtotal £685.60
VAT £119.98
Total £805.58


Or

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If I go with the first one I get a 512mb card for my gaming.. if I go for the second one I get a faster processor, SLI motherboard and a bigger and faster hard drive for LESS but an inferior graphics card.

Is Asus the way to go or should I be looking at MSI boards? I've had a look in the Asus V MSI thread on the motherboard section and opinions seem pretty 50/50 split.

Note: I've never overclocked in my life and I'm not even sure whether I am going to.

So which spec would you go for? And any comments/suggestions/criticism on either spec?
 
the top spec but why do you want an sli mobo when u r buying an ati graphics card personally i would get an nvidia as u can sli later or change the mobo for a crossfire and its not woth the extra for the X2 4200 so just get the 3800
 
bbreezeuk said:
the top spec but why do you want an sli mobo when u r buying an ati graphics card personally i would get an nvidia as u can sli later or change the mobo for a crossfire and its not woth the extra for the X2 4200 so just get the 3800
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Ah, I'm relatively new to all this, wasn't aware that SLI was Nvidia only.

Cheers.

Heh, makes the question a lot simpler to answer.
 
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Ok.

So I'll definitely go for 3800 instead of 4200.

Which of the two graphics cards should I go for? Is it worth dropping down to a 256mb from 512mb to get a bigger and faster hard drive?

And should I definitely be going for that Asus motherboard? Are there better alternatives for roughly the same price?
 
If oyu keep the SLI board i'd get a 7900GT but if you ditch the SLI board get a X1800XT 512MB. The extra RAM on the X1800XT will come in handy if you gave at high resolutions.
 
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