yes another new build question

[doggo]

I'm putting together a new build for a mate whos five year old family emachine has died (I know it's his fault for buying a emachine )

I've put together the following bits and the graphics card is out of stock as he wants the rig as quickly as possible I'm looking for suggestions for a different graphics card?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
Antec NSK 4480 Mini Tower Case (Silver) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6600 2.40GHz Retail / Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R / 2GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle £227.97
(£267.86) £227.97
(£267.86)
Pioneer DVR-115DSV 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £29.98
(£35.22)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-02059) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £482.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £86.43
Total : £580.29

Any suggestions for a similar graphics card in the same price range.

thanks

doggo

 

[semi-pro waster]

Any particular reason for going for 32bit Vista?

As for the graphics card the OcUK 512mb 9600GT is only slightly more expensive but quite a bit better performer I believe.

//edit and did you mean to put in two DVDRWs? If you did then I'd make them SATA as they will be sharing the same IDE chain anyway.

 

[hp7909]

I'm putting together a new build for a mate whos five year old family emachine has died (I know it's his fault for buying a emachine )

If its served well for 5-years, don't think I'd be complaining

Anyway, if gaming then how about...

• Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
• Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £45.99
• OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £23.99
• OcUK GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £87.99
• Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £49.99
• Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
• Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk £59.99
• Sub Total : £405.92
• Shipping : £10.95
• VAT : £72.95
• Total : £489.82

 

[doggo]

Thanks semi-pro waster, the only reason for Vista 32bit was to avoid any compatibility issues. Thanks for pointing out my mistake on the the DVD drives, it was just a quick spec put together yesterday so I could show my mate how cheap it would be to build a new rig rather buying an off the shelf piece of junk from that well known high street retailer.

thanks for the suggestion for a graphics card.

doggo

 

[doggo]

Thanks hp7909 I'll have a look at that, my mate is all for saving a few quid and your suggestion is £90 cheaper than my original spec.