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Seems like this place is being completely flooded with topics about people wanting to buy computers at the moment, asking for advice etc. I'm no different I'm afraid :( Basically, I've got all of these prices from OC's and if anyone knows of any cheaper alternatives I'd be greatful if they could send the information my way (unsure know if this would be against the forum's policy).
Anyway, this is what I have so far:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM)
Price: £169.95 (£199.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
Price: £102.50 (£120.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5 (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Price: £119.95 (£140.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £239.95 (£281.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6B160MO SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-MD)
Price: £49.95 (£58.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
Price: £29.00 (£34.08 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU (CA-031-AN)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - OEM (SC-023-CL)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
HP dvd640i Dual Layer 16x LightScribe DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-000-HP)
Price: £42.60 (£50.06 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Vantec SF12025L Stealth 120mm fan - Retail (FG-005-VT)
Price: £7.95 (£9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%) ( x2 ) = £15.85
Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY)
Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Total: £1133.15
Now, I'm assuming if I ordered all of this I could build a fully functioning PC from the above parts? I'm unsure if I've missed anything obvious to be honest as I've never built a computer myself before - my brother has however and I'm sure I can get some help from him if I run into trouble.
Possible problems I can see with what I've chosen are, the price of a part being over the top for a slight permance increase to a cheaper component, the RAM not being a very good choice due to the timings of it or whatever and the GFX card not being the best choice - I want to go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a bit more than that.
Ta.
Anyway, this is what I have so far:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM)
Price: £169.95 (£199.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
Price: £102.50 (£120.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5 (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Price: £119.95 (£140.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £239.95 (£281.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6B160MO SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-MD)
Price: £49.95 (£58.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
Price: £29.00 (£34.08 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU (CA-031-AN)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - OEM (SC-023-CL)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
HP dvd640i Dual Layer 16x LightScribe DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-000-HP)
Price: £42.60 (£50.06 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Vantec SF12025L Stealth 120mm fan - Retail (FG-005-VT)
Price: £7.95 (£9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%) ( x2 ) = £15.85
Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY)
Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Total: £1133.15
Now, I'm assuming if I ordered all of this I could build a fully functioning PC from the above parts? I'm unsure if I've missed anything obvious to be honest as I've never built a computer myself before - my brother has however and I'm sure I can get some help from him if I run into trouble.
Possible problems I can see with what I've chosen are, the price of a part being over the top for a slight permance increase to a cheaper component, the RAM not being a very good choice due to the timings of it or whatever and the GFX card not being the best choice - I want to go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a bit more than that.
Ta.
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ATI yes, ignore the Athlon thing, got confused - amateur with all of this. Will have a look at that RAM, although 2gb? Bit excessive or a justifiable performance increase?
MJ wrote:
> Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5
> (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Unless you're going to be overclocking, you'd probably be better off going for 2GB of PC3200.
> I want to
> go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a
> bit more than that.
ATI?
> Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5
> (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Unless you're going to be overclocking, you'd probably be better off going for 2GB of PC3200.
> I want to
> go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a
> bit more than that.
ATI?
Seems like this place is being completely flooded with topics about people wanting to buy computers at the moment, asking for advice etc. I'm no different I'm afraid :( Basically, I've got all of these prices from OC's and if anyone knows of any cheaper alternatives I'd be greatful if they could send the information my way (unsure know if this would be against the forum's policy).
Anyway, this is what I have so far:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM)
Price: £169.95 (£199.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
Price: £102.50 (£120.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5 (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Price: £119.95 (£140.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £239.95 (£281.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6B160MO SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-MD)
Price: £49.95 (£58.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
Price: £29.00 (£34.08 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU (CA-031-AN)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - OEM (SC-023-CL)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
HP dvd640i Dual Layer 16x LightScribe DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-000-HP)
Price: £42.60 (£50.06 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Vantec SF12025L Stealth 120mm fan - Retail (FG-005-VT)
Price: £7.95 (£9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%) ( x2 ) = £15.85
Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY)
Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Total: £1133.15
Now, I'm assuming if I ordered all of this I could build a fully functioning PC from the above parts? I'm unsure if I've missed anything obvious to be honest as I've never built a computer myself before - my brother has however and I'm sure I can get some help from him if I run into trouble.
Possible problems I can see with what I've chosen are, the price of a part being over the top for a slight permance increase to a cheaper component, the RAM not being a very good choice due to the timings of it or whatever and the GFX card not being the best choice - I want to go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a bit more than that.
Ta.
Anyway, this is what I have so far:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM)
Price: £169.95 (£199.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
Price: £102.50 (£120.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4400C25PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2.5 (TWINX1024-4400C25PT) (MY-068-CS)
Price: £119.95 (£140.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £239.95 (£281.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6B160MO SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-MD)
Price: £49.95 (£58.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
Price: £29.00 (£34.08 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU (CA-031-AN)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - OEM (SC-023-CL)
Price: £44.95 (£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
HP dvd640i Dual Layer 16x LightScribe DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-000-HP)
Price: £42.60 (£50.06 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Vantec SF12025L Stealth 120mm fan - Retail (FG-005-VT)
Price: £7.95 (£9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%) ( x2 ) = £15.85
Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY)
Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Total: £1133.15
Now, I'm assuming if I ordered all of this I could build a fully functioning PC from the above parts? I'm unsure if I've missed anything obvious to be honest as I've never built a computer myself before - my brother has however and I'm sure I can get some help from him if I run into trouble.
Possible problems I can see with what I've chosen are, the price of a part being over the top for a slight permance increase to a cheaper component, the RAM not being a very good choice due to the timings of it or whatever and the GFX card not being the best choice - I want to go with an Athlon card but I expected the price of the X850 to be a bit more than that.
Ta.
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