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Ok. I've been doing a lot of research recently and I plan to build a new computer from parts brought from the ludicrously cheap e-buyer. (Thanks to Uncle Albert)

However - This is where you lot come into play - This is only a plan for what spec I want - Please make any suggestions/changes and additions to anything that I may of missed out. I'm not exactly the cleverest person when it comes to choosing parts - All the different spec's and stuff are a tad daunting.

MSI KT4V-L SKT A 8X AGP DDR/Sound/lan/USB2.0 Motherboard - £45.48

AMD ATHLON XP2800+ 333MHz FSB Barton 512kb L2 Cache OEM - £102.51

PC3200 512mb 400MHz DDR RAM - £49.99

Soundblaster 5.1 Live OEM - £20.96

Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive OEM - £54.99

Sapphire Radeon 9600PRO 128MB DDR DVI-I TV-Out Lite Retail - £116.16

JNC 4JA 121(a) Red ATX Midi Tower Case 300w PSU - £11.75

Liteon 52x24x52 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive Retail Box - £26.50

Aopen 16x48 IDE DVD Drive Retail Box - £19.99

Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal OEM - £4.70

Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto XP3000 AMD Approved - £4.91

Chic 870 Scrolling Mouse PS/2 - £1.32

PS/2 Keyboard for Windows UK Version - £1.40

AC Power Lead (Kettle Type) Suitable for ATX PSU - £0.99

USEDSamsung 17 Monitoir SM753S 17 FST .23 70KHz MPR2 - £60.26

Logitech S2-50 2w RMS Speaker Beige OEM - £7.25

Ex VAT = £535.15
Inc VAT = £628.86

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Questions.

1) Is this setup decent? Can you suggest any changes
2) What the monkey does OEM mean
3) Is the motherboard ok for this setup?
4) What about the graphics card?
5) Would this be suitable for running games like Rise Of Nations or Half Life 2?
6) Have I missed anything out (cables/leads etc)
7) Is the case suitable? Or do I need something better?

Thanks.

gamezfreak

Ok. I've been doing a lot of research recently and I plan to build a new computer from parts brought from the ludicrously cheap e-buyer. (Thanks to Uncle Albert)

However - This is where you lot come into play - This is only a plan for what spec I want - Please make any suggestions/changes and additions to anything that I may of missed out. I'm not exactly the cleverest person when it comes to choosing parts - All the different spec's and stuff are a tad daunting.

MSI KT4V-L SKT A 8X AGP DDR/Sound/lan/USB2.0 Motherboard - £45.48

AMD ATHLON XP2800+ 333MHz FSB Barton 512kb L2 Cache OEM - £102.51

PC3200 512mb 400MHz DDR RAM - £49.99

Soundblaster 5.1 Live OEM - £20.96

Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive OEM - £54.99

Sapphire Radeon 9600PRO 128MB DDR DVI-I TV-Out Lite Retail - £116.16

JNC 4JA 121(a) Red ATX Midi Tower Case 300w PSU - £11.75

Liteon 52x24x52 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive Retail Box - £26.50

Aopen 16x48 IDE DVD Drive Retail Box - £19.99

Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal OEM - £4.70

Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto XP3000 AMD Approved - £4.91

Chic 870 Scrolling Mouse PS/2 - £1.32

PS/2 Keyboard for Windows UK Version - £1.40

AC Power Lead (Kettle Type) Suitable for ATX PSU - £0.99

USEDSamsung 17 Monitoir SM753S 17 FST .23 70KHz MPR2 - £60.26

Logitech S2-50 2w RMS Speaker Beige OEM - £7.25

Ex VAT = £535.15
Inc VAT = £628.86

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Questions.

1) Is this setup decent? Can you suggest any changes
2) What the monkey does OEM mean
3) Is the motherboard ok for this setup?
4) What about the graphics card?
5) Would this be suitable for running games like Rise Of Nations or Half Life 2?
6) Have I missed anything out (cables/leads etc)
7) Is the case suitable? Or do I need something better?

Thanks.

gamezfreak

gamezfreak wrote:
> 4) What about the graphics card?
> 5) Would this be suitable for running games like Rise Of Nations or
> Half Life 2?

Should run them ok.

> 6) Have I missed anything out (cables/leads etc)

Power supply unit?

cookie monster wrote:
> Power supply unit?

Comes with the case. 300w

gamezfreak wrote:
> Questions.
>
> 1) Is this setup decent? Can you suggest any changes

The PC hardware is okay, but the case will be absolute s**t, as will the power supply with it. I'd recommend a good 350 Watt PSU at LEAST.

Don't get the eBuyer generic RAM either. It's crap.
Try www.crucial.co.uk - really high quality stuff, quite cheap and free postage.

> 2) What the monkey does OEM mean

I can't remember what it stands for, but it basically means the stuff won't be in retail packages. It's just the bare product itself, along with a manula probably, and nothing else.

> 3) Is the motherboard ok for this setup?

Yes.

> 4) What about the graphics card?

Yep.

> 5) Would this be suitable for running games like Rise Of Nations or
> Half Life 2?

I'm pretty sure of it, yes.

> 6) Have I missed anything out (cables/leads etc)

System fans. I recommend 2 - One intake at the front and one extraction at the back. Look for 80mm fans.

> 7) Is the case suitable? Or do I need something better?

Ah. Well, I didn't know this was here, I've already answered that at the top.

Heh - Nice one Memmy.

Just chekced that crucial site...

Crucial 512MB DDR PC3200 - £68.14

Not too shabby.

I'll look into the case thing - Cheers.

All I can say is- good idea not shelling out too much on a floppy drive, seeing as you'll rarely use it.

Found a cool case over at overclock.co.uk

http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/ product.php?productid=16258&cat=288&page=1

(remove space)

Does'nt come with a PSU mind.

Thanks for the input guys.

Looks like those Alienware ones.

I have a Hiper 350 Watt, got it for around £30 from eBuyer if I remember.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html? action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=30288

Remove space - Your opinion?

Again - Cheers Memmers etc.