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Sat 08/02/03 at 09:04
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I have been looking to build my own PC for a while now, and only last week I set the funds aside (after discovering I can use a savings account) and that my Dad will go halves with me. I emailed around some of the shops in my local area to get a few quotes and after a few days I assembled (well in my head) exactly what I wanted.

The following is the spec of my PC (so far):

Descriptions:
1 off, BO03 ATX MIDI TOWER CASE 300W ATHLON/P4 PSU
1 off, 1.44MB 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE OEM (mitsumi)
1 off, GA-7ZXE Gigabyte Socket A Motherboard 3 Dimms 1000-2400XP (gigabyte)
1 off, AMD Athlon2200XP+ Socket A OEM (AMD)
1 off, AK785SE Akasa Athlon/Duron Cooler Up TO 2200XP (Akasa)
1 off, 48X12X48 CDRW ARTEC RE-WRITER RETAIL BOXED (Artec)
1 off, 20GB 5400RPM SEAGATE HARD DRIVE 9W1021-301 (Seagate)
2 off, 512MB PC133 BRANDED KINGSTON
1 off, 56K V92 MODEM INTEL CHIP SET RETAIL BOXED (Intel).

Sub Total £409.20
VAT £71.61
Total £480.81

+GE-FORCE 4 4200 TI4200 128MBDDR 8X AGP SP72288X £120.00 (Sparkle)

I think that is a remakable system? What are everyones thoughts. Will it run the latest games and the basics like I want it to? Is the card a decent price and is it any good?

Just look at that memory though! 1024mb DDR Dimm SD! And all that for just £530! I assume I can build it in a day of solid work and then config all the BIOS and op system in a few days.

I ordered my anti static equipment and am now just waiting till my Dad comes back from Wales (next Saturday :( ) with the magic plastic!
Mon 24/02/03 at 16:06
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§n][pe® wrote:
> This is pretty nice and i've finilised what i want its gonna cost me
> quite a bit but i aim to not upgrade for a while after this and
> anyway.. do u remember how expensive computers used to be now you can
> get this kind of rig for so much cheaper:
>
> AMD Athlon XP 2400 (2.0GHz)
>
> ATX 400W Lian Li Midi Tower
>
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard (nforce 2)
>
> 512MB 333MHz DDR RAM
>
> Seagate 80GB Hard Drive 7,200RPM
>
> CD Re-Writer 48/12/40 BURN PROOF
>
> DVD-ROM Drive 16x Speed
>
> 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
>
> 128MB DDR Radeon 9700 Pro AGP
>
> Creative SndBlaster Audigy 2 Player
>
> Network Card - PCI 10/100
>
>
> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
>
Just for the record here. If you are getting the Asus A7N8X Deluxe, you don't want to get 1 stick of 512MB 2700 DDR ram, you'll want to get two sticks of 256MB DDR 2700 - this way you'll be able to use the Dual Channel function of the mobo.
Thu 20/02/03 at 13:04
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What are the final specs for it? congrats!
Thu 20/02/03 at 07:54
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Just to let you all know my first PC is built and I am typing this message on it now.

YEY! I AM SOOO HAPPY!
Wed 19/02/03 at 00:08
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Odin wrote:
> Not bad, but i'm getting the same one for £119 :)
>
> Anyway does anyone know anything about graphics cards? Is the
> Hercules 3D Prophet 9000 128MB any good, and are the ATI cards as good
> as nvidia geforce?

i got mine from ebuyer for £119, but it came to £123 when i added the delivery on :)
Tue 18/02/03 at 23:01
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Oh thats ok then - thx.

As long as others are experiencing probs on high spec pc's.
Tue 18/02/03 at 00:26
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I don't think its your comp mate, generals is locked at 30FPS in single player which is stupid, i sometimes get the odd bit of slowdown and thats on a 2400+,512mb DDR ram and an ATI radeon 9700..its gotta be the game..loads of ppl on 3ghz systems get slowdonw as well :(..its not your comp
Mon 17/02/03 at 22:41
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I brought a 'MAXX' PC last year, could still do with more power though.

P4 2.4Ghz
768mb RAM
GF4 ti4200 128mb
80gb 7200rpm HDD
etc

It should run games like Combat FS 3 and C&C Generals on max graphics with no slowdown, but generals was virtually unplayable the other day less than 1 fps. Any Suggestions - have I just got it configured wrong?
Mon 17/02/03 at 20:27
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yep nice computer mate.

I have a AMD athlon 2.2
512 MB ram
Geforce 4

um?? thats all i cant remember about it.
Mon 17/02/03 at 20:13
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Not bad, but i'm getting the same one for £119 :)

Anyway does anyone know anything about graphics cards? Is the Hercules 3D Prophet 9000 128MB any good, and are the ATI cards as good as nvidia geforce?
Thu 13/02/03 at 18:05
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Just ordered myself a retail AMD XP 2400+ for £123, not bad eh :D

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