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"My PC... What do you all think?"

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!

§n][pe® wrote:
> Doesn't onboard stuff use CPU power?

Usually, and even if not, onboard stuff is usually quite pointedly crap.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Building your own PC, £500 should get you 2.4Ghz minimum to be
> honest.

Perhaps.... his pc doesnt seem 'high spec' but good enuff.

Fangface wrote:
> Snipe, why are you buying a seperate Network card? The A7N8X deluxe
> has two onboard network cards. Won't save you much but may save you
> something

Doesn't onboard stuff use CPU power?

Building your own PC, £500 should get you 2.4Ghz minimum to be honest.

Snipe, why are you buying a seperate Network card? The A7N8X deluxe has two onboard network cards. Won't save you much but may save you something

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

Price :
£917.41 ex VAT


£1,077.96 inc VAT

i have to say it sounds too good to be true for a mere 500 odd quid, and though im not a graphics card expert, that card seems too cheap not to be an MX.

a whopping 1024mb of RAM will definitely get you somewhere though, and as for latest games, i think it will make easy work of the new/demanding games like the mafia and UT2K3 - easy work m8

i think that system has a lot of scope for future games and programs, id say that itll last you a good few years till it goes 'out of date' ahem :D

I'm getting a ASUS hopefully.. but mobo's are the least important for me atm.

Tóm wrote:
> sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Hey tom..is that the MSI KT4 Ultra by any chance?
>
> Indeed it is. Have you been following me again?


i have the exact same motherboard :D

sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Hey tom..is that the MSI KT4 Ultra by any chance?

Indeed it is. Have you been following me again?