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Fri 27/09/02 at 19:42
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AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz £39.99
MSI K7T Turbo Motherboard £29.99
Heatsink & Fan £9.99
Keyboard £5.99
Mouse £5.99
17” Monitor £89.99
ATX Case & 300 Watt PSU £29.99
CD-ROM £19.99
Floppy Drive £7.99
512mb PC133 SDRAM RAM £76.99
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro £82.99
Total £399.92

oooooh finally a proper DX8.1 card for under £100
Radeon 9000 Pro totally kicks GF4 MX's *bum*
and also beats GF3Ti200 - not too shabby for £80

(i already had a spare 40gb HD lying around)

now i have another computer to play multiplayer with, my other box is

Athlon 1700+
512 SDRAM (i know)
GeForce4 Ti4400
Fri 27/09/02 at 19:42
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AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz £39.99
MSI K7T Turbo Motherboard £29.99
Heatsink & Fan £9.99
Keyboard £5.99
Mouse £5.99
17” Monitor £89.99
ATX Case & 300 Watt PSU £29.99
CD-ROM £19.99
Floppy Drive £7.99
512mb PC133 SDRAM RAM £76.99
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro £82.99
Total £399.92

oooooh finally a proper DX8.1 card for under £100
Radeon 9000 Pro totally kicks GF4 MX's *bum*
and also beats GF3Ti200 - not too shabby for £80

(i already had a spare 40gb HD lying around)

now i have another computer to play multiplayer with, my other box is

Athlon 1700+
512 SDRAM (i know)
GeForce4 Ti4400
Fri 27/09/02 at 20:10
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Where'd you get it from?
Fri 27/09/02 at 21:16
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Over charged on a few items, does it work nicely though?
Sat 28/09/02 at 10:19
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what was i overcharged on?

it works sweet, really fast and reliable
Sat 28/09/02 at 20:00
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cpu, cd drive, ram (definatly!!) but thats from what i've seen, quality might not be the same, but from what i'd call quality the price vary...

Still a good buy, you'd probably have difficulty finding a similar spec PC for the same.
Sat 28/09/02 at 21:39
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It is a 56x CD-Rom (and cheapest I could find)
I know the RAM was a bit expensive but it was a respectable brand AND 6ns as opposed to 10ns in most other places so...
Sat 28/09/02 at 21:50
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meh, crucial sells the cheapest ram (because they make it)
the CD drive (56x) can be bought for about around £14, but thats a reiley's and you didn't say what make yours is.
As for the CPU, I idn't check before saying, you got a good price on it but you can buy 1600XPs for about the same...
Sun 29/09/02 at 01:32
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I'd spend a bit more on the keyboard and mouse.. A mouse with a wheel is invaluable, and if you really want a good one go for the microsoft optical mouse. There's one with 5 buttons that's not too expensive as it isn't ergonmically designed like the top mouse, that's a good buy (though SR don't sell it)

They do sell, however, the wonderful natural keyboard, that not only allows you to type faster, once you get the hang, but also comes with customisable short-cut buttons at the top, which soon become invaluable.

I'd spend more on these things because as fast as your processor may be, if you've got a gammy keyboard and a poo mouse, your computer will not run smoothly. Also cheap keyboards tend to have really badly weighted buttons, that make typing really difficult and time consuming.
Sun 29/09/02 at 02:50
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GODDAMN! Crucial will sell you 512mb SDRAM for £41, and their stuff is *the best*
Sun 29/09/02 at 13:52
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might get another 512 then!!!!!!

the mouse does have a wheel, and is better than my old one which cost £17 (overpriced piece of crap)

don't see anything wrong with the keyboard either, it does the job fine


all in all i'm pretty chuffed with myself


and i don't know who made the CD-Rom (unboxed) and i cant be bothered to check the top of it.


ps. i've been here for months now and i'm still a newbie

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