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"Specs for next machine hopefully..."

Processor
AMD Athlon XP 2400 (2.0GHz)

Case
ATX 400W Alum Midi Tower (AMD/P4)

Motherboard
Asus A7V333 RAID Motherboard

RAM
512MB 333MHz DDR RAM

Hard Drive 1
Seagate 80GB Hard Drive 7,200RPM

CDRom 1
DVD-ROM Drive 16x Speed

CDRom 2
CD Re-Writer 48/12/40 BURN PROOF

Floppy Drive
1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

Graphic Card
128MB DDR GeForce4 Ti4400 AGP

PCI Card 1
Creative SndBlaster Audigy 2 Player

Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Monitor
17 inch monitor VL700/17 FST .27 70kHz MPR2

£1,088.54 inc VAT
Wihtout monitor is about £980 :o I could pay loads more for a less powerful dell..

I've decided a 400W one would make it more stable...

§n][pe® wrote:
> Who would want to overclock.. o.O


My sentiments exactly. Any processor above about 1000Mhz can do anything you want. Increasing the speed means it spends slightly more time doing nothing - can anyone here really see the difference between IE loading in 0.02 seconds and 0.01 seconds, or between 100fps and 120fps in Quake III? Thought not.

And I reckon the most important quality of a PSU is that it doesn't make any bloody noise :O)

ti 4400 or 4600...

§n][pe® wrote:
> ti 4400 or 4600...

110 or 120 fps...

i can pay 1,000 quid with a 4600 or 980 something quid with a 4400 :D

Most importance of a PSU is that it si of good quality and has high rails on it, otherwise you will get an unstable pc, also overclocking is great, basically free speed, but yes you will not really notice any differance, although i did on my P4 but this is because i have it overclocked by 1ghz to 3ghz.

c.b.

I'm on 1ghz no way could go all the way to 3ghz unless u put 10 fans.

Miserableman wrote:
> Why on earth would you want more than 1GB RAM?

I like to run multiple apps atthe same time normally DWMX/FWMX/PS7/Illustrator 10/Plasma... I use a lot of processor intensive programs at once and the more Ram the better. A GIG is fine, but PS7 needs 128MB just to open + 128MB for XP Pro to run then 512 for MX Studio to run properly... soon runs out!

Miserableman wrote:

> And I reckon the most important quality of a PSU is that it doesn't
> make any bloody noise :O)

Me too. I have a lovely Enermax PSU with adjustable fans. Nice and quiet.

I've always been cautious over user controlled fans - I mean, think of the consequences if the fan controller knob was accidentally turned without the user knowing - it could fry the insides within seconds!!! Or maybe that's just being paranoid.

Anyway, somebody mentioned the nForce 2 chipset down the page - does anyone know if there's a mini-ATX version of the blighter coming out? I need one for a future PC I'm building.

I've nearly made 2 decent PC for under £1000

PC1:
XP1800+
MSI Ultra4 Motherboard
512Mb DDR (266Mhz)
40Gb hdd
60Gb hdd
128Mb gfx card (Radeon 9000)
15" monitor
Logitech Trackman mouse
CDRW 48x(write)24x(re-write)48x(read)
DVD 16x
480W Antec (tru blu) psu
CoolerMaster ATC-200mx case
(round cables)
= around £740

PC2:
1.33Mhz
Soltech Motherboard
512Mb SDram
300w psu & crummy case

= around £140