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"What can I get for £600?"

Me buying a new pc.. I got a TFT and keyboard/mouse etc so I'm trying to spec up something decent.

This is what I have come up with so far, with my budget of £600.

Comments please..

Asus A7V8X-LSA1394 DDR333 KT400 x8AGP +Lan+USB2+ATA150+FW 1394

AMD *Retail* Athlon XP 2600+ *333 FSB* (2.08 GHz) with AMD Heat Sink Fan 3Yr

80Gb Maxtor Serial ATA (ATA-150) (7200rpm, 8MB Cache) 1yr

1.44Mb Samsung Floppy Disk Drive

Lite-On 52x24x52 CDRW IDE Burnproof Retail Kit Inc Media/Software (subject to change)

Panasonic 16x48 DVD ROM (Read DVD-RAM also)

128Mb ABIT *x8* Siluro GeForce 4 AGP Ti4200 TV Out/DVI/Dual

512Mb PC2700 (PC333) DDR Memory (Major)

Chieftec Scorpio Black TX-10 BD 340W PFC Midi Case

AMD_MAN wrote:
> My opinion is..
>
> I wouldnt bother with the SATA hard drive i would go with an IDE hard
> drive ATA 133 7200 rpm, they are cheaper and you get mote gig for you
> money, 80gb is small for todays use, apart form that then it is a
> pretty good machine but you might want to go with the radeon ideas as
> they mostly have hardware support for Direct x 9 and they are coming
> down in price.
>
> Colin

I know they are cheaper but if you see the benchmarks it pi$$es over any IDE drive. Plus I will be getting a second one in a month or so and RAID-ing them.

§niper wrote:
> Nice how much that cost ya?

£550

Not bad all in all

He was thinking of getting a Radeon but i think he didn't have the money.

My opinion is..

I wouldnt bother with the SATA hard drive i would go with an IDE hard drive ATA 133 7200 rpm, they are cheaper and you get mote gig for you money, 80gb is small for todays use, apart form that then it is a pretty good machine but you might want to go with the radeon ideas as they mostly have hardware support for Direct x 9 and they are coming down in price.

Colin

Nice how much that cost ya?

Ordered my kit today

AMD *Retail* Athlon XP 2600+ *333 F
Enermax Case Fan 80mm (FANVC8FAB) T
Casetek 1019SM Silver Metal Case (n
Lite-On 52x24x52 CDRW IDE Burnproof
Panasonic 16x48 DVD ROM (Read DVD-R
80Gb Maxtor Serial ATA (ATA-150) (7
512Mb PC2700 (PC333) DDR Memory (Ma
128Mb Asus *x8* AGP V9280TD Ti4200
1.44Mb Samsung Floppy Disk Drive
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - nForce-2 - x8 A
450W CWT + SATA Quiet Dual Fan AMD/

Should be here by weds.. full report to follow.

hey once u get your parts read this first i wouldnt try the latest chipset drivers yet....
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/ viewforum.php?f=28&sid=024c47f32189ec683b4c9782bdbeb572

Patience is good as long as prices fall. Think it's about time to buy.

§niper wrote:
> Definitely getting the same board, but getting a audigy 2 and using
> the onboard lan.


Craw will probably have upgraded this machine to an Athlon 128bit 12Ghz by the time you actually go and buy it :S

Definitely getting the same board, but getting a audigy 2 and using the onboard lan.