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Old 02-11-2007, 14:36   #1
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Building a new PC
Hi guys,

I'm going to build a new PC and have been scouting round looking at various options. I know there's a million threads like this but I'd really appreciate any advice or if there's any problems with the components I've chosen:

Extra Value ATX Midi Neon Case with 400W PSU Ebuyer £29.99

Gigabyte GA-P31-S3L Intel P31 Express Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard £47.94

1GB MicronMajor, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5 £18.79 X2 = £37.58


256MB MSI 8600GT Overclocked, PCI-E(x16), Mem 1600 MHz, GDDR2, GPU 580 MHz, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV £65.67



Dynamode WLGI600XA 54mbps Wireless LAN PCI Adapter £9.99 Ebuyer

500 Gb Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ £62.73

Asus DRW-1814BL, 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x14, IDE, Black, OEM, Lightscribe £18.67


Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £101.89

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x64Bit OEM 1PK DVD £62


Would appreciate any guidance, thanks

Simon.
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Old 02-11-2007, 14:49   #2
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Buy better ram and buy an x1950pro instead for the gfx
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Old 02-11-2007, 14:55   #3
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Thanks for the advice
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Old 02-11-2007, 15:27   #4
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Re: Building a new PC
might be worth looking at a better PSU than the one that comes with the value case. - i usually use Seasonics.
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Just built mine, Zing adviced me to get the x1950pro and i like it ;-)
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Old 02-11-2007, 15:52   #7
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what are you using your pc for?
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I want it to run the latest games as well as possible, without spending shedloads of money, basically!
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Re: Building a new PC
Hi guys, I've decided to go for this:

1 Extra Value ATX Midi Neon Case with 400W PSU - Extra Value ATX Midi Neon Case with 400W PSU £29.99
1 Sapphire RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 DUAL DVI TVO PCI-E - Sapphire RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 DUAL DVI TVO PCI-E £92.23

Optiarc (Sony/NEC) AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM £14.97 £17.59

500 GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £53.75 £63.16

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3 , iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2/DDR3 1066/1333/667/800, SATA II, ATX £58.99 £69.31

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160, S775, 1.8 GHz, 800MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2x 512KB Cache, Retail

2GB kit (1GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 memory module

Had to cut a few corners due to lack of funds... any thoughts?
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psu in the case will be crap
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Ok I'll order a decent PSU too
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Hi guys, I've decided to go for this:

1 Extra Value ATX Midi Neon Case with 400W PSU - Extra Value ATX Midi Neon Case with 400W PSU £29.99
1 Sapphire RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 DUAL DVI TVO PCI-E - Sapphire RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 DUAL DVI TVO PCI-E £92.23

Optiarc (Sony/NEC) AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM £14.97 £17.59

500 GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £53.75 £63.16

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3 , iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2/DDR3 1066/1333/667/800, SATA II, ATX £58.99 £69.31

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160, S775, 1.8 GHz, 800MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2x 512KB Cache, Retail

2GB kit (1GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 memory module

Had to cut a few corners due to lack of funds... any thoughts?

As you don't want to spend 'shedloads', and as Christmas is just around the corner, I would go for the things you have said to keep the cost down.
You can update things then one at a time in slow time starting with the power supply.
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Get a good main board might cost more,but you should be able to upgrade your ram and cpu in the future.I went for the abit ip35 pro
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As you don't want to spend 'shedloads', and as Christmas is just around the corner, I would go for the things you have said to keep the cost down.
You can update things then one at a time in slow time starting with the power supply.
There's 1 problem with that idea: if any of the other components are crap & fail after a short period they are unlikely to take other components with them, whereas if a crap PSU dies it can take other components with it. Using a cheap PSU is a false economy.
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in my experience its not often u upgrade ur cpu+ram u tend to get a whole new system and treat ur self
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