New PC

[TheCoolMagpie]

Well I need a new pc, I got a £700-750 budget. Anyway im looking to buy all the parts and build the pc myself. Here's what im thinking of getting atm:

Quantity Product Name Price
(ex VAT) Total

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 Retail AM2 2.60GHz, 1000MHz FSB, 1MB, 64 Bit CPUADA5200CSBOX £169.95 £169.95

ASUS M2N-E SLi nF500 Socket AM2 PCI-E SLi / Gb LAN / DUAL CH DDR2 / SATA(II) RAID / 7.1CH AUDIO / RAID / ATX MOTHERBOARD £51.95 £51.95

Windows Vista Home Premium 64 OEM Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit Edition - DVD - OEM. £63.95 £63.95

200GB Maxtor DMax+10 SATA2 7200 8MB 300Gb/s NCQ Replaces 6L200M0 and 6B200S0 £35.75 £35.75

ASUS 1608P3S 16x DVDRW/RAM Black Dual Layer / 8x DVD-RAM / Retail Boxed / DVD Movie Factory 4 SE / Nero v6.6.0.14d :. £21.95 £21.95

19\" Arianet Y-Series Widescreen TFT MW9K8, 5Ms, Black, Security Lock £97.95 £97.95

Arianet High Perf. 1GB DDR2 533 1GB DDR2 533 SDRAM PC2 4200 Life time warranty £60.95 £60.95

Asus GeForce 7600GS 512MB PCI-E DDR2 (DVI) - HDTV out SILENT/HTD Mfr# EN7600GS £80.44 £80.44

Nokia Style 7260 MIDI Tower Case CAS-338 Black £22.95 £22.95

Subtotal :
VAT : £605.84
£106.03 Total : £711.87 inc VAT
(excluding delivery - how much will it be?)

The delivery cost for your order depends on the weight of the order, as well as the delivery destination.
The prices here are only an estimate!

CityLink : £10.97 ( + VAT )

Delivery will prob put me to £740, I CANNOT go above £750, this pc is primarily for gaming and college work. All suggestions are welcome . I mainly want to know if it's all compatible, since i'll be spending a large amount of money on it.

[Barley]

I'll be the first person to mention what everyone else is going to say, you should try for a Core 2 Duo system You also forgot a power supply

And welcome to the forums

[Barley]

Here's what I've just quickly knocked up.

the CPU is better, as is the RAM, the graphics card, the monitor, everything really

[TheCoolMagpie]

The case comes with a 450W power supply, im looking to get an amd really as they're supposed to be better at gaming.

[mac124]

They were 12 months ago, Core2 duo has seen to that though. Pound for pound C2D will kick and equivalent AMD cpu into touch. Oh and NEVER use the psu that comes with a case if you are building a pc with any kind of real power especailly with a case that costs £22 :roll:

[TheCoolMagpie]

I'll look into the setup posted. Would aria be able to assemble the computer for me for a charge? It would greatly help.

[Barley]

[quote:a702ea4ae4=\"TheCoolMagpie\"]The case comes with a 450W power supply, im looking to get an amd really as they're supposed to be better at gaming.[/quote:a702ea4ae4]

Yeah as Mac said, the Core 2 Duo systems are better than AMD for everything these days, and the supplied 450w PSU won't be anywhere near powerful enough for the system you want. you need to spend over £50 on a decent PSU these days for any good computer.

I think Aria assemble PC's, but it's going to probably cost more then the £20 that was left over in the system I came up with for ya. So you'd either have to increase your budget slightly, or downgrade some of the parts.

[TheCoolMagpie]

[quote:2bc6dfcd61=\"Barley\"][quote:2bc6dfcd61=\"TheCoolMagpie\"]The case comes with a 450W power supply, im looking to get an amd really as they're supposed to be better at gaming.[/quote:2bc6dfcd61]

Yeah as Mac said, the Core 2 Duo systems are better than AMD for everything these days, and the supplied 450w PSU won't be anywhere near powerful enough for the system you want. you need to spend over £50 on a decent PSU these days for any good computer.

I think Aria assemble PC's, but it's going to probably cost more then the £20 that was left over in the system I came up with for ya. So you'd either have to increase your budget slightly, or downgrade some of the parts.[/quote:2bc6dfcd61]

I can put some more money towards assembly if I can get it assembled. Im thinking on buying a similiar set up to the one you posted, but I will put the 7600gs instead of the 7900 since I think the 7600 gs will be able to do the job im only gonna play games like Wow and Guild Wars, and it will prob cost me like £30 more for the 7900. Also my friend said I will need a heatsync/fan for Core 2 duo, how much will this cost.

[Barley]

The Core 2 Duo retail comes with a heatsink and fan (I think), and the 7900GT I spec'd for your system is a lot faster than a 7600GS

[TheCoolMagpie]

I see, but im on a tight budget so Im not sure. Anyway why is the 7900gt only 256 ram? Sorry I dont know that much about GFX cards. If I did decide to go with the 7600gs would I be able to play games such as WoW and Guild Wars with minimal lag?

[Barley]

I've never played WoW, so can't really offer any advice on it. but I did used to own Guild Wars (terrible game), and on my 6600GT it didn't run very well. The 7600 should be better I guess, but it's always a sensible solution to get the best card you cam if you're not sure

256MB is fairly standard on graphics cards. My 7800GT has 256MB RAM on-board, it seems enough for me.

[TheCoolMagpie]

[quote:039459742e=\"Barley\"]I've never played WoW, so can't really offer any advice on it. but I did used to own Guild Wars (terrible game), and on my 6600GT it didn't run very well. The 7600 should be better I guess, but it's always a sensible solution to get the best card you cam if you're not sure

256MB is fairly standard on graphics cards. My 7800GT has 256MB RAM on-board, it seems enough for me.[/quote:039459742e]

Ic, well i'll go have a look at all the parts and see how much they'll cost.

[TheCoolMagpie]

This is what I have come up with:

Del. Qty. Product Name Price (exc. VAT) Price total

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ABit IL9 Pro Socket 775 £ 48.95 £ 48.95
1GB PC6400 Arianet DDR2 800 SDRAM £ 57.95 £ 57.95
16x Liteon SATA DVD±RW Beige £ 20.25 £ 20.25
160GB Maxtor D/Max+10 133/7200 8M £ 33.95 £ 33.95
Hiper 580W Modular PSU BLACK £ 47.00 £ 47.00
Windows Vista Home Premium 64 OEM £ 63.95 £ 63.95
ASUS VW192S 19\" TFT - Widescreen £ 114.88 £ 114.88
Asus GeForce 7600GS 512MB PCI-E £ 78.00 £ 78.00
Generic BLACK / SIL MIDI Tower £ 18.50 £ 18.50
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Retail £ 124.95 £ 124.95

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Subtotal £ 608.38
VAT £ 106.47
Total £ 714.85
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Delivery Costs (The prices here are only an estimate!) Delivery Costs:
Citylink £ 9.64

Now is this all compatible, and is it any good?

[TheCoolMagpie]

Ic, I wish I wasn't such a noob with pcs : .

[mac124]

[quote:7ad7e66e4f=\"TheCoolMagpie\"]This is what I have come up with:

Del. Qty. Product Name Price (exc. VAT) Price total

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ABit IL9 Pro Socket 775 £ 48.95 £ 48.95
1GB PC6400 Arianet DDR2 800 SDRAM £ 57.95 £ 57.95
16x Liteon SATA DVD±RW Beige £ 20.25 £ 20.25
160GB Maxtor D/Max+10 133/7200 8M £ 33.95 £ 33.95
Hiper 580W Modular PSU BLACK £ 47.00 £ 47.00
Windows Vista Home Premium 64 OEM £ 63.95 £ 63.95
ASUS VW192S 19\" TFT - Widescreen £ 114.88 £ 114.88
Asus GeForce 7600GS 512MB PCI-E £ 78.00 £ 78.00
Generic BLACK / SIL MIDI Tower £ 18.50 £ 18.50
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Retail £ 124.95 £ 124.95

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Subtotal £ 608.38
VAT £ 106.47
Total £ 714.85
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Delivery Costs (The prices here are only an estimate!) Delivery Costs:
Citylink £ 9.64

Now is this all compatible, and is it any good?[/quote:7ad7e66e4f]

It should all work but please i emplore you DONOT buy a graphics card base purely on amount of memory. A 7600gt with 256mb would eat that for breakfast and there was one (7600gt) available on Aria for around the same price last week.

*goes to check*

This would offer alot more performance than the 7600GS 512mb you had chosen. The problem with the card you chose is, and no offence intended, people like yourself assume more memory is better but its not as the gpu in the 7600gs doesn't really have the power to run the resolution required to fully utilise the larger amount of memory.