- Nov 28, 2006
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Greetings,
It's come time to build a new PC to try my hand at the latest games coming out.
Currently, my Athlon Xp 2500+, Radeon 9600Pro, 1Gb PC3200 has held well for some time, but desperately needs a bigger beast beside it.
So, I started the usual trawl of websites and local stores to see what's what, and how much things are costing these days, this is what I have come up with so far, keeping in mind that i have a budget of around £650, with £700 being the absolute limit. Just a shame i can't get at newegg from the uk
CPU/Mobo/RAM Bundle Deal From local hardware retailer (£259)
CPU - Core2Duo E6400
Motherboard - ASUS P5V-VM DH MOTHERBOARD
RAM - 1GB DDR2 533 PC4200 (Planning to upgrade with another 1Gb stick early 2007)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.pless.co.uk/product.php?productid=1377">http://www.pless.co.uk/product.php?productid=1377</a>
Gfx - Sapphire ATI x1950xt 256mb GDDR3 (£175)
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119441
Monitor - Hanns G HW191D 19" widescreen (£140)
http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/pr...&product_id=10290270&pid=0&rstrat=3240
That's what i've come up with so far, with HDD and DVDrw etc semi-interchangable. Roughtly a WD 200Gb SATA/2 drive. Sitting at around £570 just now, so don't have all that much headroom for Case/PSU and HDD.
Wondering where to go from here, if i've got the prices about right, or if there's anything I should definitely look out for or avoid!
Any advice would be appreciated, keeping in mind about the budget here.
Thanks in advance!
Omnipherous
It's come time to build a new PC to try my hand at the latest games coming out.
Currently, my Athlon Xp 2500+, Radeon 9600Pro, 1Gb PC3200 has held well for some time, but desperately needs a bigger beast beside it.
So, I started the usual trawl of websites and local stores to see what's what, and how much things are costing these days, this is what I have come up with so far, keeping in mind that i have a budget of around £650, with £700 being the absolute limit. Just a shame i can't get at newegg from the uk
CPU/Mobo/RAM Bundle Deal From local hardware retailer (£259)
CPU - Core2Duo E6400
Motherboard - ASUS P5V-VM DH MOTHERBOARD
RAM - 1GB DDR2 533 PC4200 (Planning to upgrade with another 1Gb stick early 2007)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.pless.co.uk/product.php?productid=1377">http://www.pless.co.uk/product.php?productid=1377</a>
Gfx - Sapphire ATI x1950xt 256mb GDDR3 (£175)
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119441
Monitor - Hanns G HW191D 19" widescreen (£140)
http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/pr...&product_id=10290270&pid=0&rstrat=3240
That's what i've come up with so far, with HDD and DVDrw etc semi-interchangable. Roughtly a WD 200Gb SATA/2 drive. Sitting at around £570 just now, so don't have all that much headroom for Case/PSU and HDD.
Wondering where to go from here, if i've got the prices about right, or if there's anything I should definitely look out for or avoid!
Any advice would be appreciated, keeping in mind about the budget here.
Thanks in advance!
Omnipherous