New PC

[imported_ceefka]

How about this setup?

It will be used for surfing, music playing, watching films (from downloads & DVDs), adobe photoshop, occassional gaming. Prices are excl 19% VAT from a Dutch web shop.

MSI Moederbord K9N Platinum ? 85,71
WD Caviar WD2500YD 250 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA II/300 ? 69,19
AMD CPU Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed ? 125,21
Asus VGA Radeon EAX1600 PRO /TD 256 MB ? 71,43
Kingston ValueRam Dual Channel 1024 MB, PC5300, 667 MHz, 5 ? 76,04
Microsoft Windows XP Home, NL, Single Pack ? 70,75
Antec Sonata Lifestyle II Zwart, 450 W, 1 X 120mm ? 89,92
Apacer Cardreader 15-in-1 Zwart ? 11,08
NEC ND-4571 Zwart, Labelflash ? 30,25

Thanx

 

[ViviTheMage]

no idea about those prices....but everything seems to be looking good, may want to think about 2 gigs of ram if you are an avid photoshopper

 

[imported_ceefka]

Thanks ViviTheMage. It was for a co-worker. She did the 2GB thing.

 

[Gautama2]

I'd go for 7600GS instead of the x1600 pro. Roughly same price, equal if not better performance, and its passively cooled.

 

[Rommel44]

Think about bigger HDD I know that when I buy a new drives I think it´ll take long time to fill it up but after a month or so i have to start deleting things.

 

[betasub]

200-300GB is pretty much the sweet point for HDD storage/price. I'd stick with your HDD choice, because in a year's time it'll be 400-500GB drives that are the best bang for buck if you really find you need to push the terabyte limit

 

[Howard]

The X1600 is horrible.