Custom Comp Build

Dj101 · 07-28-2005, 03:12 AM

Hi, these are the specs i am considering. I will be using for relitively new games and university work

Any comments would be useful about this. I am buying from www.Ebuyer.com so any suggestions use that plz. My budget is around £500 (from UK) if u are American use www.dollars2pounds.com to convert, cheers.

Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive - OEM [x]

Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB DDR 8x AGP DVi & TV-Out - Retail Box lite[x]

Asus K8V-X Socket-754 VIA K8T800 ATX- Sound Gb-Lan USB2 800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box[x]

AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin 512kb L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor with Heatsink and Fan Included and 3 Year Warranty[x]

Crucial CT6464Z40B 512MB DDR 400MHz PC3200 CL=3 Memory Module[x]

LG L1715S 17" TFT 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) "Non-Glare" Monitor - Charcoal & Grey (3 Years On-Site Warranty)[x]

Ebuyer C843SL Gaming Case in Silver with USB/Audio + Acrylic side window with LED fan + grill and 350w PSU[x]

LG GSA4163 16X DVD Dual Layer R/RW/RAM Internal IDE (Silver) - OEM[x]

Mitsumi OEM Silver Internal Floppy Drive 1.44mb 3.5 Inch[x]

btw i dont want a nvidia card b4 u mention it ty

(click on the [x] for the details)
Thanks

Xelogen · 07-28-2005, 03:18 AM

hey specs dont look too bad aye if your going to be gaming u might want to consider a bigger hard drive though

TheChef · 07-28-2005, 03:33 AM

You probably want to invest in a new Power Supply, the 350w included in the case probably is junk and will not give you too much security about the necessary power going to your components... just a thought.

billybobjoe · 07-28-2005, 03:33 AM

its looks good just get a 160 GB harddrive and your all set

**apj101** · 07-28-2005, 08:52 PM

any reason you have gone for skt754, its an old socket and amd will prob start phasing it out soon. Maybe think of moving up to a 939 for upgradability?

Dj101 · 07-28-2005, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by apj101

any reason you have gone for skt754, its an old socket and amd will prob start phasing it out soon. Maybe think of moving up to a 939 for upgradability?

Mainy my budget, the 939 ones are expensive. I dont think i'll be upgrading for a few years, except for maybe ram etc. I know it maybe only a few ££ more but if i keep thinking that i will go way over budget.

**Praetor** · 08-01-2005, 03:41 AM

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ASUS K8v-x socket-754 via K8T800 ATX- sound gb-lan usb2 800FSB sata-raid retail box[x]

a MSI neo2 platinum based on the nForce3ultra will run circles around that

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lg l1715s 17" tft 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) "non-glare" monitor - charcoal & grey (3 years on-site warranty)[x]

it may be a personal-preference/tolerance thing but 16ms may not be fast enough... just a thought

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lg gsa4163 16x dvd dual layer r/rw/ram internal ide (silver) - OEM[x]

avoid lg like the plague (especially given the tight price spread)... have a look at CD/DVD 101.

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I dont think i'll be upgrading for a few years, except for maybe ram etc. I know it maybe only a few ££ more but if i keep thinking that i will go way over budget.

Good call

07-28-2005, 03:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dj101 New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6	Custom Comp Build Hi, these are the specs i am considering. I will be using for relitively new games and university work Any comments would be useful about this. I am buying from www.Ebuyer.com so any suggestions use that plz. My budget is around £500 (from UK) if u are American use www.dollars2pounds.com to convert, cheers. Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive - OEM [x] Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB DDR 8x AGP DVi & TV-Out - Retail Box lite[x] Asus K8V-X Socket-754 VIA K8T800 ATX- Sound Gb-Lan USB2 800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box[x] AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin 512kb L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor with Heatsink and Fan Included and 3 Year Warranty[x] Crucial CT6464Z40B 512MB DDR 400MHz PC3200 CL=3 Memory Module[x] LG L1715S 17" TFT 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) "Non-Glare" Monitor - Charcoal & Grey (3 Years On-Site Warranty)[x] Ebuyer C843SL Gaming Case in Silver with USB/Audio + Acrylic side window with LED fan + grill and 350w PSU[x] LG GSA4163 16X DVD Dual Layer R/RW/RAM Internal IDE (Silver) - OEM[x] Mitsumi OEM Silver Internal Floppy Drive 1.44mb 3.5 Inch[x] btw i dont want a nvidia card b4 u mention it ty (click on the [x] for the details) Thanks

07-28-2005, 03:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
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07-28-2005, 03:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
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07-28-2005, 08:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
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07-28-2005, 03:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
billybobjoe banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 131	its looks good just get a 160 GB harddrive and your all set