Buying a new pc, help needed

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matthew5276

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Hi,

I am looking to buy myself a new pc later this year, and came across this site:
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
It seemed like a great site, and the prices seemed cheap enough so I had a go at making a pc to see how much it would cost me. I'm on quite a tight budget, about £500, although i could push that up a little if I needed to. I want the computer mainly for gaming, so a nice powerfull graphics card is needed, I think a geforce 7600 should be good enough for my needs. Anyway, heres the pc I chose:

Processor (CPU)
AMD SEMPRON™ 3500+ (2000MHz) HTT/128K L2 Cache (AM2 Socket)

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® M2N8-VMX: DUAL DDR 2, SATA II, 1 x PCI-E x8, 2 PCI etc

Operating System
WINDOWS® XP Home (inc. Genuine CD & License) (£59)

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

Graphics Card
256MB GEFORCE 7600GS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
6 Channel Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio (Onboard)

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 108Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
STANDARD 350W PSU with CASE FAN

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22 dBA AMD CPU COOLER (£14)

Monitor
19 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1280 x1024 8MS D-Sub, DVI, Audio (£105)

Costing £542 inc. Vat and delivery.

Are there any suggestions of this I dont really need, I'd like to save a bit, although i can't see anything I can really take away, or if there are any other things I need. One of the options on the webiste was something called a DVI cable, Do I need one, and what does it do?

Thanks,

Matt.
 
um depending on your uses you could have that hard drive 1/4 to 1/2 full by the time you get the programs you want.

i like the amount of ram that thing with xp should fly somewhat like a goat lol
 
That's a bad pc lol, even if it includes monitor is still overpriced, i would suggest you to try and build it on your own using e-shops like ebuyer
 
Get a AMD dual core CPU. It perform better than single core. The cost should not have much different.
Get the Monitior from some where else like ebuyer. For a 19", price start from £93.
By the way, if you buying from then now, they have promotion of £10 off if you are check out with google accout
 
Thanks for the replies, I've always liked the idea of making my own pc, but never done it. I have no experience in that sort of thing. Is it fairly easy to do, and how much cheaper would it be?

Any articles or eng. site would be nice aswell, thanks,

Matt.
 
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