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    200 Pound for CPU/MOBO/GFX/RAM/ Maybe CASE

    Looking for a quick build for my flat mate. We got drives/and cd/dvd rom
    Basically best components to play a few games on. Nothing intense. Jedi Knight etc:

    Heres my attempt from scan:

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    Asus A8N-VM-CSM NF430, S939, PCI-E (x16), DDR 266/333/400, SATA I / II, SATA/IDE RAID, uATX, VGA £38.99 £45.81

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    1Gb (2X512Mb) Corsair Value Select DDR PC3200 (400), 184 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 2.5 £43.32 £50.90

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    256MB Gigabyte 7600GS PCI-E(x16), Mem 800MHz, GPU 450MHz, 12Pipes, D-Sub/DVI-I/HDTV SLi Silent-Pipe £46.29 £54.39

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    AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Socket 939, VeniceCore, 2.4GHz, 512KB Cache, OEM £23.99 £28.19
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    Any reason for S939?

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    Motherboard
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=462650
    £45.81

    Dual Core
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=565178
    £42.77

    Single Core
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=401096
    £37.59

    1Gb PC6400 DDR2
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=527001
    £36.41

    Same GPU, or:
    Sapphire X1550
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=540212
    £38.62

    No point looking at S939 anymore tbh, even if he doesn't plan on upgrading anytime soon, better to have the choice available.
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    DDR2 is cheaper than DDR now anyway, so what aidanjt said is certainly worth considering.

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    so if i went for the 3600 dual core, it comes to about 160 odd. What is the x1550 liike for games? is the 7600GS a better card? Is it worth paying the extra to make it to the 200 mark?
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    Sure, why not, if £200 is the budget, may as well get the most out of it. If your friend wanted to stretch it a tad he could get an 8600 for £80ish.
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    Asus M2N4-SLI NF4 SLI, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £38.99 £45.81


    AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3600+ Dual Core 2.0GHz, 768kb Cache 64bit Energy Efficient Retail £36.40 £42.77


    1Gb Micron Major, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £30.99 £36.41


    256MB Sapphire Radeon X1650XT PCI-E(x16) 24Pipes 1400MHz GDDR3 600MHz GPU Dual DVI/S-Video Retail £64.19 £75.42

    207 inc vat


    Just realised i need a PSU as the one i have doesnt have a connector to the gfx card which i think ill need for this gfx card?

    Whats the cheapest psu i could get that would do the job, nothing fancy at all

    thanks all
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin4458 View Post
    Just realised i need a PSU as the one i have doesnt have a connector to the gfx card which i think ill need for this gfx card?

    Whats the cheapest psu i could get that would do the job, nothing fancy at all
    depending on how decent your current psu is, you can get one of those molex-->pci-e power adapters, surely worth a try before shelling out on a new psu?

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    if you put a 8600gt that would be a cracking little gaming pc.

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    its a 300 watt, from an old evesham machine, made by FSF

    8600GT over Ati1650XT?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin4458 View Post
    8600GT over Ati1650XT?
    Absolutely! G

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    8600GT is comparable to the x1950pro.
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    ok cool, so about the psu?
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    300W might struggle assuming FSF isn't a great brand... Ideally you want a min of 400W with this spec as it will give you a bit of room to add a couple of hard drives or upgrade graphics if you need to... 350W will probably work too actually but won't have much left over if you ever need more power...
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    CPU 65W
    GPU ~110W?
    HDD+Optical 20W
    Everything else ~50W

    300W will do, cutting it fine, assuming it's a high quality PSU, 350W would be on the safe side thou.
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    hi there, give your specs and budget i would go for something like this, for you pc......

    Asus M2V Socket AM2 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard
    YOYO Code - 4651 £40.78
    Antec NSK 4400 Black/Silver 0.8mm cold-rolled steel ATX Mini Tower Case 380W Powersupply
    YOYO Code - 8044 £45.81
    AMD AM2 Athlon 64 4200+ Windsor Core, 2.2GHz, 512KB x 2 Cache CPU Energy Efficient Vesion - Retail
    YOYO Code - 4906 £65.38
    Corsair 1GB Value Select DDR667 DDR2 2x512MB 240pin DIMM Memory
    YOYO Code - 3043 £43.60
    Palit 8600GT 256MB DDR3, 2 x Dual Link DVI, HDTV, PCI-E Graphics Card
    YOYO Code - 73526 £81.47

    Sub-Total: £277.04
    Handling/Shipping Charge :£11.99
    Total :£289.03

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    i have gone for a new case, as you may find you have a problem with your old case if it was a evesham case, the Antec comes with an Antec 380w PSU, which would easily cope with the specs

    hope this helps
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