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

[Merlin4458]

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

[SiM]

Any reason for S939?

[aidanjt]

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.

[dave87]

DDR2 is cheaper than DDR now anyway, so what aidanjt said is certainly worth considering.

[Merlin4458]

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?

[aidanjt]

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.

[Merlin4458]

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

[lanceuppercut]

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?

[No.72]

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

[Merlin4458]

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

8600GT over Ati1650XT?

[Crossbow]

8600GT over Ati1650XT?

Absolutely! G

[aidanjt]

8600GT is comparable to the x1950pro.

[Merlin4458]

ok cool, so about the psu?

[SiM]

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...

[aidanjt]

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.

[YOYOtech - Mark]

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

POINTS
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
mark
www.yoyotech.co.uk