GTX will drop I would think but probably not to the price of the HD4850. For £350 he certainly has very high hopes lol
If had the above machine for £350 I'd be pretty damn happy.
GTX will drop I would think but probably not to the price of the HD4850. For £350 he certainly has very high hopes lol
If had the above machine for £350 I'd be pretty damn happy.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101
What are the thoughts on the PSU in this bundle deal?
Blitzen gives it the seal of approval.. thats good enough for me lol
I would take the antec cases as they are better built, have silence in mind and genereally have the better cooling
Each to their own though
Ok this is FINALLY happening but the budget went up to 400, wireless was added to the requirements and it seemed daft not to include a 4850 instead.
Due to me not being at home and ebuyer refusing to deliver anywhere except my home address i need to order EVERYTHING from scan.
The only other thing i considered was the NSK2480 instead of the Zen case and Seasonic supply but i thought it would be better off playing it safe and leaving some room for future upgrade.
Witht he shipping removed here thats about £391 leaving £9 for me to ship it to the guy im building it for.
Looks good Only change I would have made if you could have spent the extra £10 would be to go to the antec 300 but the akasa will be good to.
mobo looks pretty pants too... but should be fine if you are not going to overclock it...
I would go for the Corsair VX450W PSU instead which costs about the same
Those mobos are suprisingly good considering how cheap they are, ive used one before. Admittadly the overclocking capabilities are limited however they are fine for small bumps in FSB maybe say 20-30Mhz.
Noticed this http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(25003)...-430W-PSU.aspx they are only round the corner from me so i may well pop round and pick that up instead.
Shame Ebuyer won't let you buy things.. it's about £60 delivered there.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145090 only a few quid but still
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2, AMD 740G, S AM2+, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, Micro ATX
LN23615
Item in stock. Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2, AMD 740G, S AM2+, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, Micro ATX £33.36 £39.20
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18
LN19302
Item currently out of stock. 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 £46.44 £54.57
512MB Power Color HD4850, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1986MHz GDDR3, GPU 625MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV
LN23343
Item currently out of stock. 512MB Power Color HD4850, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1986MHz GDDR3, GPU 625MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV £98.99 £116.31
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 5000+ AM2 , Brisbane Core, Dual Core 2600GHz, Retail
LN23630
Item in stock. AMD AM2 Athlon 64 5000+ AM2 , Brisbane Core, Dual Core 2600GHz, Retail £35.49 £41.70
360GB Seagate ST3360320AS, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ
Item in stock. NB: 360GB Seagate ST3360320AS, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ
* LN23071 360GB Seagate ST3360320AS, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ
£26.99 £31.71
Asus TA-861 Black Midi Tower Case w/o PSU
LN17455
Item in stock. Asus TA-861 Black Midi Tower Case w/o PSU £15.99 £18.79
350W FSP ATX-350PNF aPFC PSU
LN15720
Item in stock. 350W FSP ATX-350PNF aPFC PSU £19.99 £23.49
Samsung TS-H492C/LEAH x52 CDRW x16 DVDRom COMBO CD-WRITER DVD Reader Oem Black
LN23150
Item in stock. Samsung TS-H492C/LEAH x52 CDRW x16 DVDRom COMBO CD-WRITER DVD Reader Oem Black £5.99 £7.04
Recalculate Basket
checkout
Net Total
Carriage
VAT
£283.24
£9.28
£51.19
Total
£343.71
43 quid over budget, you could probably snip 20 quid or more off by going for 2GB of ram, but heck, that's not much considering it includes postage.
*edit* sorry, no tidy screenshot due to me being in the middle of reconstructing my laptop's OS and not having a screengrabber installed yet.
the budget has now gone up to £400 so thats actually very under budget.
A few other comments, the person im buying for would like a 'decent' looking case and i dont think i would trust that power supply with a 4850. The lowest powersupply i would go for is either the Seasonic or the Antec 380W psu and even then im still cautious about it as the total power draw from the ATI under load is 227W. Add the 120-150W from the CPU thats already getting towards the borderline of 12v supply for any low wattage PSU and considering this PC is for someone else, it wouldnt be fair for me to take such risks.
I didnt really bother with AMD, although 4GB is a nice prospect. It just seems daft to uy AMD nowerdays, intel chips are so much better performers.
whilst on MD i stumbled across this OCZ StealthXStream which seems an apsolute bargain tbh. Small amount of research shows they are made by FSP!
also Geil Value Ram now that there is no overclocking plans this wud probs be fine i reckon.
All this means i cud bump up the size of the HDD or get a better mobo
Defo check out the superspecials on aria.co.uk , bought quite a few of my parts their last minute, for example their currently selling retail Q6600 for £105 !
I reccomend the Coolermaster CM690 top case
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