Help me spend £3900 on a computer

[ERU]

I have been approched by a good friend who has £3900 to spend on a computer system. I have some good ideas myself but am not too aware of what branded systems are being sold i.e. Alien/NEC. He needs an answer to tell his sponsors by tomorrow evening.
If you could reply in two paragraphs; one with a homemade system and one with a branded company (possibly with links?)

So folks what ideas have you got?

[Apex]

Dell


or

amd64

gig of ram

2 250gig hdds in raid

dvd writer dvd rom

rad 9800xt

19" tft

and a few extras thrown in

[BUFF]

What's he want it to do?

[ERU]

What's he want it to do?

Gaming, be quiet, movies - everything tbh

[BUFF]

My quote:
Components £1900
Consultancy fee £2000


seriously, though
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/Systems.html
Send them an email stating requirements, budget etc. sales@kustompcs.co.uk

[ERU]

Thread responses get more and more like OcUK everyday

[-mb-]

Has to be:

AMD Athlon64 FX51 £510
Asus SK8V £150 (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/sock...v/overview.htm)
2Gb Corsair ECC DDR400 PC3200 £520
(2x 1Gb)
Hercules Radeon 9800XT 256Mb £300 (http://europe.hercules.com/showpage.php?p=90&b=0&f=1)
Soundblaster Audigy 2
ZS Platinum Pro £160 (http://www.soundblaster.com/products..._platinum_pro/)

2x Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm
36Gb SATA RAID 0 £180 (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...asp?DriveID=40)
1x Western Digital Caviar 7,200rpm
200Gb SATA £120

Plextor DVD+/-RW 8x 708A £110 (http://www.plextor.be/English/products/PX708A.html)

Antec SX1040BII Case £80 (http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_deta...p?ProdID=81046)
(inc. 400W PSU)

Samsung Iilyama 19" TFT
AS4821DT £600

Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1
Surround Sound speakers £270 (http://www.creative.com/products/pro...sp?prodid=9306)

That lot is £3000.

Presumably your friend may want some software, possibly an OS, a decent mouse and keyboard too, a printer, some rounded IDE cables, some other customisation kit etc....

Hope this helps; I enjoyed dreaming.

[Ethos]

AMD Athlon FX51 (Socket 940) - Retail
Asus SK8N (Socket 940) Motherboard
Asus ATI Radeon 9800XT/TVD 256MB & Half Life 2 Bundle - Retail
Plextor PX708A 8x DVD±RW (Black) - Retail
Plextor PlexWriter Premium 52x/32x/52x CD-ReWriter (Black) - Retail
Western Digital Raptor 74GB Serial ATA 10000RPM - OEM x2
Samsung SP1614N 160GB 8MB Cache - x2
Coolermaster Wave Master - Black (No PSU)
Antec TrueControl 550 Watt ATX12 power supply w/ front control panel
Hitachi CML200UXWB 20" TFT Monitor
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop v2.0 - OEM
Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro
Subtotal £2,566.85
VAT £449.22
Total £3,016.07

+ 2Gb Corsair ECC DDR400 PC3200 £520
(2x 1Gb)



Would be an ok system i guess! Prob missed some stuff out tho.

[Swafe]

oi

FX53 please

[walnuts]

checkout one of these

http://www.savrow.com/site/products.html

[directhex]

i think voodoopc make systems based on zalman's tnn500a silent case/cooler thingy, i certainly think that'd do the job on the "silence" front

[Agent]

Spring cleaned.
Lay off the meaty stuff lads !

[-mb-]

@ Ethos: How original - I would never have thought of a rig like that.

I second the Coolermaster Wavemaster a £150 though, with the Antec or Zalman 550W PSU. My case suggestion was dull...

I would say SK8V over SK8N though, because the nForce3 150 has many problem, whereas the K8T800 is more stable and compatible...

[Ethos]

Only looked at yours for the ram

Seriously tho, £3900..... mmm.

[TooNice]

Get this
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/tek_panel/

Actually, you might still be a little under budget

If I had that kind of money, I'd probably go full performance (SCSI HD, Phase cooling etc.). But it would be a screamer

Actually, what Ethos had was pretty good.. But I would get a top 15k RPM SCSI HD over the Raptors (or a pair, since everyone seems to like RAID - even though it mainly improves boot up time and synthetic bench), and a couple of the Hitachi 7K400 HD (400 gig, and if it follows the performance of the 7K250, its a winner).

[daniel_owen_uk]

That much money has either vapo or prommie written all over it

Personally would go for amd64 with prommie and w/c 9800xt at least a gig of ram. Nice 19" tft etc.