Ok, as you may know, i've been following the other threads trying to judge what is best to buy within my set budget of £400. 'CAT-THE-FIFTH' seems to be awesome help in other threads for example and i've been following strengthofmind's build thread. I may be able to increase my budget a little .. if it's worth it. I've got £450 max tho!. The rig is going to be used as a home computer, the odd game and the odd bit of Adobe CS4/5 chores. Nothing too taxing - so just looking for something to do the job, and get some value for money, whilst being able to upgrade well in the future![]()
Here is what i'm looking at based on the advice given below:
Ebuyer order:
Sunbeam 3D Storm Black Mid Tower Case with Unique Core-Fan Design - No PSU 150296 £22.99
I like this case. Cheap and cheerful.
Compucase 52-In-1 Internal 3.5" Bay Card Reader 191697 £8.99
I do a bit of photography so therefore need something to read my SD cards.
Edimax Wireless-N150 USB Adapter 161823 £11.99
The only way I can currently connect to the router. I'm lookng at how to drill holes in the walls for a wired setup.
Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black 145450 £11.99
Might look at lightscribe.
Acer X203 20" Wide LCD Monitor 1600x900 50,000:1(Dynamic) 5ms - Black 193681 £91.98
Again I added this as a final item with money leftover in the pot. I presume they can all be of a half decent quality now? That said the whole rig might be near a window, so glare could be a consideration. Bigger is better due to CS5 being installed.
PALIT 9800GT Green 512MB GDDR3 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI_E Graphics Card 205449 £67.16
Is this card throttled in any way?
Scan order:
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3, DDR3 LN32202 - £62.22
MSI 770-C45, AMD 770, AM3. LN28876 - £51.68
AMD Athlon II X3 445 LN33527 - £59.27
Be Quiet Pure Power L7 530 W Power Supply (PSU) LN33021 - £48.75
As suggested below.
Bits I already own:
~WD Raptor 74 GB HDD (150 MBps / 10000 rpm) as a boot drive.
~I may add an old WD 500gb drive for storage too? Should I bother updating. I'm worried about noise!
~I also have a MX1000 mouse / Saitek keyboard combo for input.
~Finally I intend to use some old Creative 5.1 subwoofered speakers that connect via the green, blue and yellow lines.
Running total (£215.10 + £220.92) = £436.02


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