Need help building a £600 system

[wedge22]

OK I would like a new pc either SFF or standard for no more than £600.
I do not require GFX,monitor,keyboard, or mouse. I need it to be better than the current rig in my sig though.

[Firelord]

OK I would like a new pc either SFF or standard for no more than £600.
I do not require GFX,monitor,keyboard, or mouse. I need it to be better than the current rig in my sig though.

Quantity Product Name Price Total
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 64 bit Retail inc.fan (3 yr.warr.) Skt 754 (CPUFX3000) £99.99 £99.99
Samsung 512MB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (original) (MEMSAM512MBPC32) £49.95 £99.90
200 GB Western Digital Caviar SATA UDMA150 7200rpm 8MB cache (JD) (HAR200WESSA72) £69.25 £69.25
Sony DW-D18A Dual Layer Black 8X DVD +/-R/RW oem (DVDSONDWU18DB*) £42.15 £42.15
Shuttle SN85G4 Silent X Mini Alum. Black system c/w nForce3 +DDR400 +LAN + 8x AGP + Serial ATA RAID (BARSHUSN85G4S) £198.00 £198.00
Shipping STANDARD (1-3 DAYS) - DESPATCH ON - 14/09/2004 (Tuesday)PRE 10:00AM (NEXT DAY) - DESPATCH ON - 13/09/2004 (Monday)PRE 12:00NOON (NEXT DAY) - DESPATCH ON - 13/09/2004 (Monday)SATURDAY (NEXT DAY) - DESPATCH ON - 17/09/2004 (Friday)EVENING (NEXT DAY) - DESPATCH ON - 13/09/2004 (Monday)PRIORITY (NEXT DAY) - DESPATCH ON - 13/09/2004 (Monday) £5.00 £5.00

Total Order Weight 8.40 kg
Total Price Excluding VAT £514.29
VAT @ 17.5% £90.01
Total Price Including VAT £604.30


Just a quick price up

A64 SFF wwith 1GB RAM, A64 3000+, 200GB HDD and a Dual Layer DVD RW

Sell the standard heatsink on here and get your £4 back

[wedge22]

anyone else got any suggestions?

[BUFF]

anyone else got any suggestions?

well your sig doesn't give a whole lot of info - are you running the XP2500+ stock, in which board, which particular Corsair RAM etc..

What doesn't your existing rig do that you want it to?

[wedge22]

My rig is a SN45G fitted with a Barton 2500 running at 3200 speeds. I have 1gb of OCZ ram, audigy 2, 120Gb Seagate Barracuda, X800 pro. I want to be able to just have a faster machine, I mainly use my pc for surfing the web and playing games.

[Tifosi]

My rig is a SN45G fitted with a Barton 2500 running at 3200 speeds. I have 1gb of OCZ ram, audigy 2, 120Gb Seagate Barracuda, X800 pro. I want to be able to just have a faster machine, I mainly use my pc for surfing the web and playing games.

In that case you need a faster cpu and ram, look for a 64 bit chip and pc3500/3700 Ram

[wedge22]

OK and stick them into what mate?

[wedge22]

OK I have come up with either this option,

Soltek Qbic 3801A SFF nForce 3
1GB OCZ pc3200 ddr
SKT 754 3400
200Gb Maxtor Plus 10 (16mb cache)
Audigy 2
Lite on 8x DVD re writer

or this one

Coolermaster Centurion
Asus AV8 mobo
350W HiperPower HPU-3s350 3rd Gen Quiet
1 Gb OCZ pc 3200 ddr
SKT 939 3500
200Gb Maxtor Plus 10 (16mb cache)
Audigy 2
Lite on 8x DVD re writer

Which would you guys go with, and is the pc 3200 ram compatible with the skt 939 mobo and cpu. Does anyone know if the psu I have selected is quiet and whether the Coolermaster case is also quiet?