Views on this system?

[Punto]

After a fair bit of advice from people on these forums (thanks!) I'm getting ready to order the following system and was wondering if people could give it the once over to see if I've missed out on anything. Muchos Gracias

Monitor: LG 1710b - £247 - Microdirect
Processor: Athlon 64 (s939) 3500+ - £238 - Dabs
Ram: Corsair TwinX 1024-3200XL Pro - £197 - Microdirect
Soundcard: Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 - £70 - everywhere!
Motherboard: Asus A8V Deluxe WiFi revised version - £90 - Microdirect
DVD-RW: NEC 3500A - £56 - Microdirect
Harddrives - 2xSamsung Serial ATA SpinPoint 160gb - £132 - Microdirect
Graphics Card - Galaxy Glacier 6800GT - £294 - Microdirect
Case + PSU - Antec Sonata - £70 - Microdirect

Total - £1395 + Delivery!

Might get a cheap dvd-rom as well

[mike_w]

CPU - it's a Socket 939 Athlon 64 which is fast and should let you stick a new CPU into yor PC in the future.

RAM - Nice fast Corsair

Graphics card - That's what I would choose - lower cost than the Ultra, but with little performance cost. Although X800s are pretty close, I'd choose the 6800 because of Shader Model 3.0.

Thumbs up from Mike!

[Punto]

thanks for the thumbs up mike ! Going to settle into uni for a few days or so before ordering it and hopefully any others around here with advice would've posted here by then

[myth]

Do you plan on OCing that GT?

[kushtibari]

Nice case but power supply is only 380w, albeit a true 380 so will probably be okay. Get the audigy at order247.co.uk, its only £52 there. What speakers were you planning on?

[Punto]

Do you plan on OCing that GT?

not really, it's an option tho, why'd you ask mate?

[Punto]

Nice case but power supply is only 380w, albeit a true 380 so will probably be okay. Get the audigy at order247.co.uk, its only £52 there. What speakers were you planning on?

Yea I had the same reservations and asked around on the forum and most people said the 380W with the Sonata will be up to the challenge?

[myth]

not really, it's an option tho, why'd you ask mate?

Because the BFG GT is already OC'ed...

And cheaper!

http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/...fgr68256gtocuk

[Aaron]

If you can, I'd recommend you avoid Microdirect. Their prices are excellent but there's a reason...

Try phoning their customer service number. It'll ring and ring. Why? Because there's no-one there.

(almost 3 weeks and I'm still waiting for my refund )

[Punto]

Because the BFG GT is already OC'ed...

And cheaper!

http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/...fgr68256gtocuk

The BFG is OC'ed to 370/1000, so is the Galaxy Glacier (I believe), the Glacier also has an Artic Cooler already installed on it (think they're around 15 quid to buy separately) and the BFG isn't in stock. That's the reasoning I used when deciding on the Galaxy Glacier, what do you think 'cos I'm always open to suggestions

[myth]

lol...

I never knew the Galaxy Glacier 6800GT was OC'ed, But I'd still prefer the single slot solution of the BFG.... However the Galaxy Glacier will most likly be quieter!

[Punto]

Yea I didnt see the point in buying a quiet case then buying a hoover for a graphics card, otherwise I could've gotten the Gainward golden sample for a tenner more, that's factory guaranteed to 400mhz i think. Thanks for the advice anyway

[Punto]

If you can, I'd recommend you avoid Microdirect. Their prices are excellent but there's a reason...

Try phoning their customer service number. It'll ring and ring. Why? Because there's no-one there.

(almost 3 weeks and I'm still waiting for my refund )

lol i phoned up to order and waited for 10 minutes listening to the recording before........they cut me off. Fun fun, going to be a long long haul finding comparative prices though, Ebuyer probably but I'll have to wait a couple of weeks for them to get the RAM in stock

[Shogun]

lol i phoned up to order and waited for 10 minutes listening to the recording before........they cut me off. Fun fun, going to be a long long haul finding comparative prices though, Ebuyer probably but I'll have to wait a couple of weeks for them to get the RAM in stock

I bought that exact same monitor from Microdirect and haven't had a single problem with it. Its the same as ebuyer really, as long as the product works and you don't have a problem then it will be fine