Shall i build this Shuttle system?

[Jimmy Little]

Build Me a Shuttle System

Crucial 512MB DDR PC3200 -------- --------71.66
WD 80 gig ------------------------------------- 58.01
Shuttle XPC SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400--- 177.66
GeForce4 Ti4200------------------------------- 69.27
Barton 2500+ ---------------------------------- 72.73

(i have cdburner)
-------------------------------------------------- -271.67

This lot is all from OCUK apart from the crucial ram...

can anyone find me a better deal? and is the barton 2500+ a good choice of cpu?

[Russ]

i'd go for ati over geforce personally

[Jimmy Little]

Originally posted by Russ
i'd go for ati over geforce personally

what would be a good card around the £60 - £70 mark? someone offered me a 9200 ? any good?

[kaillum]

its a little over budget, but a couple of guys at work have just got the Tyan Tachyon Radeon G9600PRO and rate it as a really sweet card.. its £117 inc vat.. but so much better than the likes of a 9200 or the GeForce4 Ti4200

apart from that its a good spec... was looking at a similar one meself.. until i decided that i really wanted a CM case

[Knoxville]

I'd spend the extr £50 and get a 9600pro from ebuyer as it'll be able to play stuff like hl2, other than that its a nice spec

btw if you ain't a gamer you might wanna consider buying an SN41 and using the onboard gf4 mx

*edit* beaten to it by kallium*/edit*

[kaillum]

Originally posted by Knoxville
I'd spend the extr £50 and get a 9600pro from ebuyer as it'll be able to play stuff like hl2

ohhhh... Oiy Knoxy.. you readin my mind or what!!

[steve threlfall]

I want the 9600pro mentioned here as well. Seems like a really good deal for the money. I read that they come already overclocked and with tools so you can tweak further impressive

Spend the extra if you want to play hl2 and doom3

[acidrainy]

I would go for the Barton 2500 myself aswell.
But I would buy from cpucity.co.uk to get a good core that can run in that shuttle at 3200+ easy

[Jimmy Little]

thanks guys... so i shall look for the 9600pro

cheers barton then it is?

[Russ]

yea but it has to be THIS one for THIS reason

[Jimmy Little]

Originally posted by Russ
yea but it has to be THIS one for THIS reason

nice! good call!

[Jimmy Little]

ordered this little lot from cpucity.co.uk

1 x Shuttle SN45G (1) = £173.90
1 x Sapphire ATI RADEON 9600 256mb (Sapphire ATI) = £110.45
1 x Shuttle PF-09 SHUTTLE XPC BAG (1) = £16.45
1 x AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ 333FSB SKT-A OEM BARTON AXDA2500DKV4D AQXEA (1) = £72.37
1 x 80GB Caviar, WD800JB, 7200rpm, 8mb (1) = £68.62

Sub-Total: £441.79

ANYONE SEE ANY PROBS? AND PLEASE GIVE ME ANY INSTALL TIPS OR ADVICE I WILL BE USING WIN XP HOME... IE DRIVERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT..

cheers Jim