Right, sure this type of question gets asked all the time. I’ve looked through past threads as best I can to get this far with the spec.I’m putting this PC together for friend who has around £800 to spend. Prices I’ve put are the rough prices (probably excluding delivery) I’ve seen around, as stores vary on each product by a matter of pounds. I wish places would make delivery charges easier to find. Comments and recommendations on these parts would be very much appreciated, please.
Mobo:
Abit NF7-s v2.0 (~£80ish)
Processor (either or):
Barton XP 2500+ (~£70ish) OR
Barton XP 2600+ (~£77ish)
HDD:
Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 SATA 8MB cache 7200 RPM 80GB (~£72ish)
RAM:
2 x Twinmos 256MB DDR PC2700 (~£70ish for pair) OR
2 x Twinmos 256MB DDR PC3200 (~£75ish for pair)
Seems worth getting PC3200 for £5 extra?
Graphics Card:
128MB ATI Radeon 9600 Pro DDR DVI+TV-OUT Retail (~£140ish)
OR
256MB MSI Nvidia FX5600-TD DDR 8XAGP TV-OUT Retail (~£135ish)
Case:
Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Case including 380 Watt TruePower PSU (~£75ish)
Monitor:
Eeek, no real idea, but he can’t afford a TFT or anything fancy like that, what would be the best that could be got for say £100ish? I’ve got a Hansol, which I’m pleased with and they seem cheap. CTX and Samsung also seem cheap.
CPU Cooler:
Zalman Flower CNPS6000-Cu Silent Socket A CPU Cooler (~£30ish)
The pieces I’m having most trouble with are the monitor (as you can see above) and the graphics card, ATI or Nvidia, also does the manufacture of the board matter, e.g. MSI, Asus, Hercules?
I want to get the important parts right first, but any recommendation as to CD-RW etc, are very welcome.
Thanks,
Anders.