pre-built PC's

[shiato storm]

well i saw this [posted it before in another thread]
http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/...3-A7CB90A5A0E6
looks ok to me, just need gfx card and psu...and cpu fan. a quiet one!

p.s. psu i was thinking about is an enermax 420w (or 450w) one, are these good and reliable as I've heard some makes are utterly hopeless and about as stable as the italian government (i.e. not very) burning various components along with itself as it dies!

[0iD]

well i saw this [posted it before in another thread]
http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/...3-A7CB90A5A0E6
looks ok to me, just need gfx card and psu...and cpu fan. a quiet one!

p.s. psu i was thinking about is an enermax 420w (or 450w) one, are these good and reliable as I've heard some makes are utterly hopeless and about as stable as the italian government (i.e. not very) burning various components along with itself as it dies!

Stear clear of Q-Tec & Hiper. Enermax are good tho

[shiato storm]

ah yes, I remember now what I read: q-tes & hiper = firestarters!
i see you have a tagan...they about the same as enermax?

[0iD]

ah yes, I remember now what I read: q-tes & hiper = firestarters!
i see you have a tagan...they about the same as enermax?

Both reliable brands yes. I think the Tagan has marginally more stable rails, if you're drawing a lot of power.

[shiato storm]

hmmm...ok. price-wise how are they?

[0iD]

Tagans seem to be about £5-£10 more expensive then Enermax's

[shiato storm]

ah ha! how about a neo2 board, 3000+, 512 and ati9800 pro 128mb for a total (inc vat and delivery) just shy of 350. not a bad start me thinks.

[0iD]

Nope, that's a darned fine start!

[nvening]

So just how much were u thinking of spending? (ex monitor) Get the 3200+ winchester 939 if u cant get a 3500, a gig is plenty and how much on a graphics card? Also i would go for an nforce4 board they are very good and i think pci-e is a must have on a new system.

[nvening]

oh and i would go for a tagan PSU and a new case (but then i dont no what you have now)

[StormPC]

I still really like the ASUS A8V. After all, it IS the fastest ASUS motherboard on the planet according to the FM 3DMark2001 ORB. The only reason anyone should go NF4 is if they are running SLI or a PCI-e graphics card, or if they just HAVE to have 10 USB ports on the motherboard.

[shiato storm]

well i'm not after the latest and greatest or anything, just something that's a relative budget option for longevity - and not 3months as my last computer hadbefore it went to the big black screen in the sky...psu fried it all me thinks!
so i think the above set up is more than enough - expandable yet good to start off with anyway so little need to for quite some time (barring any problems!

[shiato storm]

ah...now heres a thing. wonder if I could save a bob or two
9800pro at £125 is cheapest i found so far but also the 9600 pro at 68. at about £57 less is it a good 'budget' compromise option instead of the 9800? - for the money saved I'd get some more ram to fit the system I plan no probs. or a psu, or an HDD! or should I chew bullets and get flexed up with the 9800?!
any where cheaper than 125?

[AaronTBE]

ram is cheaper to upgrade when you have spare 50 quid, graphics will cost u at least 125 when u want to upgrade, id go for the betta graphics and upgrade the ram later 512 will be enough for now

[shiato storm]

fair point. sold me on that issue. saved me £50 too!

[shiato storm]

p.s. is a 420w enermax enough for a system not intended for overclocking or would something higher be better...want quiet psu!!