PC im building for 650 pounds budget!

[PCuser21]

Hey guys,
I am going to sell my computer and aiming to build a 600 pound computer with monitor. So far I got this,
AMD 64 3000+-100
Geil value RAM 1GB-70
MSI K8N neo-4 PCI-E MOBO-80
20" LCD TV widescreen-300
Altogether, 550, I will buy a 7800GT later on and kepp my GF4 now, but i'm wondering, what case shall I get? Im on a budget of about 40 pounds/.
thanks

[arthurleung]

If you are going to use that 20" LCDTV, you won't need anything better than a GF6600, since the LCD TV will only have 1024x768 native resolution. If you do play game at this resolution, even at max AA, you will be using less than 1/2 the potential of the 7800GT.

Those LCD TV are cheap for a reason.

[PCuser21]

Awwwwww damn , so should I just buy a standard 19" TFT for 200 ?

[RDL]

Yep, probably your best bet. Or you could save a bit and get a 20", but that would require a fair bit of saving. I love my 19" LG myself.

[ed^chigliak]

How do you use your GF4 card on a PCI-E motherboard? You need an AGP slot.

ASrock ULi 1695 has full speed AGP and PCIe. Anandtech have reviewed it recently and looks pretty good. Cost about £50inc

You also need a PSU with your case?

£40 for case and PSU won't buy you much. The original gaming bomb + enermax 370w would be £60. Also you need case fans & heatsink.

[PCuser21]

How do you use your GF4 card on a PCI-E motherboard? You need an AGP slot.

ASrock ULi 1695 has full speed AGP and PCIe. Anandtech have reviewed it recently and looks pretty good. Cost about £50inc

You also need a PSU with your case?

£40 for case and PSU won't buy you much. The original gaming bomb + enermax 370w would be £60. Also you need case fans & heatsink.

I mean about 40 without PSU, I dont care. Is the AsRock MOBO any good, because whats the diffrence between the asrock and the MSI Neo-F?

[ed^chigliak]

£90 3000+
£35 Antec SLK3000B
£55 Seasonic S12-430 PSU
£50 ASrock ULi 1695 mainboard
£70 1gb RAM
£30 NEC 3540a CD/DVD
£20 VapoChill Micro Heatsink
£0 AGP GF4
£50 HDD Seagate or spinpoint 80/120gb
£200 Samsung SM913N TFT
£3.50 Zalman Fan Mate 2 Fan adjuster 5-12V (microdirect)
£8 low noise 92mm panaflo fan (stick this on the vapochill)

I've spent a little of your budget on quietness. You could add the noise back in and and have £30ish to spend elsewhere in the build.

EDIT: I'm not familiar with the Neo-F... does it have AGP & PCIe. I'm not sure they will do 7800GT with AGP. How do you go from GF4 now to 7800GT in the future when it most likely requires a different slot/socket.

The case I mention is a good choice less than £40 has good airflow and include one 120mm fan with speed switch. Takes another 120mm at the front but not included. Side blowers and duct but again you need to buy a fan.

The difference with ASrock ULi 1695 is that it has both AGP and PCIe slots so you can make the transition to 7800GT PCIe but still use your GF4 AGP now. There are other board that have both slots but AGP is not full speed. Is the mainboard any good... read the review on Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524

[PCuser21]

£90 3000+
£35 Antec SLK3000B
£55 Seasonic S12-430 PSU
£50 ASrock ULi 1695 mainboard
£70 1gb RAM
£30 NEC 3540a CD/DVD
£20 VapoChill Micro Heatsink
£0 AGP GF4
£50 HDD Seagate or spinpoint 80/120gb
£200 Samsung SM913N TFT
£3.50 Zalman Fan Mate 2 Fan adjuster 5-12V (microdirect)
£8 low noise 92mm panaflo fan (stick this on the vapochill)

I've spent a little of your budget on quietness. You could add the noise back in and and have £30ish to spend elsewhere in the build.

EDIT: I'm not familiar with the Neo-F... does it have AGP & PCIe. I'm not sure they will do 7800GT with AGP. How do you go from GF4 now to 7800GT in the future when it most likely requires a different slot/socket.

The case I mention is a good choice less than £40 has good airflow and include one 120mm fan with speed switch. Takes another 120mm at the front but not included. Side blowers and duct but again you need to buy a fan.

The difference with ASrock ULi 1695 is that it has both AGP and PCIe slots so you can make the transition to 7800GT PCIe but still use your GF4 AGP now. There are other board that have both slots but AGP is not full speed. Is the mainboard any good... read the review on Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524

Thats the case I was gonna get in the first place yeh, thats prettyu good you know, I may go for that, The asrock MOBO looks quite good!
thanks alot man!