New system(Scan).What do you think so far???

[philb34]

AMD Athlon 64 3000 32/64Bit CPU S939 "Venice" 90nm Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty £79.00 £92.83

Gigabyte 3DAurora GZ-FSCA1-ANS(ANB) Black Aluminum Tower Case - Hi End £69.95 £82.19

Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra SLI nF4 Ultra,2000Mhz 2xPCIE DualDDR400x4 10xUSB 8xSATAraid DGLAN 1394B ATX £71.50 £84.01

512Mb PC3200 (PC400) DDR Memory (Major) Retail+ Akasa AK171 Copper Heat Sink/Spreader for Memory DDR £24.95 £58.63

200Gb Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 10 (7200rpm,8MB) SATA NCQ - Lead Free £47.75 £56.11



Net Total £318.10

Carriage £10.00

V.A.T. £57.42

TOTAL £385.52



Just pricing this up in anticipation of the postage deal,just wondered if you all knowing guys had any thoughts/suggestions?

[k0nigen]

Doh, just re-read the above

The Gigabyte 6600GT slots in there rather appropriately I think...

Also, the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium has a passive heatsink instead of a fan which sounds (!) groovy to me - costs more though :¬I

[YorkieBen]

no graphics card? also maybe if you can strech get 1GB of RAM rather than 512

[philb34]

waiting for suggestions for the graphics,have gone for 1GB ram though(2x512).

Back to Scan......

[YorkieBen]

how much do you want to spend on graphics?

[krazy_olie]

With the 1gb ram that is a good system, with potential for dual core in the future and SLI it means that upgrading in the future will be easier.
Something like a 6600gt(about £100) up to a 6800gt(200) would be a good idea graphics wise based on the rest of the system. Scan don't currently do a standard 6800 in PCI-e but I have only seen ebuyer and savastore sell them. There's an XFX 128MB version that is around £130 on savastore. I have a feeling that they will overclock well.

[YorkieBen]

the 6800gt pci-e is generally more expensive than the agp version

for pci-e Id get an x800xl, they are cheaper

[krazy_olie]

They are cheaper but not by much anymore, the cheapest XL is around £190. I have seen 6800GTs (PCI-e) at under £200, the cheapest on Scan is the OEM XFX version is £199 and the retail is only £10 more or something like that. Performance wise it's tricky I think the 6800GT has the slight edge, and for the future it a) It has SS3 and b) SLI support. I would expect a further drop as the ULTRA prices must be lowered heavily,as it's still the same price as a 7800GT which outperforms it easily, and therefore the GT prices.

[Dark Horse]

CPU: All cool, 3000+ is great value atm

Case: I dont know much about the gigabyte case but I'm not a fan of big flashy cases. I think the money is generally much better spent on the kit inside the case rather than the case itself. A good value but still quality case is the Coolermaster Centurion at about £40 from Scan.

Motherboard: I haven't heard smashing things about the gigabyte board and I can't even remember if I've ever seen anyone with one. However it is cheap and thats a pretty big consideration and performance wise unless you're overclocking there should be nothing to worry about.

Memory: Heatspreaders are generally pretty useless and don't affect performance but they do at least make ram look nice.

HDD: They're all pretty generic these days so any brand is good.

Graphics: If you've got the cash got for a 6800gt, will get you much better performance than a 6600gt and you won't need to upgrade for a while.

Just to check have you already got a psu? I wouldn't risk a no name psu on any rig these days.

[krazy_olie]

I've read that the ebuyer own brand psus are very good value, they are scarily cheap though. £10 for 500w.

[philb34]

no psu yet any suggestions?

I reckon I could get a 6600gt though.

Phil

[kempez]

no psu yet any suggestions?

I reckon I could get a 6600gt though.

Phil

I suggest the Tagan 580w Sli - £80ish and great value fo money. Either that or na nice solid Enermax, OCZ or PCP&C

[philb34]

Sounds good will look a little later,cheers!

[Beer Moon]

I would have to vote for the DFI LanParty board instead. It will really take that 3000+ some places no other Nforce board can go.

[Dark Horse]

I would have to vote for the DFI LanParty board instead. It will really take that 3000+ some places no other Nforce board can go.

Unfortunately Scan dont do DFI boards

[amjedm]

I've read that the ebuyer own brand psus are very good value, they are scarily cheap though. £10 for 500w.

Well might as well buy QTec then hadn't he?