new gaming computer £900

[killkoy]

I know there are 100s of other threads like this but i want others thoughts
i will be using it for gaming suffing and study

MSI K8N SLi Platinum NF4 DDDR400, PCI-E, Gbit Lan, USB2/1394, 7.1Ch Creative Audio, 4 x SATA2, Raid. is this a good choice. it seems to have good reveiws. i was going to get an abit a8n altra but then i read that they had overclocking issues, any otheer mb recomendations?

AMD Athlon 64 3500 32/64Bit CPU S939 "Venice" 90nm Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty

NEC ND-4550A Black 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM UK

LG 16x Black DVD-ROM + 52x CD-ROM IDE

1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive OEM

128MB Leadtek WinFast PCI-E PX6600 GT TDH *EXTREME* 6600 GT

80Gb Samsung SpinPoint™ HD080HJ (7200rpm,8mb) - SATA II

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 OEM Single

Creative Labs Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System UK

120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin, 2 Ball Bearing , Ultra Quiet and Long life

SilverStone "TEMJIN" J04B-W (BLACK) Aluminum Front/SECC Body Tower Case (w/o PSU) with Window

AKASA AK-FC-03 Fan Contorl Pro ( multimode 4 fan controller with Temp Sensor + LCD )
480W Hiperpower Black aPFC PSU - ATX v2.2 - 14Db PCI-E SLi Ready

Ahead Nero Suite3 inc Plugins v6.6 CD/DVD Burning Software OEM

1Gb Corsair, DDR400/PC3200, 128Mx64, non-ECC, 184 DIMM, unbuffered, 3-3-3-8, Silver H/S, L/T Wty is it worth getting this ram or should i get the value select. I am getting 1 1Gig stick so that i can upgradi it to 2gig later

19" Hyundai ImageQuest B91A Black/Silver TFT Monitor - 700:1 1280x1024
17" Hyundai ImageQuest B70A Black/Silver TFT Monitor - 8ms 1280x1024
am not sure which monitor to get. Is it realy worth getting the 19" one

[zulander]

mention overclocking and people are going to scream DFI at you.
CPU is fine - may want to see if u can find an Opteron with 1mb cache for more OC performance
Burner is fine
If its a games machine u may want a better gpu, the Leadtek card is good no doubt about it but what kinda performance do u want in games? Can you stretch to maybe an ATI x800 series? Maybe give u a bit more bang for buck
If you get a 19" monitor and u want to game at those high resolutions ull will deffo want a better graphics cardm most people would find 17" acceptable unless u want a home cinema system type PC then get that, tho its down to what u like obviosuley

[JPreston]

Agreed, maybe get a X800GTO for the same price as the 6600GT but offering better performance?

[fredered]

In order to get a better gpu it may be worth buying a cheaper processor, as you are planning on getting a 3500+ it doesnt have a great amount of headroom to overclock into, so you could save money and go with a 3200+ or an opteron 146 saving the money and probably getting about the same speeds after overclocking

[NightshadowUK]

Modding your own list here I'd go for:

- CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Silver Case Black Body ~ £41.11

- 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan ~ £8.17
- 80mm Akasa Amber Case Fan ~ £4.22

- 480W Tagan TG480-U01 ~ £58.15

- Abit AN8 Ultra PCI-E S939 ~ £75.22

- AMD 64 3200+ OEM ~ &#163;102.60 <-- if you were overclocking
- Akasa Evo 33 (AK913) ~ &#163;19.96 <-- to go with the OEM CPU

- 128MB ScanFX GEFORCE 6600GT PCI-E DDR3 TV+DUAL DVI ~ &#163;101.16

- 1 GB Corsair, PC4400 non-ECC, unbuffered, 2.5-4-4-8 ~ &#163;145.70

- NEC ND-4550A Black ~ &#163;30.54 <-- you don't really need an extra drive

- 1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive ~ &#163;4.69

- 160Gb Samsung SpinPoint™ HD160JJ SATA II ~ &#163;57.69

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 OEM Single ~ &#163;92.51

- Ahead Nero Express Burning ROM Suite 1 6.6.x OEM ~ &#163;1.27

- Altec lansing 121 2.1 8W RMS Black ~ &#163;15.50

- 17" Hyundai ImageQuest B70A Black/Silver TFT Monitor ~ &#163;168.01

Your total here is &#163;941.34 but with the better RAM you'll have a nicer time overclocking the CPU.