Originally Posted by
cptwhite_uk
If you're wanting maximum power on a budget. Conisder an opteron 146 (single core) £125, ASrock 939Dual Motherboard £42, 2Gb Corsair Value Select RAM £110, Antec Silnetium 350W Seasonic PSU case - they're extremely quiet and psu is powerful enough (top brand!) £50, Arctic Freezer 64 Pro for the CPU fan/heatsink £20, i'd treat yourself to something half decent vid card wise - 256mb x800gt powercolour
That's your basic set-up for £425 (compared to the £582 in the prices you outlined above)
You'll get a processor that will overclock to Athlon Fx-55 / Fx-57 speed (2.6Ghz), 2Gb of stable RAM, a quiet pc, a decent graphics card and a PSU which you can rely on to be stable.