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    New PC Specs

    http://www.dabs.com/uk/productView.htm?quicklinx=2SFD

    Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR AGP
    £122.00 inc VAT

    http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...products_id=45

    Abit NF7-S V2.0
    £72.85 inc VAT

    http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=298

    AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 333FSB SKT-A OEM Barton
    £67.56 inc VAT

    http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=131

    Corsair XMS3200 DDR-RAM (CAS2) 256MB
    £57.57 inc VAT

    Total: £319.98

    I was wondering what fan/heatsink and power supply i will need (i am upgrading from a 1.2gig athlon, geforce mx400, so i don't whether my current hardware will be sufficient)

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    Coolermaster Aero 7 lite.

    From eBuyer.
    AMD Athlon XP 2400+ | Connect3D Radeon 9600PRO | Seagate Barrcuda 80GB HDD | 512mb PC2700 Crucial RAM | MSI KT6 Delta FIS2R | Zorro Silver Case | Windows XP/Gentoo Linux

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    Oh and you'll need to throw a Hard drie in there aswell! (Unless your moving it across? You'll have problems with a new motherboard meaning a re-format anyway.)
    AMD Athlon XP 2400+ | Connect3D Radeon 9600PRO | Seagate Barrcuda 80GB HDD | 512mb PC2700 Crucial RAM | MSI KT6 Delta FIS2R | Zorro Silver Case | Windows XP/Gentoo Linux

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    Originally posted by gamezfreak
    Oh and you'll need to throw a Hard drie in there aswell! (Unless your moving it across? You'll have problems with a new motherboard meaning a re-format anyway.)
    I'm just going to use my old hard drive, a seagate 80gb 7200rpm

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    Undoubtedly the Volcano 11/12, £15-16 from either Dabs or CPUcity IIRC. For the PSU brand makes all the diff, look to the usual Antec (CWT @ Scan?), Enermax, ThermalTake, ToPower, S.Flower (TTGI) or Sparkle. A good brand 300W should be okay, 350-400W is the best idea. Your case is unlikely to have sufficient airflow and ventilation so consider that too. Nice selection of parts, I'd take TwinMOS over Corsair, it's way overpriced!

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    Where should i get a new case from and which one?

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    also, i think the xms3200 is only pc2700 - and your beter off payin the extra for the ability to run your ram in sync
    or i could be wrong and got pc3500 when i got mine

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    dont by ram buy brand, buy it by chips. winbond and samsung are the best imo, although my recent purchase including m.tech chips is good (as opposed to the pc100 128mb stick i got that dieed half a year ago - caused a lot of annoying crashes before i found memtest86 and quickly removed the offending stick!)

    pc2700 samsung chips are good:
    the CLT's should reach ddr440+
    DLT's only reach about ddr410
    my m.tech pc3200 stick reaches ddr440+ aswell
    my nf7-s rev1.1 dont go past ddr440 atm

    (that corsair youve got listed is about 3x more than my 256mb pc3200 m.tech cost [from tekheads - twinmoss luckydip])

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    mike_w what are your prefs and budget for a case, in terms of noise reduction and even colour? You could buy an Antec case as they should come with an Antec PSU which means you won't need to buy a seperate PSU. Antec do some very good cases for £60-80, some with Antec 350W PSUs and 120mm fans (quiet and lots of airflow). If you want to save some cash look at local shops for something with good ventilation and fan mounts, ideally you want to take air form the bottom front and have an exhaust fan near the CPU on the back of the case.

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