Reasobable spec??

[McMav]

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Socket939 , San Diego Core, 2.2GHz , 1MB Cache, Retail
ASUS A8N-E , NF4 Ultra, S939, PCI-E (x16), DDR 400MHz, SATA II, SATA/IDE RAID, ATX
2GB (2X1GB) Corsair Value Select PC3200 (400) Twin Pack, 184 pin DDR Non-ECC Unbuffered , CAS3
80 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 , SATA II , 7200 rpm , 8MB Cache ,NCQ
256MB ASUS 7600GT Mem Clock 1400 MHz ,GPU 560 MHz ,12 Pipes, Dual DVI-I , S-Video/TV Out
Arctic Cooling Silentium T1 Midi Tower CASE 450W Seasonic Active PSU Superquiet
Comes to just under 600 quid delivered. Its for bro-in-law who still uses a crt atm so display is only 1024*768

Used for surfing and playing flight sim only.

I'm at top of budget hence poor case option.
Thoughts/changes???

Priced at Scan. so I get free delivery on it.

[Dark Horse]

Bigger hdd possibly, other than that looks good for what it will be used for

[McMav]

Thought about a larger hdd but he only has a 20 gb atm and its half empty so 80 will be ample for him

[fredered]

The 3700 is mabee a bit over the top for flight sims, although i am not certain what their processor requirements tend to be like. You could drop that down to a 3200 and put the money towqards a prettier case, or whatever you feel like. For the flight sims I doubt you need that much ram either, so you could save some mney by getting only 1 1gb stick and getting the second only when you need it, i.e. when prices have dropped. Although then there is the problem that you are lazy like me and never get round to upgrading it.

[BUFF]

The 3700 is mabee a bit over the top for flight sims, although i am not certain what their processor requirements tend to be like.

Never played LOMAC then?
That will take any hardware & still grind it into dust ...

[fredered]

last flight sim I played was the original microsoft combat flight simulator.
And I had to doubly my RAM to 32mb to get it to run nicely.

[McMav]

He only upgrades once ever 4-5 years Hence why the Ram and Cpu so that its going to "last" him a while.

[k0nigen]

He only upgrades once ever 4-5 years Hence why the Ram and Cpu so that its going to "last" him a while.

dual core may be the way then...?

[scrandman]

If price is restricting your case options, you might want to consider going for only a single 1Gb stick of RAM right now. You can always add another later, just don't wait too long as the arrival on socket AM2 and it's DDR2 support will mean DDR1 will phase out eventually.

I'd reckon you will safely be able to pick up another Gb within the next 6 months for about the same price you are paying now. In about a year, DDR1 might start getting scare, and hence more expensive.

AFAIK, there aren't that may games / apps on the market right now that require 2Gb to run. Battlefield 2 is one that does, but there are not too many more.

Other than that, I'd say it's a pretty good system for the cash. Your friend should be more than happy with it.

[McMav]

dual core may be the way then...?

Looked at going dual core amd but price of the cpu (looked at 3800) puts it over budget

[chazt]

i reckon an opteron 144 or 146 would be a wiser choice of cpu. Cheaper, and can be overclocked to at least as fast as 3700 with relative ease

[McMav]

well went ahad with spec I posted but changed mobo to a abit kn8 ultra will let you know hoe it all comes together when scan delivers later in the week.