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    £700-£1000 for a pc

    Hi,
    can anyone recomend me a system in this price braket that would be able to play most modern games. If you think biulding one myself would be a better option could you reccomend the parts and where to purchase them, thanks

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    Try the Configurator on www.watford.co.uk - it only shows compatible parts, and for £30 they build it.

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    Processor AThlon 64 3800+ Boxed Socket939
    Motherboard Asus K8T800PR Skt939 A8V-DELUXE
    Case SunTek Acrylic ATX Case Silver 300W
    Memory 512Mb PC3200 DDR RAM
    512Mb PC3200 DDR RAM
    Hard Drive Western Digital 160Gb 8mb Cache SATA
    CD/DVD Drive Lite-on DVD+/-R/RW 8x DVD IDE Drive
    Graphic Card X800 Pro 256Mb AGP + DVI/TV Out

    total:£1,084.40 inc. VAT

    any good?

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    Asus A8V Deluxe (Socket 939) Wireless Edition Motherboard (MB-063-AS)
    £79.00
    Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-057-CS)
    £232.00
    Zalman CNPS7000B-Alcu Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-008-ZA)
    £23.00
    Asus DVD-E616P1 16X DVD-ROM / 48X CD-ROM - Retail (CD-002-AS)
    £15.20
    Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-079-SP)
    £289.95
    Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-012-WD)
    £53.50
    AOpen H600B Super Tower 300W 24-Pin PSU (CA-004-AO)
    £55.00
    AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-097-AM) (CP-097-AM)
    £129.95
    Subtotal £877.60
    VAT £153.58
    Total £1,031.18

    would this work?

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    If they were configurated through Watford they'll work fine.

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    the second ones here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/cgi-bin/cm000001.pl

    are either any good

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    DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
    AMD Athlon 64 3500 (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-086-AM)
    £194.95 £194.95
    Abit AV8 3RD Eye (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-053-AB)
    £75.75 £75.75
    GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Ultra-X CAS2 (GLX1GB3200DC) (MY-042-GL)
    £179.95 £179.95
    Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
    £5.75 £5.75
    NEC ND3500 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-012-NE)
    £48.45 £48.45
    OcUK ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (R43-TVD3B) (GX-009-OK)
    £259.95 £259.95
    Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
    £102.75 £102.75
    Antec SX1040BII Black SOHO File Server Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-007-AN)
    £55.00 £55.00
    Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Metal Braided (CB-020-GE)
    £4.50 £4.50
    Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)
    £9.95 £9.95
    Subtotal £937.00
    VAT £163.98
    Total £1,100.98

    i had another play around any better

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    Great systems, all I'd say is that perhaps you are spending too much on a bang up-to-date chip, get one thats hardly any slower and save a small fortune. Each to their own I guess... WAAAY better than my machine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BenC
    Asus A8V Deluxe (Socket 939) Wireless Edition Motherboard (MB-063-AS)
    £79.00
    Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-057-CS)
    £232.00
    Zalman CNPS7000B-Alcu Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-008-ZA)
    £23.00
    Asus DVD-E616P1 16X DVD-ROM / 48X CD-ROM - Retail (CD-002-AS)
    £15.20
    Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-079-SP)
    £289.95
    Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-012-WD)
    £53.50
    AOpen H600B Super Tower 300W 24-Pin PSU (CA-004-AO)
    £55.00
    AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-097-AM) (CP-097-AM)
    £129.95
    Subtotal £877.60
    VAT £153.58
    Total £1,031.18

    would this work?


    that wont work

    well at least i dont think

    XMS2 = DDR2

    no athlon XP supports DDR2, itll be a DDR 1 board, thus wont accept the stupidly fast PC5400 memory
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swafeman
    that wont work

    well at least i dont think

    XMS2 = DDR2

    no athlon XP supports DDR2, itll be a DDR 1 board, thus wont accept the stupidly fast PC5400 memory
    Thanks for the info, the second rig should work though, and am i getting good value for money?

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    I'm with Pirate on this one - I'd go for a slightly slower chip and save yourself a load of cash. It's really not worth a few hundred extra megahurtz for all the extra money that it costs.

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    Wait a couple of weeks - AMD is about to have a price cut.

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    defo i agree wiv buff!

    wait a bit > xmas ppl will lower prices to increase spending, and you can shop round! ive always found watford slightly expensive

    (the guys at kustompcs could build a pc to your budget > they could help!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BenC
    Hi,
    can anyone recomend me a system in this price braket that would be able to play most modern games. If you think biulding one myself would be a better option could you reccomend the parts and where to purchase them, thanks

    hahaha

    im sure i can build you a dell spec for £700-£1000

    im just kidding

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