Components for new PC

icebergx

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all your help upto now, you've been really helpful.

I'm having a bit of a cashflow crisis and need to scale back my planned system. I'm going to stick with the following CPU, Motherboard and HDD

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/317468/art/amd/athlon-64-x2-3800-2-ghz-c.html

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/270290/art/msi/k9n-neo-f-socket-am2-amd.html

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/327701/art/seagate/barracuda-7200-10-320-gb.html

I was hoping to scale back the Graphics card and order just 1GB of RAM.
I'm planning to use Pixmania.co.uk (I have some vouchers which I can use) Could you recommend one of their compatable:

1) Graphics cards (£50 appx)
2) 1GB RAM (£60 appx).

If possible, I'd like to be able to expand my RAM in the next 6 months so if you could suggest something which I can add another 1GB to, that would be fantastic.

Once again, thanks for all you help.

how about these:

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/1710...2-1-gb-pc.html

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/3285...geforce-7.html or
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2453...56-mb-hdt.html

ollyshaw

A gig of ram should be fine. I would make sure you get a 6600gt graphics card or above if your a gamer. They are a bit old now, you might be able to source a cheap on on ebay?

Olly

Lord_Chris

well the processor your getting is cheaper than the socket 939 version... however if you are cutting back, a socket 939 motherboard wil be cheaper than an AM2.. however 939's are being phased out and wont offer the upgradability of an AM2.... worth considering if cash is tight though

icebergx

I think I'm gonna stick with my first 3 items but thanks for the recommendation.

I'm not really a gamer but would obviously like the best card available around my price (give or take a few quid).

icebergx

Thes are the final specs of the unit I'm gonna get:

1) MSI K9N Neo-F - Socket AM2 AMD - Chipset Nvidia Nforce 550 - ATX (£52)
2) AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - 2 GHz, Cache L2 1 Mo Socket AM2 (box version) (£99.95)
3) SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.10 - 320 Gb - 7200 RPM - 16 Mb - SATA-II bulk (£68.)
4) CORSAIR Value Select DDR2 1 Gb PC5300 (VS1GB667D2)PC memory (£61.90)
5) PIXMANIA Radeon X800 GTO 256 MB PCI Express (£67)

=£348 + p&p

What do you think?

wolfman

Yeah, sad to say too, that Rusty is right.

I'm looking at upgrading myself. The only problem with Intel Core's is availability and motherboard prices. I'm currently looking at:

Intel Core Duo E6300 - £125 (OEM version)
Gigabyte GA965P DS3 - £110

It would add an additional £80 to your build, but it'll outperform an AMD X2 4600+ on most benchmarks. Overclock is slightly, and it'll beat an AMD X2 5000+ on every benchmark. Not bad for an additional £80.