Cheapest Way of Building High Spec PC?

wolfman

Not quite my style, a bit too OTT for me regarding the design.

As far as the quality is concerned, from the 3 reviews I've read it's sounds ok, but isn't without it's faults.

My first choice would still be the Antec Sonata 2. I've yet to find a bad review. Type in "Antec Sonata 2 review" in google and all the top links say it's great.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=217&pid=1
http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=352
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=406&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=4
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/rev_sonata2/5.html

I've built a housemates machine with the Antec Sonata 1, which is a great case. The 2nd edition only sounds better.

marka87uk

Thanks again, I agree the Aspire X-Cruiser is a bit OTT but I quite like it - I'm really after something which is black with a window... If I'm getting some high spec components I want to be able to show them off right?

The reviews did mention some faults yes, such as the case getting a bit scratched in transit, and how a larger sized PSU would overlap a fan opening. But I'm not sure, the positives seem to outweigh the negatives!

Without the £100 sound card (I can live with the mobo sound for a little while), and opting for a £120 X800GT graphics card as opposed to the 7800GT for £250 (heard the X800GT has got great performance for the price) - I think I've got the price down to about £700 now, so with a 19" TFT it'll still be less than £1000.