Fustration aside, i am having to build a new computer: My AMD 64 X2 4400 system i took to work to show off.. just my luck we have a power cut or power spike, its damaged quite alot of stuff, so i'm claiming on the companies insurance with my computer, but since my father is in insurance i know i won't see any cash for atleast 2 months. And so i am PC-Less (except my laptop hehe) (X300 128MB) however, im going to want another computer (i already do), because its xmas i dont have that much cash lying around so atm i can realistically only spend £250-£400 on JUST the base. Basically i've got a spare case or two lying around / keyboard / mouse / dvd-rw/cd-rw / floppy drive e.t.c i need: Motherboard Memory Processor Graphics Card HSF PSU : / eek.. I was looking at getting: AMD 64 3000+ Asus A8N SLI / 512mb Corsair Value / X800GTO 256MB PCI-E / 350W Antec? I figure, go for overclockability and a good graphics card. So perhaps a low end processor for the moment, a good motherboard (PCI-E or SLI) and a reasonable graphics card (say 6600GT - X800GTO).
I think (AMD 64 3000+ Asus A8N SLI / 512mb Corsair Value / X800GTO 256MB PCI-E / 350W Antec?) is just perfect for what you want right now. If you can get all that for under £400 then go for it.
If you have enoguh case after buying Mobo, CPU, Graphics Card HSF then take a look at a Tagan 420W Unit, the TG420-U01 (while not the most up-to-date PSU) is pretty good for about £40 it should be enoguh for what you need and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. But the Mobo/CPU/RAM/GPU you've got picked sound pretty good for a budget system, nice one! :good:
I've been looking at: AMD 64 3000+ Retail HSF FoxConn Nforce 4 Motherboard with PCI-E x16 2x256MB Corsair PC3200 2-2-2-5 Sapphire X800GTOII (100% modifiable to X800GT with 16 Pipelines (an X850Pro 256MB) via a bios update. £284 Oh and the FoxConn board im looking at has some brilliant overclocking reviews. (i've got a brand new Antec 350W PSU lying in its box still, i was thinking about running it on this, it should be perfect for the job) It's either this system, or just waiting for 2-3 months and spending the cash on an ipod, music, a new car battery and a new deck for my vynls.
If you've got the PSU lying around then go for it! I'd say get the PC over the other stuff, iPods are over-rated and there are much better mp3 players out there (I myself have an iPod mini and wish I would have got something else...) as for the car battery and decks I don't own a car and if I listen to vinyls then I use my curent turntable with my stack system so I'm biased really
