1st Home Built PC, Need Advice

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Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick
 
cpt Bollox said:
Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick
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i ****ed up the links.. my bad.
 
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.
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I would go for a bigger hard drive as some modern games are getting quite
big now,
UT2004 = 6.3GB with bonus packs
FarCry = 3GB
Doom 3 = 1.5GB

The cost of a 120GB WD drive is only £10 more and a 160GB is only £20 more.

Adam S
 
cpt Bollox said:
Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick
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That looks pretty good. I hope you remembered to factor in the cost of a
case and quality ~450W power supply. -Dave
 
 
Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.
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I've always gone Intel, so I can't comment on the CPU/mobo choice. However,
I would consider using a 36 or 74gb WD Raptor SATA drive for C:, then buy an
inexpensive second drive for D: if you need more space. These are fast
drives and would make a difference in your system's performance, although
they may put you over your budget. The 36gb costs about US$110 and the 74gb
$175 here in the States.

One GB of RAM may be overkill and you may be able to make do with 512mb
unless you'll be doing photo or video work.
 
cpt Bollox said:
Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick
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Go with an Intel CPU, mate. You'll be more happier in the end.

Nick
 
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