Challenge - "Build" me a computer

Nope! don't stop reading ... and IQ testing is over rated. ;)
 
"you have budgeted for a copy of XP or another OS ?"

Yes but only for XP Home. I will be networking with 2 other existing computers (all with XP home) to use one broadband connection. Is this possible without Pro?
 
Leadtek WinFast PX6600GT-TDH128 EXTREME GeForce 6600 GT 128MB PCI-E

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64Bit 3000+ Socket 939pin 512k L2cache 90nm Retail Boxed

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe S939 NF4 SLI ATX

Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200

Microsoft OEM Windows XP Home Edition SP2

Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache

Samsung TS-H352AWBGH 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black)

Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU


Grand total of £631 inc delivery


Is this all I need? What about extra cables, tools etc.? Also is it all compatible. I plan on ordering tomorrow night.

Thanks

Dem
 
:thumb: that's a good spec' at a good price.

If you are going to network, get a 'router', will solve a lot of potential problems.

;)
 
looks all good ... if its not much more monety i would considor a athlon 3200 :)

but other than that all good :D
 
Demagogue said:
Is this all I need? What about extra cables, tools etc.? Also is it all compatible. I plan on ordering tomorrow night.

Dem
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lol im poor with cables. i begin the build, get half way through and realise im a sata cable short or whatever, and then have to wait another 4 days for another one :P
 
Cheers for the help everyone. Took me about 3 hours to build, let alone test.

Had a problem getting the motherboard in - the I/O panel just didnt seem to be fit no matter how much I jiggled and because I used two sets of similar looking screws I thought half had threaded which led me to a complete removal of the motherboard etc. (I realised halfway through taking the standoffs off!).

I also struggled with the graphics card. The bottom of the frame just wouldn't bend out of the case so I tried to bend it inwards which led to it being too close to the board to fit and eventually had to bend it up and back in (its messy and might cause some problems but it works).

Antec's ACAG is a bit difficult to deal with too. I fitted both fans in the hope of having a super cool system but the VGA fan is in the wrong place (and only covers one PCI-X slot anyway) and it seems a bit pointless. In hindsight I would just skip it and put in a front fan.

All in all though its been quite successful, largely down to the component advice.


Dem
 
don't forget if you get a cheap case to check reviews of it on the net, as they could just fall apart or whatever
 
Just remember for gaming your Graphics Card and your RAM are generally more important than your Processor (although they are bottlenecked by it). This is what I got for about 500-600 quid:

Shuttle sn41g2v2 SFF PC (Uneccessary, but they make life easy and looks FANTASTIC)
Athlon 3200+ XP
GeForce 6800 128mb (Plus 256mb Shared AGP Aperture)
1028mb Crucial 3200DDR @ 400mz
200gb Seagate Barricuder 7 Series (By FAR the best value decent HDD'S out there - £60)
Sony CD/DVD Drive


3DMARK05: 4444
3DMARK03: 11,000
 
new ATi x1800 coming out in a few weeks. That will push the price of cards down a bit :D
 
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