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Answer» Hi there I hope this is the RIGHT FORUM for this thread! Anyway, pretty much what it says on the tin. I have all the peripherals already so I'm just interested in the computer itself, although I need an OS. I have quite a bit of money left over, so I'd like some advice on what components I could or should spend more money on.
Also, feel free to POST general comments and in PARTICULAR if you see something which strikes you as too low/high quality or something which is incompatible with the rest of the system. I have done my best to make sure everything fits together but I'm not expert
Here is what I have so far:
Case Coolermaster Centurion 5 Silver http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Coolermaster+Centurion+5+Silver?productId=16357£43
PSU Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114933 £80
Motherboard ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113965 £66
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112706 £132
Optical Drive 1 Samsung Black DVD RW http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127260 £20
Optical Drive 2 Samsung Black DVD RW http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127260 £20
Hard Drive 1 Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115418 £49
Hard Drive 2 Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115418 £49
Sound Card Creative X-fi Music http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112512 £50
Video Card BFG GeForce 8800GTS 320mb http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125183 ~£185
RAM OCZ 2GB DDR2 6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116755/rb/28153735679 ~£80
OS Windows XP Home s/ SP2 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114048 £52
Total: £819.00Spend more on the motherboard, or at least choose a different one. Aim for one with two PCI-Express X16 slots so you can add another graphics card later for more performance rather than replacing your current one.
Other than that, the PC looks great. Very nice specification, very nice price.see if you can add another 8800gts and swap that mobo for this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135022 I know they don't ship to europe, but just something like that.Thanks guys, I'll have a look around at some other mobos
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