New Cheapo PC

Computer Forum New Build / Upgrade Advice
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Hi,

I’m looking into building a new PC for about £275. This is what I’ve come up with so far:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz OEM - £89
Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2 mATX Motherboard AMD Socket AM2 On Board VGA, GB LAN SATA II Raid - £39.95
Corsair XMS6400 800MHz 2GB DDR2 (2 x 1gb) Non-ECC RAM - £39.95
Novatech Cheapo Case with Cheap 400W PSU (I will upgrade the PSU at a later date!) - £26.97
SAMSUNG 20x DVD-/+RW Rewriter IDE with Nero - £16.87
Novatech GeForce 8600GT SLI 256MB GDDR3 HDTV Dual DVI/TVO PCI-E - £63.45

Total: £276.49 inc vat

I realise there is no HDD included there, but I have a 200gb in the computer I’m using at the moment which I will use for the time being.

What does everyone think? I’m wondering whether I might be spending too much on the processor. I looked at Core 2 Duo components but the processors were expensive :slight_smile: I’m not bothered about gaming too much - I have a PS3 for that!

Thanks, Thomas

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no problem, just the usual crap about cheap PSUs & crappy onboard grx[ot]like you didn’t already know[/ot]

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Yea im with ya

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umm what onboard graphics? he has an 8600 card in there, which is pretty good

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Ok, I ordered it! Should be here tomorrow! I went for a more expensive MSI motherboard in the end that supported SLi so I can upgrade the graphics without having to spend a fortune on a higher spec graphics card!

I can’t decide whether to put XP or Vista on. The price of the OEM version of Vista is “only” £70 (Home Premium). But on the other hand, it doesn’t seem to offer more than XP does.

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:doh: i didn’t see that, but his mobo obviously has onboard grx, which is a good way to keep new system costs down, as, you can upgrade later

XP SP2, don’t even think about Vista until SP2 is released

BTW: remember how XP & XP SP1 was!

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haha yeah i have vista home premium and service pack beta 1, i cant see a difference in anything at all with the service pack. so unless the final product of SP1 is better, then stick to xp for now