[G~MAN]

here we go ...

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ - £160
Asus A8N - SLI Deluxe - £100
Crucial DDR 1gig - £80
Samsung 160GB SATA2 - £59
Samsung DVD+RW - £30
Tagan TG480 480W - £59
Nvidia 6800GT or 7800GTX (whatever you can afford)

Case - Depends ... check ebuyer ... £3!!! ... and look for the member hu modded it up ... looks SWEET

G~MAN

[muckshifter]

your "link" shows me this ...

Your Final Price£625.59 ex VAT£735.07 inc VAT

[christopherpostill]

Mucks - 2x7800GTX cards in SLI, a couple gig of RAM, a couple of SATA II 3Gbps drives in RAID 0...

As soon as games know what to do with the dual core CPU... That is one hell of a gaming machine

shame it's £3,000 though

[G~MAN]

and even though an atlon fx55 / 57 is faster that a dual core machine doesnt mean its better...

maybe if you were a mad gamer and wanted a few more fps ...

but its better to go for a dual core cpu now ...

[Demagogue]

Thanks for keeping the suggestions coming in. Definately decided to build now so I've started to search the various suppliers for the components suggested. With this in mind, what benefits are gained from getting specifically crucial memory or a samsung hard drive? Are the benefits sufficiently worth the cost if you are working on limited funds?

[muckshifter]

Always get the best you can afford ... but pay attention to details, as in Crucial's excellent record.

Every piece of computer equipmet has failed ... the 'chore' is finding who fails least, AND, can give you a replacment with no hastle or bother.

We all have our 'favorites' and I'm sure there'll be plenty of suggestions.

Me;
AMD CPU
MSI MB
Maxtor HD

... RAM ? well I'm quite particular in who makes the chips

[G~MAN]

i would go for a samsung hardrive there supposed to be the new daddy

[Demagogue]

Thanks.

Also, how does SLI work in practice? Would it be possible for me to buy one graphics card now (average performance) and then double that power when I can afford to buy another one? Is it a plug and play type set-up?

[muckshifter]

Originally Posted by Demagogue

Thanks.

Also, how does SLI work in practice? Would it be possible for me to buy one graphics card now (average performance) and then double that power when I can afford to buy another one? Is it a plug and play type set-up?

Simplified answer (MB manual will have all the details) ... Yep

[G~MAN]

well basically if you buy one graphics card now for your SLI mobo and want to upgrade to another one in the future you will have to buy the EXACT same one so it matches all the BIOS settings... you can always get them from the net or on ebay...

what are the specs you have chosen for your computer then