[welshieman]

Can you please run your eye over this spec which I am about to buy, any info on whether it is a load of rubbish or not and suggestions for better value/performing components would be appreciated.

I am not particulary interested in high spec gaming more into a quick speed in applications.

thanks!

AMD CPU AM2 Athlon 64 Dual Core 6400 Retail Box inc Fan Socket AM2 940 PIN ADX6400CZBOX (3yr Manufacturer's Warranty) (CPUAM2D6400)£94.99

Corsair 4096MB TwinX XMS2 6400 DDR2 Memory Kit (2 x 2048MB) (MEMCORTX40E64)£57.99

Abit motherboard AN52 socket AM2 nVidia 520 PCI-E SATA 3G RAID 8ch Audio GB LAN ATX (MOTABIAN52)£35.80

Sapphire Radeon X1950PRO 512MB DDR3, PCI-E, Dual DVI, Retail (VIDSAPRX195PRO51)£83.20

500W Quiet ATX PSU 20 - 24 Pin Connector (PSUATX500P)£13.69
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black / silver midi tower case micro ATX NO PSU (CASCOORC330)£20.45

[floppybootstomp]

Consider an Asus or Gigabyte motyherboard, the latest range of Abit boards are a bit quirky.

The Power Supply you've selected is a bit not good. Go for something manufactured by Enermax; Tagan; Corsair; OCZ or Seasonic. They will cost you more money but the cheapo PSU's are a false economy.

Other than that, yes, looks good, although I prefer Nvidia cards to ATI, the software drivers, at the moment, are better.

And you do realise any 32 bit operating system will probably not detect and use all of your 4Gb of RAM?

[welshieman]

Thanks for your opinions, can you recommend a board for around £40-£50?

also, good point about the memory i will stick with 2GB.

[floppybootstomp]

I have one of These (£35.00), the Asus M2V in my media machine with a single core 2.6Ghz CPU & 2Gb RAM, it's been rock solid for 6 months or so now.

A good Gigabyte board but it's £55.00

Another Asus at £41.00

If it were me I'd go for This One at £52.00, the Asus M2N-E but all the boards here are good.