1st Home Built PC, Need Advice

[cpt Bollox]

Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick

 

[cpt Bollox]

Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick

i ****ed up the links.. my bad.

 

[Adam S]

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

I would go for a bigger hard drive as some modern games are getting quite
big now,
UT2004 = 6.3GB with bonus packs
FarCry = 3GB
Doom 3 = 1.5GB

The cost of a 120GB WD drive is only £10 more and a 160GB is only £20 more.

Adam S

 

[Dave C.]

Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick

That looks pretty good. I hope you remembered to factor in the cost of a
case and quality ~450W power supply. -Dave

 

[Mr Clean]

Not a bad rig there captain, if you need a hand building her, just gis a
shout.. ;O)

 

[cpt Bollox]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2

That looks pretty good. I hope you remembered to factor in the cost of a
case and quality ~450W power supply. -Dave

Yea i was wondering about that, i think i'll need a case with fans inside to
help cool the GC. Any suggestions?

 

[cpt Bollox]

Not a bad rig there captain, if you need a hand building her, just gis a

shout

Will do.

 

[Bob Davis]

Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

I've always gone Intel, so I can't comment on the CPU/mobo choice. However,
I would consider using a 36 or 74gb WD Raptor SATA drive for C:, then buy an
inexpensive second drive for D: if you need more space. These are fast
drives and would make a difference in your system's performance, although
they may put you over your budget. The 36gb costs about US$110 and the 74gb
$175 here in the States.

One GB of RAM may be overkill and you may be able to make do with 512mb
unless you'll be doing photo or video work.

 

[Nicolas The Great]

Ok, it's my 1st attempt at creating my own PC. I've put together a list of
the main components i think will work well.

GC - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB - £143
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=47511

CPU - AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 Bit 3000 - £106
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59129

MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 - £56
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1232012512&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=55012

Memory - Kingston 1gb 400MHz DDR - £110
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1270525686&action=c2hv
d19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=49296

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm - £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=23275


I'm mainly going to use for gaming (whoo hoo). My budget is about £800 and
that includes me buying monitor, floppy and cd/dvd drives.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Rick

Go with an Intel CPU, mate. You'll be more happier in the end.

Nick