Help welcomed for A-Level IT Coursework

[TECHGUNS]

Oh ya can cut the price down alot using SUSE Linux version 10. Lots of free video and sound software for SUSE also.

ITS A FREEE operating system if ya download it using ftp.

Ya can put $200-300 somewhere elese like a dvd burner.

 

[TECHGUNS]

SEE ya.

I have some homework to do also for 2D design and color Im almost finished with this semester.

Mabe ya can BS to them and score good. One of my instructors taught us how to BS and make it sound good.

 

[kingnathski88]

ok, i can actually buy the parts and build it myself if i want in school, then take it home at the end of course. What about the original specs, i'm now after,

1. Mobo with 4 ram slots, that alllow dual channel, allow me 2 buy 2x512 sticks now, then another 2 when i have the money
2. 300gb sata hdd
3. thinking of athlon 64 3500+ ???? supposed 2 be good

 

[Me__2001]

the school will buy it and give it to you ?

well in that case what budget have they set ?

 

[kingnathski88]

Sorry, i didnt make it clear, they will let me use my own components, and my limit is to be as low as possible, but i want a pretty good computer out of it, maybe 400-600, no monitor needed

 

[Me__2001]

so you take the stuff in and they'll help you build it, cool

i take it gaming is going to be its main use but you still want some processing power for other tasks

ok so im thinking

Asus A8N-SLi SE ~£85

Athlon 64 3200 ~£120

1GB of Geil or Corsair value £60

Leadtex 6600GT 128MB version £100

250GB samsung SATA-II HD ~£80

Antec sonata II case and PSU ~£80

DVDRW of your choice ~£30

copy of XP home ~£60

thats about £615

 

[kingnathski88]

Ok, sod the graphics card, i will buy one later, just need to concentrate on the core, a 300gb hard drive is a must, dont ask, likewise is the mobo and ram, anything lower in the 400-500?

 

[kingnathski88]

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+ 939pin 512Kb L2 Cache 90nm Retail Boxed Processor With 3 Year Warranty and Fan Included. £143.73

Asus A8N-E SKT 939 NFORCE 4 AUDIO LAN PCI-Express ATX £64.58

Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL3, Memory Modules With Lifetime Warranty £56.93


Maxtor 6L300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB 7200RPM SATA/150 16MB Cache - OEM £84.96 (£141.99 as a bundle with XPHome or £158.38 approx with XP Pro)

Aspire X-Dreamer Blue Mid Tower Gaming Case - with 400W PSU £48.98 (may be dear getting delivered, could always go to maplins/pcworld etc...)




LG GSA-4167BAL 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE (Black) - OEM £28.20

GRAND TOTAL OF £500.80 EXCLUDING p+p

thats £531.94 standard delivery service, all sourced from ebuyer, what u reckon?

 

[Me__2001]

so do you want integrated graphics or are you going to reuse you old one ? because that motherboard doesn't have integrated graphics

 

[kingnathski88]

Crap, maybe a very cheap, VERY cheap, basic one that will let me install everthing and play the basic games an integrated one can?