NEED HELP ON BUYING A NEW PC!!! pros welcome!

[Romsta911]

Hey guys, i am currently putting the final touches to getting all the parts for my new PC that i am going to build myself. I would REALLY appreciate if you could comment and give me feedback on my specs because i have very limited knowledge on some aspects of the system and therefore would hate to be buying something that is not good, heres the stuff:

256mb Nvidia BFG GF 7900GT Overclocked SLI £250 (graphics)

Pioneer 16x DL DVD-RW OEM DVR-11D £28 (DVD-DRIVE)

250GB SATA2 MAXTOR 16MB DIAMONDMAX 10 £57 (HARDRIVE)

1GB DDR2 CORSAIR RAM PC5300 667MHZ £77 (RAM)

ASUS A8N-SLI 64BIT 989 £75 (MOTHERBOARD)

AMD DUEL CORE 4200+ 64BIT £255 (CPU)

ATX 480W TAGAN SILENT PSU £68 (PSU)

19" BELINEA LCD TFT MONITOR 101902 £180 (MONITOR)

WINDOWS XP HOME UPGRADE £90 (OPERATING SYSTEM)

This PC costs around £1,128 and i would like to keep the price within like £200 above it, so please post and tell me what i should change.

The main purpose of my PC is GAMING! so any advice would be VERY welcome!

 

[muckshifter]

Do not buy the upgrade OS ... get a full copy, OEM will do and should be cheaper than £90

That memory will not fit on that MB ... you don't want DDR2, waste of time & money.


Apart from that ...

 

[TriplexDread]

I suggest you do more looking around for CPU and DVD drive

Those prices are a very high


www.ebuyer.com


AMD Athlon 64 (ADA4200BVBOX) X2 4200+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2ghz 512kb and 512kb Cache Found in: Processors»AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core (Socket 939)


QuickFind Code: 91328 | Mfr part #: ADA4200BVBO

£226.98 Inc. VAT




I wish I had bought mine for that price !

 

[Romsta911]

ty both of you i understand the prices are a bit high but its for convenience with warrantys etc that i choose to buy for such prices.. the place where i am buying from is right next to my house and if anything gos wrong i can plonk the product on the counter and scream at them face to face lol.. but ty dude


also muckshifter mate ty for you comments, what do you suggest for the RAM.. i have a very limited knowledge so please explain more, i am buying from Orbit PC so could you get some links from there and show me (very much appreciated if any changes that would benefit me you gave me links fromhttp://www.computerorbit.co.uk

Other than that please keep you comments flowing! ty!

 

[Me__2001]

what you need is DDR RAM, not the new DDR2

this will be perfect

http://www.computerorbit.co.uk/Customkititems.html?kc=1GBDR32CORXMS

 

[muckshifter]

what you need is DDR RAM, not the new DDR2

this will be perfect

http://www.computerorbit.co.uk/Customkititems.html?kc=1GBDR32CORXMS

yup ...

 

[Romsta911]

well ive changed my specs now

Im getting the RAM that you suggested 2x 512mb sticks

Then im getting a Seagate hardrive 250GB

lastly ive heard bad things about overclocking and stability so im going to pay that little extra and get a 512mb SE Nvidia Gainward Geforce 7900GTX which i heard is one of the best in the world at the moment please comment!

 

[floppybootstomp]

If you're going to use the machine primarily for Gaming I'd suggest a better Monitor.

The lower the response time the better and a digital input is definitely recommended.

Check out the Samsung 19" models, you should be able to get something suitable for £250/£280.

Other than that, looking good