New PC build - Comments welcome

[mudfrog]

PART TYPE PART MODEL + eBUYER COST

Chip AMD (Winchester) 3200 (79189) £125.00
Mobo Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 (87032) £65.00
Hardrive Seagate 160gb (78426) £60.00
Graphics card Connect3d Radeon X300 256 DDR (65690) £50.00
Ram Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) (54472) £65.00
PSU See below
Keyboard/Mouse Logitech LX700 Cordless desktop (72757) £52.00
Case I-Cute 0402VL + 350w PSU (886647) £35.00
Monitor Acer AL1715S 17" (87636) £140.00
Rom drive NEC ND-3540AB (89190) £32.00


Total £624.00


What do you guys think?
Any suggestions for other similar priced items?
This machine would be used for a bit of gaming. Mainly Football Manager 2005, Interweb use and possibly a bit Dreamweaver usage.

Don't really want to spend much more than the current total.
All the above parts are from ebuyer and I would probably use there buy now pay zilch for 3 months which would suit me fine.

Cheers all,

Rich

 

[BaseLine9]

All looks sweet

I'd try and stretch to a ge-force 6600gt or a Rad x600

The x300 may not cut it for some games and applications

 

[mudfrog]

Ok I've changed the gfx card

PART TYPE PART MODEL + eBUYER COST

Chip
AMD (Winchester) 3200 (79189) £125.00

Mobo
Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 (87032) £65.00

Hardrive
Seagate 160gb (78426) £60.00

Graphics card
Saphire Radeon X600 Pro 256mb (64794) £50.00

Ram
Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) (54472) £65.00

PSU See below

Keyboard/Mouse
Logitech LX700 Cordless desktop (72757) £52.00

Case
I-Cute 0402VL + 350w PSU (886647) £35.00

Monitor
Acer AL1715S 17" (87636) £140.00

Rom drive
NEC ND-3540AB (89190) £32.00


Total £638.00

Any better?

Would the supplied PSU be enough for the system as is?

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Me__2001]

it would be better to have a quality PSU from Tagan, they are about £50

 

[BaseLine9]

mmmm difficult one to call - to be safe i would go for a 400w or above, and if you want to add things later on (Hard Drives etc...) it will keep you in good stead

Ebuyer do some very cheap PSU's however check the user reviews for there quality first.

My other advise would be if there are any components your unsre of, copy the name e.g "Saphire Radeon X600 Pro 256mb" into google and chek out some reviwes......or:

http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html

http://www.trustedreviews.com/

http://www.hexus.net/

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/

Hope that helps

 

[BaseLine9]

it would be better to have a quality PSU from Tagan, they are about £50

Yeah, take me_2001 advice

Coolermaster are a good make too, mine is deadly silent (below) again about £50

 

[Captainpants]

Keyboard

Do you have to have cordless keyboard/mouse pack?

I am sure you can save money for another component!

 

[mudfrog]

Probably not. But I've got a Microsoft cordless optical mouse at work and I love using it.
I suppose I could just get a standard keyboard and purchase the mouse separate.

 

[mudfrog]

The power supply is causing me to think a bit now!
Thing is for the money the case in my list looks like a cracking deal and I don't have any plans to add extra hardrives etc...etc... in the near future. So I think it will last me a good amount of time but if you can suggest a decent looking case at a good price I don't mind shelling out £50 on a Tagen. I like the look of the Antec cases but that along with a power supply would push the price up to £100+.

Oh I don't know what to do!!!! :s

 

[mudfrog]

Or suggest a decent looking case with a 400w power supply included. Needs to be a quite PSU as I the one I have at home when turned on I can hear it in every room of my house!!! lol

 

[Reefsmoka]

Tagan are probably the best PSU make out there, any review on any site will say the same, go for a Tagan and it will last you a lifetime and there extrememly silent.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Tagan.html