PC BUILD, on budget!

[AuBrEy Online]

Okay, I am planning on building a new computer, I don't have much money though.

About Christmas I'll be building another one (X2, 7800 I hope!)

Here are the specs for this one!

Chenbro Gaming Bomb Case Black/Green with Side Window w/o PSU PC61166-002W
£28


480W Hiperpower RED Type-R Active PFC PSU - ATX v2.2 - 14Db
£51 inc VAT

Abit AN8 NForce4, ATX, DDDR400, PCI-E, Gbit Lan, USB 2.0, 1394, 5.1ch Audio, 4 x SATA, Raid
£84

AMD Athlon 64 3000 32/64Bit CPU S939 "Venice" 90nm Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty
£103

256 Mb Corsair Value Select, DDR, PC3200, non ECC, Lifetime Warranty
X 2 = £17/£34

128M Asus PCI-E EN6600GT-TD Tv/DVI Retail
£128

80Gb Seagate Barracuda (7200rpm,8MB) - SATA - NCQ
£41

Total £469

I am buying from SCAN.co.uk! (they seem to be down now!)

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Don't get a Abit AN8. Get some kind of DFI board or MSI board if possible. Wait does MSI make boards with PCIe yet?

 

[AuBrEy Online]

Can you pick one out then?
www.scan.co.uk

 

[pc_boy]

just look for DFI Lanparty, and for the right socket.. DFI is good.

 

[Hacp]

Is that what everyone says? "Dfi can overclock so therefore it must be the best motherboard for those on a budget, especially since you have to pay a premium for it." Doesn't make sense.

 

[pc_boy]

DFI has a good architecture, low resistance, and high stability and it's reliable... that's why we reccomand it...

 

[Hacp]

Yes, and you can get all of those things for 50 dollars less. Why spend more on an extra feature when you aren't going to use it?

 

[dale5605]

Pfft, Abit is just as good I'm sure. I was going to get an Abit but then I purchased the DFI because I was to overclock this 3000+ winny and I'm a noob at overclocking so I figure I better have the best board for it. I would prefer not having two pci-e 16 slots though.