I've been asked to build 2 PC's, one for gaming and one for basic use (internet, MS Word, etc..) and have been given a budget. After a long look around I've come up with these parts:
Gaming Machine:
Mobo - Asus A7V600-X KT600
Processor - AMD Athlon XP2500+ Barton
Graphics - 128mb ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Memory - 512mb Corsair XMS DDR PC2700 (Cas2)
HDD - 80gb IBM 7200rpm 2mb cache
Basic Machine:
Mobo - Asus A7V8X-X KT400
Processor - AMD Athlon XP2200+
Graphics - 128mb ATI Radeon 9200SE
Memory - 256mb DDR PC2700 (Major Brand)
HDD - 80gb IBM 7200rpm 2mb cache
Now I know that the parts on the basic machine aren't anything special, but they don't need to be, and considering it's only going to cost £230 ($410) it's not too bad imo. What do you think?
Now the gaming one is my biggest worry. I've been told the graphics card is good and should have no problems with all the new games but what about the rest of the parts? I'll be paying around £500 ($892) for it which again isn't too bad in my opinion.
Anyone care to give any advice, guidelines, help, suggestions?
Gaming Machine:
Mobo - Asus A7V600-X KT600
Processor - AMD Athlon XP2500+ Barton
Graphics - 128mb ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Memory - 512mb Corsair XMS DDR PC2700 (Cas2)
HDD - 80gb IBM 7200rpm 2mb cache
Basic Machine:
Mobo - Asus A7V8X-X KT400
Processor - AMD Athlon XP2200+
Graphics - 128mb ATI Radeon 9200SE
Memory - 256mb DDR PC2700 (Major Brand)
HDD - 80gb IBM 7200rpm 2mb cache
Now I know that the parts on the basic machine aren't anything special, but they don't need to be, and considering it's only going to cost £230 ($410) it's not too bad imo. What do you think?
Now the gaming one is my biggest worry. I've been told the graphics card is good and should have no problems with all the new games but what about the rest of the parts? I'll be paying around £500 ($892) for it which again isn't too bad in my opinion.
Anyone care to give any advice, guidelines, help, suggestions?