1St Custom Computer, Ever

[SiDeWInDeR]

Okay, looking around for expert advice and tried a few small ones, now going for the big one

First ever computer with a budget of around £500 which is a bit flexible. With some help, this is what i have and its all being ordered from http://www.overclockers.co.uk

Case and PSU:
Antec Plus 1080AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case - 430W TruePower PSU (CA-001-AT)
Price: £79.95 (£93.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
+ Side Panel for £15

Motherboard:
Abit NF7-S v2.0 nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-028-AB)
- 1 x AGP8X/4X, 5 x PCI slots
- 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
- 2 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors
- 2 x SATA 150 Connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers, 2 x IEEE1394 header
- 2 x CD-IN
- 1 x IrDA
Price: £53.95 (£63.39 Including VAT at 17.5%)

RAM
GeIL 512MB PC3200 Golden Dragon CAS2 (GD3200-512) (MY-007-GL)
Price: £79.95 (£93.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

HDD:
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80GB 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-014-MD)
Price: £41.50 (£48.76 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Processor:
AMD Athlon "Mobile" XP2500-M Barton 266FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM (CP-076-AM)
Price: £57.50 (£67.56 Including VAT at 17.5%)

CDRW/DVD
Samsung SM352-B 52x/32x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo (Black) - OEM (CD-006-SA)
Price: £27.00 (£31.73 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Graphics:
PowerColor/Mediamax ATI Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB (GX-012-PC)
Price: £72.50 (£85.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Fans:
Sunbeam CFK08-B Cold Cathode 80mm fan - Blue (FG-003-SB)
-Air Flow:31.73CFM
-Rotation Speed:2700RPM
-Noise Level:28dB(A)
Price: £4.50 (£5.29 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Monitor:
15" CRT Dell


That comes to just under £500. I will upgrade monitor when have more money as its 6 years old. RAM will be a Gb soon, hence why only one stick of 512mb.

Opinions needed.

 

[Gary Graefen]

Im american and the foreign currency threw me.
your choice of hardware seems fine except for the maxtor harddrive-they break alot-get a samsung,Ibm, or western digital- Ive had all 3 last for 20 years and more.

 

[SiDeWInDeR]

Comment noted, Thanks I'll take another look around for a different HDD

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Yeah; all looks good to me.

 

[SiDeWInDeR]

Well i wasn't too sure but decided to go for the:

Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 Pro 128MB DDR - OEM (GX-032-HE)
Price: £99.99 (£117.49 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Bit more expensive but it'll be worth it

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Lol; yeah - it probably will be. Good luck with it.

 

[SiDeWInDeR]

Thanks

Um..can you explain your signature thingy?

Pray for Mercy from... Puss in Boots

Skin yourself alive, Learn to Speak Arapahoe, Climb inside a Dog, and behead an Eskimo, Eat a Renault Four with Salami in your Ears, Casserole your Gran, Disembowel yourself with Spears

lol

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Lol! Well, first off:

'Pray for Mercy from... Puss in Boots' is the catch phrase of Puss in Boots from Shrek 2. He is a very funny charactor (downloaded the Film a couple of days ago - I recommend it to anyone) in the film and I love him.

Clips from the Film of Puss in Boots:​

and then:​

Skin yourself alive
Learn to Speak Arapahoe
Climb inside a Dog
and behead an Eskimo
Eat a Renault Four with Salami in your Ears
Casserole your Gran
Disembowel yourself with Spears

Is a verse from the famous song 'The Chicken Song' of the late 80s by a band called 'Spitting Image' who also did a BBC Comedy like Dead Ringers except with Plaster Models. Search for Spitting Image on Kazaa and you'll find it.​

 

[SiDeWInDeR]

Hehe now it makes sense
Hmm..yes, i have Kazaa Lite K++ and works perfect. Dead Ringers is hilarious and i have heard of Spitting Image just not any of their songs. Cheers, hehe.

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Lol - hope you can find it, its very good.