[Mattrfc91]

hi,

I am a first time builder and would like to ask someone if this is a good setup.

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 3700

Motherboard
MSI K8N Neo 4

Graphics Card
XFX 6600GT 256MB

Memory
Geil 1GB pc3200 (2x512MB)

Hard Drive
Maxtor DiamondMax 80GB

Thanks

 

[cyrixMII300]

welcome aboard mate!!! btw, if u need help, why dont u suggest ur budget and ur preferences in terms of whether u want intel or amd, nvidia or ati and so on. if u dont have preferences and only want the best for ur money, give us a budget and we will work it out for u.

welcome again.

 

[Mattrfc91]

Thanks for the reply and hearty welcome. Also congradulations on reaching the 4 GHz mark, nice one !

My budget is around £500.I've actually bought the K8N neo4 motherboard and the Geil memory.

I would prefer to have an AMD and Nvidia setup.

 

[cyrixMII300]

ok let me check out the prices online and propose to u the right rig. btw, the budget is only for the above items? and do u have any preference of online store in uk?

 

[Mattrfc91]

My only preference of online stores are Dabs.com and Ebuyer.com

 

[Drewgy]

okay, i found this thread while i was bored, so i went to dabs a put together one

cpu- Athlon 64 3700+
GFX- MSI GeForce 6800gs
HDD- WD Caviar 80 GB 7200rpm
Disk Drive-NEC DVD +-R/RW
Case- Antec Super LANboy
PSU- Antec SP-500GB
total for those components is 475

good luck!

 

[enzo15]

hey matt the only thing wee need to know is what is your budget and here are a couple of good stores below

www.scan.co.uk
www.savastore.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk

the 3700+ is a good buy because it can be clocked to 3.0ghz with a little bit of farting about so go with that as for the bord ist good as well i pearsonaly have had a msi before and they are good boards i had a socket A kt6 and it was great as for the graphics cards in the next couple of months the 6800/7800 will drop in price so go for what you can afford at the time buy the best you can afford . the memory is fine and i own it myself i t can take up to 2.95v under warrenty i have mine at 2.7v and can get 220mhz when i slackin the timmings of to 3.3.3.6 .2t so it ok

harddrive 80gb is fine and try the 74gb raptor 10 000 rpm it great and has plenty of storge for all those games.

 

[Prelithe]

maybe opting for a 3200+ venice will be better and save you some cash (30-50, not really sure about the prices), then you can get a 6800GS or even 7800GT if you save. For hdds, seagate is usually the brand you should go for, they have nice stable hdds at good prices.

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try the 74gb raptor 10 000 rpm it great and has plenty of storge for all those games.

that'll be too expensive for his budget, and using the money for a better gfx card will benefit much greatly in gaming performance/fps which i bet he wants more than faster loading times/slight fps inc.