trying to build a computer!!

[roadrat]

hi everyone,

i'm attempting to build a computer, for gaming and or personal use i have a looked components up using dabs.com.....i would be grateful if anyone can take a look and see if everything looks ok, and if you know of any site that could give me components at a cheaper rate....student on a fixed income here lol, below i have a list of the components i have looked at to date and would like your opinion.

Tower:
Best Value BLACK GALAXY3 CASE 450W £39.98
quicklinx: 4RGJWS
mfr#: CAS-408

Motherboard:

Asus S775 780I ATX AUDION LAN 1600MHz DDR2 £152.73
quicklinx: 542CWS
mfr#: P5N72-T PREMIUM

Graphics:

Best Value Inno3D GeForce 9800GT 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express DVI £87.49 (dabs) (£40 odd in PC world)
quicklinx: 6KQTWS
mfr#: 9800GT-I5GTCD(V

Processor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12M Cache S775 1333MHZ £182.04
quicklinx: 4YCTWS
mfr#: BX80569Q9550

Memory:

OCZ Technology DDR2 4gb (2x2) REAPER 1066Mhz £97.41
quicklinx: 5D0GWS
mfr#: OCZ2RPR10664GK

Hard Drive:

Samsung F2 Eco Green 1TB 5400RPM S300 32MB £59.99
quicklinx: 5G66WS
mfr#: HD103SI

1TB Eco-Green Drive!

Disk Drive:

HP 16X SATA SUPER MULTI LS DRIVE £39.98
quicklinx: 5K0CWS
mfr#: GF343AT


PSU – from old computer

Operating System – already have CD for

GRAND TOTAL (SO FAR).....

£659.62 (with expensive graphics)

thanks for any feedback you all give!!!

Roadrat Jr

[Jaffaman]

Heres some other sites you might want to check out m8.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html (link to there barebones systems you will need to add graphics card, dvd drive, hard drive)

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/irush.html (link to there gaming systems i dont know how good they are tho)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

http://www.scan.co.uk/

http://www.ebuyer.com/

I know ive sent you this in a PM but it also bumps the post 4 ya

[Jaffaman]

You could also check this out m8 http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...10-02-04-12-00 not sure if the graphics card is any good tho m8

[roadrat]

I have updated the specs: here is what it looks like now: c if its any better:

MY COMPUTER UPDATED!!!

Tower:

Antec Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case no PSU £79.87
Quicklinx: 49XSWS
Mfr#: NINE HUNDRED EU

Motherboard:

Asus S775 780I ATX AUDION LAN 1600MHz DDR2 £152.73
quicklinx: 542CWS
mfr#: P5N72-T PREMIUM

Graphics:

Best Value Inno3D GeForce 9800GT 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express DVI £87.49 (dabs) (£40 odd in PC world)
quicklinx: 6KQTWS
mfr#: 9800GT-I5GTCD(V

Processor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHz 4Mb LGA775 FSB1333 £130.23
Quicklinx: 5L4KWS
Mfr#: BX80580Q8400

Memory:

OCZ Technology OCZ DDR2 Dual Channel 4GB Kit £86.16
Quicklinx: 5J6CWS
Mfr#: OCZ2G10664GK

Hard Drive:

1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm S-ATAII 32MB Hard Drive (Eclipse) £58.69 Inc VAT

Disk Drive:

Best Value Sony 24x Internal DVDRW SATA Black Bare £15.29
Quicklinx: 647JWS
Mfr#: AD-5240S-0B
Great Value Sony DVDRW Drive!


PSU – from old computer (350W)

Operating System – dad


GRAND TOTAL (SO FAR).....

£562.97 (using PC world’s special offer of graphics)

[roadrat]

thanks jaff bout the PSU bit, i'll probs end up gettin a higher Watt one!!!

[Jaffaman]

Heres another bearbones system 2 look at http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?BB-8304X

[BadA55]

just a small tip look at purchasing a PSU of 550W or above, the top end graphics card require their own power direct from the PSU 350/ 450W are pushing it to the extreme if they will work at all....Matt

[Scavenger]

just a small tip look at purchasing a PSU of 550W or above, the top end graphics card require their own power direct from the PSU 350/ 450W are pushing it to the extreme if they will work at all....Matt

Ditto

Inno's site says Inno3D GeForce 9800GT (specs Tab) needs a 'Minimum 500W or greater system power supply (with 12V current rating of 30A)'

I'd be inclined toward 700W.
Better to have too much than just enough. You never know when you might want to expand into SLi, 2 monitors or re-use it in your next PC. £15 more now is better than £95 next time.

[jammo]

re-built my pc at xmas ( with the help of clocky ) & deffo go for a bigger psu & if it helps, since swapping my cpu, board & psu i have been changed optical drive & added another HDD but both s-ata, but didn't realise only had 1 x s-ata power lead off the psu but easily available is a converter from IDE to s-ata

i am also new to this world but already know i'll never buy a pc off the shelf again

[PrOdiGy1]

Oops didnt see this thread earlier. I will post tomorrow evening with my thoughts on this for your budget