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  1. Jun 28th, 2005, 10:52 AM #1
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    Re: My Motherboard Has Blown

    I was eyeing this system up earlier, its simply the tower, you will need a monitor, keyboard mouse etc...

    CPU : AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 (Inc. Fan) PRICE : £96.39
    http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=3J31

    RAM : Corsair 512Mb DDR400 PRICE : £29.37
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48122

    RAM2 : Corsair 512Mb DDR400 PRICE : £29.37
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48122

    MOTHERBOARD : GA K8NSC 939 Socket 939 nForce3 250 AGP ATX PRICE : £55.16
    http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=3P2B

    GFX CARD : ATI Radeon 9550 256Mb AGP 8x DVI-I VO PRICE : £39.98
    http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=36SH

    CD/DVD : LG DVD/CD/RW PRICE : £30.54
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82782

    Case : DeluxWorld Case, include PSU and Fan PRICE : £35.24
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=87640

    Hard Drive : Seagate ST3120026A 120GB 7,200RPM 8MB Cache Barracuda PRICE : £50.48
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52159

    HDD Cable : Round IDE ATA133(max) PRICE : £2.19
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52437

    DVD/RW Cable : Round IDE ATA133(max) PRICE : £2.19
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52437

    O/S : Windows XP Home Edition SP2 PRICE : £59.99
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=66489


    Total Price : £430.90
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  2. Jun 28th, 2005, 12:56 PM #2
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    Re: My Motherboard Has Blown

    As you are on a budget, I would recommend basically what thegreatone said, but with a matched pair of Ram if you can get it at a decent price (it's a little faster). That's basically what I've got (but a PCI-Express version)

    For quietness, you will need to spend a fair amount on a Quiet/Silent PSU and CPU fan (possibly £100, depending on what you go for).

    You can get good looking cases cheap (mine was £23 including a reasonable 350W PSU).

    AMD 64 bit processors are fine, but the OS isn't recommended yet (you can get it free in exchange for XP Pro). Multiple processors have been around for a while, but don't generally do much good, as they need software which takes advantage of it (which isn't much).

    By the way, you can get most of those parts cheaper from the places I bought my parts from: Novatech.com , Savastore.co.uk , and Komplett.co.uk
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  3. Jun 29th, 2005, 12:45 PM #3
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    Re: My Motherboard Has Blown

    Thats a pretty impressive system thegreatone, especially for under £500!
    Although I can't help myself but to be tempted by cases like this one
    http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xMDQz

    Its quite expensive though, £261.93 inc vat
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=189977

    Im also tempted by new technology like this graphics card
    http://labs.pcw.co.uk/2005/06/liquid_metal_co.html

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  4. Jun 29th, 2005, 05:14 PM #4
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    Re: My Motherboard Has Blown

    That graphics card is kicking ass. I nearly bought the PE version of it this winter. It was and probably is the fastest gamer card on the market. ANd Saphire kicks ass when it comes to graphics cards.


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