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hughlle · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 20:48

well in that case, lets say £1200, big is beautiful and all

asus p5b deluxe motherboard - £130
e6300 - £125
2gb geil ultra low latency pc6400 - £160 (special offer)
320b seagate barracuda hard drive - £68
550w akasa powerplus psu - £72
akasa elipse case - £80
scythe infinity cpu cooler - £30

that alone is £665 not inc postage but inc VAT

a 19" tft widescreen or not might cost say £140 for a good one

that would leave you with ~£400 for a graphics card. you can of course cut down on xyz to improve abc so its really upo you

AMD_Man · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 20:50

would be looking at something along the lines of this:

overbudget a bit

but if you drop the memory for something cheaper, that'll knock up to £80 off it, then theres the powersupply, this partitcular retailer doesn't stock the 600w one, but that can be had for about £10 less

EDIT: damn, forgot the cooler

that'll add about £30-40

AMD_Man · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 20:52

bah, hugh beat me to it, and tbh, his one is a lot nicer on your wallet

although if you aren't looking to overclock, an E6600 may be a better idea

Bryn · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 20:54

hughlle,

I currently have a 17" 8ms TFT (standard), if you were me, would you upgrade the cpu to 6400/6600 and keep the tft i have now until a later time when i buy a new one, or go with hte 6300 and buy a new tft?

Just as a side not, as im a novice, i wouldnt know where to start on how to overclock any componant, just incase that helps your decision.

Bryn

mupets_revenge · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 21:03

i would get the new tft and use the 6300...

Frankly your will notice the bigger and better screen with bigger and better res one hell of a lot more than you are going to notice the clock speed of the cpu.

Bryn · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 21:04

great will do that then, thanks very much guys for the help, very much appreciated

Bryn

hughlle · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 21:24

yeah, i agree, before i actually owned money i convinced myself that 14" crt was fine but now all i want is more screen space

big is beautiful

besides, you can overclock a cpu to a better one but last time i looked 17" was 17"

Bryn · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 21:45

i know im asking many questions, but where did u find the 2gb that you recommended for £160? was it on this website or another?

bryn

hughlle · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 22:01

it was crazy exspensive everywhere, in fact all good 2gb sets were crazy expensive so i bought it from microdirect but the offer has since ended and the current 2gb ddr2 offer is fo some geil value for £140 which is quite a good price

Bryn · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 22:13

thanks very much, you have been very helpful, i hate going into shops to ask, as they are all very condesending, but everyone on here as been very helpful. hope i can return the favour one day

Bryn

hughlle · **Posted:** Thu 16 Nov 2006, 23:44

only rason i hate going into shops is because they lie to you about good stuff and rip you off an arm and both legs

personally i enjoy going into pc world, enquiring about whether this motherboard supports pci-e and then asking the something about voltages and watching them squirm

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