Hi there, I am going away to Uni and want to build a new machine to take with me. Thing is i am on a limited budget being a student and obviously want the best machine i can get but for the leaset amount of money These are the sort of specs that i am looking for: Either a P4 3.2ghz or equivalant Amd processor if possible. > As far as motherbords go I am not to sure about them so whatever you would reccomend. > Atleast 1 gig of good ram PC 3200 > 2 x 200gig hd > Radeon 9800 pro > Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2 > A nice dvd writer ( if you could reccomend one) > A 17" tft monitor (decent make) > Justa standard case, not too bothered about that. Thats just a rough guideline as to what i am looking for Many thanks
WOW! Sounds like you have a nice budget. How much money are you budgetting for this?? After I hear the amount, then we can give you some idea's on components. ie: my mobo was $178; processor 300, 1GB ram 263, cpu cooler 45, vid card 404, sound card 202, z680 5.1 speakers 250, hard drives totalling almost 300; so, as you see, it adds up fast!!! Let us know.
Hi starbuck1 Well this is what i have been quoted by a local computer company. 1 x MSI K8T Motherboard 2 x 512MB Samsung DDR3200 Memory 2 x Seagate 200GB S-ATA hard drives setup in Raid 0 1 x Connect3d 9800 Pro 128mb Graphics Card 1 x BENQ 17" TFT Monitor 1 x Standard Case 1 x BENQ DVD-RW 1 x 64Bit 3200 S754 Athlon Processor 1 x Creative SB Audigy 2ZS 7.1 sound card 1 x Windows XP Home 1 x Floppy Drive for the sum of £930 As you can see i am working in pounds. But if i could get something like that for cheaper then thats great. Thanks
hey kyle You seem to know what your looking for - if your confident enough to put the machine together yourself i would advise buying components individually to get the best prices. Couple of sites iv used for comparing prices; http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/ http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/c_110001_computers_software.html and some online stores; http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/home.php http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/ http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/home/ Can also google "buy 'name of your component' online" and you'l get various online stores Keep an eye on delivery prices - some are free some around £5
Hiya haimback, much appreciated mate....I will have a look at those sites and see what sort of prices i am looking at. Hopefully i can do this thing relatively cheap, otherwise i am going to have to use onboard sound and graphics and just stick with a 200gig hd, till i have the cash to build on. Cheers
If you're going for upgradeablitly you probably want a socket 939 processor and mobo. It'll cost just a little bit more, the processor price should be the same.
