Pyxis Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 Hey Guys! I decided to buy a new PC a couple of days ago as the PSU is going on mine and it is ancient! I've never constructed a PC before, but I have settled on the components that I am going to have...Is the system good value for money? I'm going to use my DVD-RW from my current PC as its only a few months old. Asus TA211 Beige midi tower 360W ATX + audio + USB 2.0 ports £35.19 Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G Skt AM2, On Board VGA, PCI-E, DDR2, SATA 3G RAID, GB LAN, 8ch HD Audio, USB2, Firewire, ATX £57.69 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 2.2 GHz AM2 Processor £65.58 2 x Corsair 512MB (1024MB) DDR2 667Mhz PC5300 £71.46 Sapphire Technology Radeon X1600 PRO 256MB DDR2 TVO PCIE £60.73 160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA2 7200rpm 8MB Cache £38.19 Total: £328.84 Will it be any good for games like Ghost Recon? Have I done a good job? I hope that I havent mucked up. I have tried to make it as cheap as possible, although I could have got some parts for less if they were in stock elsewhere...
Ramar Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 One thing. Good luck. I decided to make my first built about 5 weeks ago, I'm still here with my pc, and its high temperature problems that I'm trying to sort out. Its great if it goes right, pain in the arse if you appear to have a faulty product.
Shino Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 Well i's quite cheap, but I would go for a bit better. Those specs won't take you too far, specially the graphics card.
Marshmellow Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 Yeah one thing I learned while building my first PC is you want to get the newest technology not necessary the best but the newest chipsets and stuff.
Caris Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 One thing. Good luck. I decided to make my first built about 5 weeks ago, I'm still here with my pc, and its high temperature problems that I'm trying to sort out. Its great if it goes right, pain in the arse if you appear to have a faulty product. Whats up like?
Pyxis Posted November 7, 2006 Author Posted November 7, 2006 "Yeah one thing I learned while building my first PC is you want to get the newest technology not necessary the best but the newest chipsets and stuff." Yeah, If I could, I would have gone for a more powerful AMD processor and an SLI motherboard. At least the motherboard is AM2 and I will be able to update the graphics card/processor if I ever need to. I was originally going to miss out the graphics card and just have integrated graphics on a smaller motherboard. I was also going to go with just an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ instead of the 3500+ Ramar, I hope that you dont jinx it now! First you have power problems and then overheating? Ouch. I'll have to take apart my old PC to understand what I am doing.
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