Advice needed - building a new pc

[Nullifier]

I have been searching through past posts, reviews, everything I can find and I am getting really confused, I need someone to tell me what to buy lol please help me.

Hello here are my criteria.

Budget $900
Dont want a 64 bit processor.
Will be doing NO overclocking that stuff annoys me.
Rig will be for gaming
Need the box and everything in it - NO perhiperials
Looking for a pc with an excellent PRICEERFORMANCE ratio

Will be using www.ebuyer.com (live in the UK)


Many many many many thankyous

 

[Jupitus]

small bump and a comment... with that budget you ought to be able to get a nice gaming machine.... good luck

 

[Nullifier]

thanks, thats what I am hoping.

$900 is about £500

I am thinking maybe the asus deluxe mobo (cant remember model number)

still dont know what graphics to get though hellllppp

just buying what goes in the box remember

 

[JBP|]

you buying an AMD chip or intel?

if your buying an intel chip and its a "canterwood" then i would recommend the Asus P4C800 Deluxe, if your getting a "prescott" then i think its the P4P800 Deluxe, if your getting an AMD chip i havnt got the foggiest

grafix card, dont buy anything less than a radeon 9800 pro

 

[Nightchill]

I'd advise against getting a Prescott if you can help it, go Northwood all the way. Prescott's are hot running and power mad. Northwoods do as well (if not better) on benchmarks and run a lot cooler. Mine's currently at 31 degrees.

Anyway, I recently built a new PC with a £400 budget and came up with:

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/showthread.php?t=23574

With £500 I'd put an extra 512meg ram in (about £50) and then up the graphics card to something better. Hope that's some help.