Opinions on this system?

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

What do you think of this system?
It's really pushing my price boundry so to add anything, i'd have to get a lower priced something-else.

These prices are from Overclockers.co.uk and ex. VAT.

Motherboard:

Asus A7N8X-X nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-028-AS)

- £47.95

Processor:

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2800+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM (CP-038-AM)

- £100.25

RAM:

Adata 512MB DDR PC3200 CAS 2.5 (MY-003-AD) (X2) - £119.90

Case:

Antec PlusView 1000AMG Metallic Gray File Server- No PSU (CA-002-AT)

- £52.50

PSU:

Antec TruePower 430W PSU (CA-001-AN)

- £56.50


Hard Drive

Samsung SP1203N 120GB - OEM (HD-005-SA)

- £61.50

Graphics Card:

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 128MB TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-030-SP)

- £188.50

CD-Rom:

Samsung SC-152AEBB 52x CD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-003-SA)

- £13.00

CD-RW:

Samsung SW-252B 52x52x24x CD-RW (Black) - OEM (CD-007-SA)

- £26.60

Keyboard:

Logitech Internet Navigator™ Keyboard Special Edition - Black (KB-006-LG)

- £23.65

Speakers

Creative Inspire 5.1 5100 - OEM (SP-011-CL)

- £36.80


Monitor

From scan

iiyama 19" - CRT Vision Master 1451 (LS902UT) FST 0.26dp 30-96KHz

Also, am I missing anything other than a mouse for a full system?

Thanks for any comments/suggestions.

 

[Ch3tan]

I'm sure you can get the ram cheaper. Thats about what I paid for 1 gig.

Why do you need a cd-rom and cd-rw?

Worth waiting a while for the 9800 xt to hit the market so other 9800 cards drop in price.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Originally posted by Ch3tan
Why do you need a cd-rom and cd-rw?

To have a drive to copy from to?

 

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

I'm sure you can get the ram cheaper. Thats about what I paid for 1 gig.

Where? And was it PC3200?
*Note, thats for 2x512mb incase you diddnt notice

Why do you need a cd-rom and cd-rw?

Like Deadmanwalking says, to have a drive to copy from.

Worth waiting a while for the 9800 xt to hit the market so other 9800 cards drop in price.

When are they coming out?

 

[FatBusinessman]

Much as I hate to push your budget up (even if just a little), might it be worth your while getting a DVD-ROM drive (only about £25) in place of your CD-ROM drive? Especially with your nForce2 motherboard and 5.1 speakers, playing DVD movies in surround sound might be quite good...

 

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

Hmm.. Good idea.. i suppose I can stretch my budget a few pounds

 

[Trem]

Maybe a dvd-r drive as well, instead of the cdr, yes theres a big difference in price but dvd-r will do dvds and cdr, Pioneer A06 is a spiffy one to get - www.bigpockets.co.uk

 

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

As I said, I'm hitting my budget, a few pounds I can stretch but the kind of money that I need to get a dvd-r is too much Besides, DVD-R disc's are expensive.

 

[FatBusinessman]

Agreed, a DVD-writer just isn't worth the money at the moment, especially if you're on a budget.

Besides, aren't they still debating over which format to use?

 

[Ch3tan]

I have a black samsung CD-RW, mine was the same price from Microdirect and is a CD/DVD combi drive. Check it out.

Ah, thought you meant 2* 256 to make 512 total for the ram. I got cas 2.5 Giel ram with aluminium heatspreader (pc3200) for a little bit more from Microdirect again (on weekend specials).

Look at GNR monitors at ebuyer. They have the same warrenty as iiyama ones, but the comparitive model (by price) is a flat screen 19" with 0.25 dot pitch. From the reviews I have read for both its better than that budget offering from iiyama.

 

[evilmonkeh]

Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi
Besides, DVD-R disc's are expensive.

dvd-rs have come down in price alot recently, you can get them for around 50pence each

 

[Trem]

Originally posted by FatBusinessman

Besides, aren't they still debating over which format to use?

The Pioneer A06 does both formats. The discs aren't expensive when you consider how many cdr's you will use compared to the stuff you can fit on 1 dvd-r.

 

[ECA]

hmmm use www.planetprices.co.uk see if you can pick them up cheaper elsewhere ( pp compares about 20 different component vendors ).