Fantasy £400 Pc

[BigBoo]

heres a game that might be fun. you have to make the best pc you can for £400.

why the figure? because if it was too high everyone would have the same pc, this way we'll see what matters to you.

price =
733 US dollar
595 euros
979 Aus dollars
976 canadian

i think this is about right but i may have overlooked something

[tesco]

here is what i would build, its in canadian dollars:

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton RETAIL $121.99

Motherboard: Gigabyte 7N400L $111.99

RAM: Corsair Value Select 256mb PC3200 X2 approx $130
Video Card: Chaintech geforce FX 5600 XT 128MB $153.99

Hard Drive: Seagate 120gb 7200rpm 8mb ATA-100 $146.99

Optical Drive: Sony cd-rw 52x24x52x $76.99
-and-
LG 16x DVD-rom $48.99

Case: Diablo Tek Black Demon $69.99

Power Supply: Ultra 400W power supply $69.99

okay, add it up by yourself, ive edited so many times and im tired of that calulator program


edit: fixed motherboard, added power supply, and exchanged dvd burner for cdburner and dvd rom. fixed hard drive, motehrboard again, prices etc.

[Peerzy]

that system wouldnt run at all no way... and you know why?

Power Supply
- Not Included

You do need poewer for a pc....i think

[Peerzy]

Base System - $494.99 After rebates.

Radeon 9600 Pro Video Card / 128MB DDR / AGP 8X / TV-Out & DVI - $159.99

Sell the Geforce 4 FX5200 for roughly $50 at the minamun (Im Uk so im just guessing here)

So i have about $130 left.

HiVal DVD Burner / 4x2x12x DVD±RW / 24x10x40x CD-RW / Dual Format - $79.99 After rebates.

Cyber Acoustics CA-4400 Black 5-Piece Surround Sound Speaker System - $29.99

So iv got $20 left, just spend that on cd-r media or dvd-r or dvd+r media. Im asuming you have a moniter from your old pc.

[tesco]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@19 March 2004 - 11:43
that system wouldnt run at all no way... and you know why?

Power Supply
- Not Included

You do need poewer for a pc....i think

shut forgot the power supply, and i knew that case didnt come with one damb.

[FlyingDutchman]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@19 March 2004 - 16:37
yeah im pretty bored lol, hope i havent forgot anything 

Yep, you did !

No PSU

Damn, should have read the rest!

[lynx]

If you are looking for performance DO NOT get that mobo. It does not support dual channel memory. It only has the NF2 400 chipset, not the NF2 400 Ultra.

Mobo makers were under the impression that it could support dual channel, but have had to issue a retraction after a bulletin from Nvidia.

For dual channel you need to get the A7N8X (no -X) at a minimum.

[tesco]

Originally posted by lynx@19 March 2004 - 13:03
If you are looking for performance DO NOT get that mobo. It does not support dual channel memory. It only has the NF2 400 chipset, not the NF2 400 Ultra.

Mobo makers were under the impression that it could support dual channel, but have had to issue a retraction after a bulletin from Nvidia.

For dual channel you need to get the A7N8X (no -X) at a minimum.

if i was actually going to buy that motherboard i would have done a lot of research on it first so im sure i probably would have found that out, plus i was runnign out of virtual money so i decided to change the motherboard to that a7n8x-x from just a plain a7n8x. a7n8x supports dual chanel right?

[Virtualbody1234]

Nice system, ROSSCO_2004.

We could use the Gigabyte 7N400L board instead and save some money. Uses the same 'Ultra' chipset. $112 CDN.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...-2016&CatId=179

And replace both optical drives with a DVD burner.

[tesco]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@19 March 2004 - 14:20
Nice system, ROSSCO_2004.

We could use the Gigabyte 7N400L board instead and save some money. Uses the same 'Ultra' chipset. $112 CDN.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...-2016&CatId=179

And replace both optical drives with a DVD burner.

thanks VB ill change the board and possibly the burner, but i doubt it, we're already over budget and there are no fans or any accessories.