thedjr
11-06-2006, 10:04 AM
Hi all,
I would like to build a new PC. The is partly just for the fun of it and partly so I can play Oblivion OK (which I believe means something like an average of 30fps or better) - and partly so I can do some simple video editing etc. I don't have an explicit budget, but would like to keep the cost to a minimum subject to the Oblivion constraint rather than go all out for top of the range stuff. I would also like something that should work reliably.
Here is the setup I am looking at - does this look OK? I have keyboard, mouse, soundcard and speakers I can recycle - monitor recommendations welcome.
Thanks a lot
djr
Mobo : Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H i965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £79.25
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £211.49
CPU Cooling : Zalman CNPS9500-AT Intel LGA775 Aero Flower Cooler £32.30
RAM : 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15 £133.40
GPU : 256Mb XFX 7900GT Standard, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1370MHz, GPU 470MHz, 24Pipes, Dual DVI-I/HDTV £173.77
HD : 320 Gb Seagate ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £67.82
FD : 1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive OEM £4.34
Case/PSU : Antec P150 UK Aluminium ATX Case with energy-efficient 430W PSU £105.74
DVD : LG GSA-H22LBB Beige Lightscribe 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer inc 12x RAM OEM UK £24.38
O/S : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2b (Release 2) OEM - Single Pack Vista Upgrade Coupon £57.54
Total Cost = £904.46 + monitor
I would like to build a new PC. The is partly just for the fun of it and partly so I can play Oblivion OK (which I believe means something like an average of 30fps or better) - and partly so I can do some simple video editing etc. I don't have an explicit budget, but would like to keep the cost to a minimum subject to the Oblivion constraint rather than go all out for top of the range stuff. I would also like something that should work reliably.
Here is the setup I am looking at - does this look OK? I have keyboard, mouse, soundcard and speakers I can recycle - monitor recommendations welcome.
Thanks a lot
djr
Mobo : Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H i965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £79.25
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £211.49
CPU Cooling : Zalman CNPS9500-AT Intel LGA775 Aero Flower Cooler £32.30
RAM : 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15 £133.40
GPU : 256Mb XFX 7900GT Standard, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1370MHz, GPU 470MHz, 24Pipes, Dual DVI-I/HDTV £173.77
HD : 320 Gb Seagate ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £67.82
FD : 1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive OEM £4.34
Case/PSU : Antec P150 UK Aluminium ATX Case with energy-efficient 430W PSU £105.74
DVD : LG GSA-H22LBB Beige Lightscribe 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer inc 12x RAM OEM UK £24.38
O/S : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2b (Release 2) OEM - Single Pack Vista Upgrade Coupon £57.54
Total Cost = £904.46 + monitor