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Hello Peoplez, I am getting a fuck load of money for good grades in exams/summer job, and am planning to build myself a fancy new computer. I have my Ideas, and dont want to spend over £700 (on parts) Here are my plans. (Real Prices from websites)

vidia Nforce 680i SLI (built in sound card) - £202.11 (motherboard)  Here
256Mb nVidia GeForce 8600 GT PCI-Express VGA Card - £73.97 (video card)Here
OEM SATA 200Gb Hard Drive - £70 Here
Intel Pentium D 945 / 3.4 GHz - £112 Here
4GB Ram - £150 Here
Total - ~£640

All of the above are apparantly compatible tongue

I need DVD Drive (help) , and Power supply (help) , and a few accessories (HELP!).
(suggestions would be nice)

Any feedback is appreciated smile
e.g parts I have missed out tongue

Edit: have included websites ^^

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If I were you, I would spend a little more money on the proccessor and get a Core 2 Duo processor, because all the pentium D's are getting dated really quickly.

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Well when i get money from somewhere then i guess i spend something around 2000 euros to computer, which i will build myself...
But your "budjet" is little low, maybe i dont know, but yeah good processor you need and ram has to be fast (over 667mhz)

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256Mb nVidia GeForce 8600 GT PCI-Express VGA Card - £73.97  ---  Wow, that's good value.

DVD drive? Might as well get a DVD-RW. Any make will do, personally I use Sony -- just because.

Power Supply? Any decent one. Would be cheaper to get a case that comes with one. If not then 400W should do.

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liquidat0r wrote:

256Mb nVidia GeForce 8600 GT PCI-Express VGA Card - £73.97  ---  Wow, that's good value.

DVD drive? Might as well get a DVD-RW. Any make will do, personally I use Sony -- just because.

Power Supply? Any decent one. Would be cheaper to get a case that comes with one. If not then 400W should do.

Good value, yeah!

yes dvd rw definitely

Power suply i dont know about these, can it be too much? I mean if it would "give" too much powers would it damage other parts, or just eat energy and make noise... Less would have just all kind of problems, you know...

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Jesus, don't get me started on what's wrong with that build...
1.) Don't get the 8600 - go for the 8800 GT for a bit more (it's good value coz it's shit!)
2.) Get a core 2 duo 6420 chip for about another £20
3.) Don't bother with 4 gig of ram - just get 2 gig of ram with low CAS timings
4.) Power supply of minimum 500W
5.) Maybe no need to spend so much on a motherboard - can get a good one for bout £130

Just xfire me sometime and i'll do u a proper build up!:D

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IcyColdKidd wrote:

Jesus, don't get me started on what's wrong with that build...
1.) Don't get the 8600 - go for the 8800 GT for a bit more (it's good value coz it's shit!)
2.) Get a core 2 duo 6420 chip for about another £20
3.) Don't bother with 4 gig of ram - just get 2 gig of ram with low CAS timings
4.) Power supply of minimum 500W
5.) Maybe no need to spend so much on a motherboard - can get a good one for bout £130

Just xfire me sometime and i'll do u a proper build up!:D

That all sounds great to me. For example you can save money on RAM and have very little down sides and spend a litle more money on you procesor and graphics card and have a lot of benefit. Core 2 duo is a MUST for new PC's. You will regret it in a years time if you do not get it i think. As more and more programs and games will be taking full use of it.

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IcyColdKidd wrote:

Jesus, don't get me started on what's wrong with that build...
1.) Don't get the 8600 - go for the 8800 GT for a bit more (it's good value coz it's shit!)
2.) Get a core 2 duo 6420 chip for about another £20
3.) Don't bother with 4 gig of ram - just get 2 gig of ram with low CAS timings
4.) Power supply of minimum 500W
5.) Maybe no need to spend so much on a motherboard - can get a good one for bout £130

Just xfire me sometime and i'll do u a proper build up!:D

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8800? a few quid more? Here and here
4GB ram, because it was so fucking cheap. (and yes, I am going to get 2GB anyway)
Power supply has to be in line with how much power your Video card needs, so that is variable.
and I was told today by a computer technician not to buy a Case w/ power supply included.
Yeah, the guy also said Core 2 Duos are FTFWB so, yeah, cheers.

He said he would help me out when I get the moneyz. So, I dont need u guys anymore! tongue
lol. thanks, for... erm, trying tho...

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0-FreezeBurn-0 wrote:

and I was told today by a computer technician not to buy a Case w/ power supply included.

Why not? A decent case will come with a decent PSU. Granted, it may not be what you need. But there's nothing wrong with them.

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One thing you haven't thought about maybe - if ur sticking with the original motherboard u mentioned, i would hazard a guess that u may be thinking of going for SLI one day therefore needing a lot more power - since it doesn't make any difference if you have too much power, it's better to get a bigger one to start with to save a lot of fucking around replacing it!

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IcyColdKidd wrote:

One thing you haven't thought about maybe - if ur sticking with the original motherboard u mentioned, i would hazard a guess that u may be thinking of going for SLI one day therefore needing a lot more power - since it doesn't make any difference if you have too much power, it's better to get a bigger one to start with to save a lot of fucking around replacing it!

yeh, replacing sucks ass...

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lol, Btw.
I just discovered the Nvidia 8800 GTS, which yes, is very affordable.
sorry, I thought you meant the GTX.

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