hi i am planning on building a new pc for gaming on. I have found all the parts that i think are compatible i just was wondering if anyone could recheck them for me and tell me if there is any way of getting the price down from £442:53 to below £400? Intel Pentium D 820 Socket775 , Smithfield Core, 2x2.8 GHz , 2MB Cache, Retail http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=228970 1Gb Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC4200 (533), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=121514 80 Gb Samsung HD080HJ SpinPoint P80, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=172207 Sony AW-G170AB2 Black 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=462620 Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 URP2 SP2b - SINGLE PACK (OEM) (M93-00294) http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=487364 256MB Gigabyte 7600GT PCI-E(x16), Mem 1400MHz, GPU 560MHz, 12Pipes, Dual DVI-I/Dual Link DVI/S-Video http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=412319 Asrock 775I945GZ, i945GZ, S775, PCI-E (x4), DDR2 533, SATA II, uATX, On Board VGA http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=443857 Asus TM-231 uATX Tower Black with 300W aFPC PSU Hi-End http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=198714 North-Q Silent Tornado Casefan 80mm 12-17db, Ceramic ball bearing,300.000 hrs life,17CFM, 4pin Molex http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=396707 if there is a way of making a better computer for a cheaper price please let me know thanks Mark P.S. this is my first time building a pc
you will want a bigger output from your psu. overclockers.co.uk do some dvd drives cheaper, advancetec and microdirect are also good on price. if you have a look in the budget pc building thread theres a e6300 build for less than £450 if you can strech that far, it might have some good alernatives in it. also xp home would save you a tenner.
Yeah, other than that you won't really get it much cheaper, prehaps go for a cheaper case if your not bothered about looks and maybe get your ram from ebay. Basically your going to have to pay up if you want a decent system.
this might be a stupid question but does it matter what dvd drive and case i use? is there a compatability issue between the case and other components? or can i get one for like £10 from local cheap shop?
is a 1.8Ghz core 2 duo equivalent to two 1.8 Ghz processors running. can someone explain a bit more about the core 2 duo please as i am not sure what the difference is between that and a pentium D thanks
