darlodge

I'm gonna purchase the bits below for a machine for my dad and was wondering if anyone can comment on the parts or suggest better.

CPU - P4 2.6Ghz (BX80532PG2600D)
Memory - PC3200 (400Mhz Crucial Memory)
CPU Fan - Coolmaster Fan
PSU - 450w
M/board - ASU-P4S800

Total £254.52 from Ebuyer

Cheers all
Darren

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Do you need a 450w PSU?


[edited 'cos I knobbed up in 6 words ]

[Edited by Puff The Magic Wagon! - 12/12/2003 12:29:16 PM]

Steve Perriam

yeah looks ok m8

u obviously got HD / grafix etc ?

is that the 2.6C processor with HT and the 800mhz bus ?

u need an Antec True Blue 480w PSU m8, with a decent window case it looks kewl top quality psu's as well

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...Antec_103.html

Bumpster

Look at NOVATECH, they are doing a similar bundle (less the PSU obviously) might be cheaper.

darlodge

Puff - I probally don't NEED a 450w PSU but when a 330w PSU is the same price I know which one I'll take

Steve - He's already got the HD, CDr, GFX card etc. and yes it is the 2.6C processor with HT and the 800mhz bus. The 533 bus was only about £10 cheaper!! Just looked at your link £81 for a PSU

Bumpster - Novatech have a very simlar deal but it uses an unbranded motherboard and its more. They do have this bundle which is the same apart from a 2.6 instead of a 2.8 and it excludes a PSU and it costs £339.57

Think I'll be buying this all in a minute

Darren

[Edited by darlodge - 12/12/2003 3:58:51 PM]

Steve Perriam

yeah its not cheap darren but its quality and is wot u need if u do have a window case.....if u dont then i still recommend a Antec PSU.

R1916v

'Puff - I probally don't NEED a 450w PSU but when a 330w PSU is the same price I know which one I'll take'

All depends on the quality of the PSU

Take teh shuttle bare bones systems for instance, they only use 200/250watt supplies but they are loads better and will run a full setup than a cheap 400W supply

Monkeh

If you already have a decent 350w psu it should be enough.
I got a CWT 320w psu runnning my pc
2.8c @ 3.4ghz
radeon 9800 pro
1 hdd and 3 cd/dvd drives

it runs perfectly.

mynickers

Ebuyer in my experience are fricking terrible at customer service, I built my first PC with bits from there, and quite a few of them were faulty, and the song dance I went through to sort it all out was not fun, others have had similar experiences with them. However, they are pretty price competitive.

The best shop's I have found, that have fantastic customer service and normally pretty competitive on price (and a good forum on one for those little possible problems/nightmares that can occure builting your own system too) are:

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/k.asp?ck...=&GrpID=&t=&l=

and my fav:

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/ although these lot don't really do motherboards etc, but they got lots of good stuff for PC's and like I said, very helpful forum for advice and help etc.