Need a new pc.

[RoKenn]

Building on the cheap eh?

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CPU AM3 (AM3 CPUs are backwards compatible with AM2+ socket)
AMD Phenom II X2 (dual core) 3.1GHz

Dude, would you please refrain from classifying the CPU I just bought as "cheap"?

VAT is "Value Added Tax", so yes, you have to pay that, but the name is a lie of course, it won't add any value to the product.

You can easily save 32£ by taking only 2GB memory at first. Unless Windows uses significantly more memory than windows or you have some extremely memory-intensive application that is completely sufficient. Another advantage: you can just buy another 2GB later without loosing anything.

[Lee_Stricklin]

Building on the cheap eh?

...

CPU AM3 (AM3 CPUs are backwards compatible with AM2+ socket)
AMD Phenom II X2 (dual core) 3.1GHz

Dude, would you please refrain from classifying the CPU I just bought as "cheap"?

VAT is "Value Added Tax", so yes, you have to pay that, but the name is a lie of course, it won't add any value to the product.

You can easily save 32£ by taking only 2GB memory at first. Unless Windows uses significantly more memory than windows or you have some extremely memory-intensive application that is completely sufficient. Another advantage: you can just buy another 2GB later without loosing anything.

I'm still not done with this list, since I live in the states I'm not exactly the best person for navigating UK PC websites and I was going for dual channel (dual channel @ 1066MHz = Fast) and some near-future-proofing with the RAM since there will be applications using more RAM after Windows 7 comes out and 64 bit is more widespread now. Also the cheap-ass CPUs that are Phenom II's (like the one I use lol) have the best price to performance ratio period and stack up against i7s better (often times out-performing on AM3 boards with DDR3) than Intel wants you to think.

[k0jak]

Lee,

Is this any good for the price? http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=25 ?

Thanks

[Morphed]

looks very good, that radeon is much faster than gforce 9600gt, its even faster than gforce 260, so you will be able to play all latest games in max detail

price could be lower but i dont know prices in uk

[Lee_Stricklin]

Lee,

Is this any good for the price? http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=25 ?

Thanks

Looks pretty solid if your going to be using Windows, however I've NEVER had any luck with ATI on Linux systems and the card's specs were always ruined by what their drivers allowed since they constantly crashed or just flat out decided not to work, but the last time I fooled around with them I was toying around with the HD2600 series which was buggy as hell. Outside of the video card issue (though they're improving rapidly) it looks really good. I think you could probably build a computer with either the same or similar specs for cheaper though.