Hey,
Well as you may know i have my dell inspiron 9400 and now want to get a desktop, i looked at dell and i can get:-
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor 3600+
- Vista Home Premium
- 20" flat panel Moniter
- 2048MB of RAM* (they give me the choice to have either four 512MB cards or two 1024MB cards...whcih is better?)
- 320GB (7200RPM) HDD
- Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 LE graphics
- 16 X DVD +/- RW Drive
- multi-media keyboard and premium mouse
- Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System
That is in the Dell C521
£544.07
BUT i do not like dell so i have decided to build my own
this is what i was thinking
case £85
Mobo £45 Asus m2n-mx
CPU (not sure!) AMD (budget = £40 - £65)
RAM £50 (DDR2 800)
Hard drive £55 320GB ATA 2
Tv tuner £30
Optical drive(s) ~£20 per drive (one DVD RW and one lightscribe)
Standard CPU cooler £15
PSU 400w £13
Mointer to be decided, hoping dual screen ( i will be willing to change Mobo for one with dvi and vgd support if that one does not)
OS vista home premuim £80 OEM
Total £463 (not including monitor(s))
so what would anyone reccomend me change or ect...
hopeing to build it in Summer holidays ( june 28 - ~ August 27)
Thanks Everyone
P.Toye
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