PC advice

[axs]

PC Case  IceBox Black ATX Midi Tower
Power Supply  Standard 450 Watt PSU
Processor  Intel PentiumD 3.0Ghz 3.0Ghzx 2 CPU    
Heatsink & CPU Fan  Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan  
Motherboard  Asrock Conroe 1333-D667 Motherboard
DDR2 Memory  2 GB Kingston 667Mhz PC5300 DDR2 RAM
PCI-E Graphics  512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300GS PCI-E Turbocache OR
              512MB NVIDIA Geforce 8400GS Turbocache PCI Express Graphics Card (+£10.00)
              512MB NVIDIA Geforce 7600GS PCI Express Graphics Card (+£24.99)
              512MB ATI Radeon X1650Pro PCI Express Graphics Card (+£24.99)
              512MB NVIDIA Geforce 8500GT PCI Express Graphics Card (+£34.99)  
              512MB ATI Radeon 2600Pro PCI Express Graphics Card (+£44.99)                
             1GB NVIDIA Geforce 8500GT PCI Express Graphics Card (+£50.00)          
             512MB NVIDIA Geforce 8600GT PCI Express Graphics Card (+£60.00)  
Sound Card  Integrated 7.1 Channel Sound Card
Primary Hard Drive  180GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive  
Main Optical Drive  20x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
PCI 802.11G 54Mbps Wireless Network Card (+£20.00)  
Operating System  Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
Warranty  1 Year Return To Base Warranty


any of that any good? it's £370 all in.

[Simon Pieman]

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That would be a shit hot system. Couple of hours on a weekend to sort it, plus a pint or two down the pub afterwards.

[axs]

Cheers Si, all looks good, I've just been putting the shopping list together on Dabs.

can I add this instead of the DVD drive? not sure if it's compatible with all the other bits?

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4MGW&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=bluray&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

if you can stick this lot together for me I will buy you a large number of pints!

[Simon Pieman]

Yes that would work. The graphics card supports HD Copy Protection so it won't be an issue to play copy protected material in the future either. You'll need a hdmi to dvi converter and a dvi cable. That will cost £30 more.

I've not installed/worked with Vista before but apparently it's easier than xp to install.

By the way I have 2gb of ram going spare, so if you want to save yourself some cash you can have it for a tenner.

[axs]

awesome, I'll leave out the ram and add on the DVI stuff.

[Lash_sumthin]

a DVI to hdmi cable is like £5 on ebuyer got myself one earlier today. i can save u that 65 quid on vista for a couple of pints n all

[Simon Pieman]

Is the quality good? If so then get a cheaper one axs  

[Lash_sumthin]

apparently so as hdmi is dvi backward compatible so dont see why not

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130516

[axs]

Belkin PureAV HDMI to DVI Video Adapter
quicklinx:4DZRWS | Mfr#:AV54007EA
 In stock now  
 £10.89  £10.89      
 
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM DVD
quicklinx:4DF7WS | Mfr#:66I-00715
 In stock now  
 £63.15  £63.15      
 
Pioneer 5x BluRay Reader DVD+-R/RW 5x Combo Int SATA Black - Drive Only
quicklinx:4MGWWS | Mfr#:BDC-202BK
 In stock now  
 £100.09  £100.09      
 
D-Link 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card
quicklinx:43C0WS | Mfr#:DWL-G510
 In stock now  
 £19.84  £19.84      
 
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB S300 16MB
quicklinx:4J0KWS | Mfr#:WD3200AAKS
 In stock now  
 £51.64  £51.64      
 
Asustek ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB DDR3 PCIE 2xDVI 580/1.4
quicklinx:4QK4WS | Mfr#:EAX1950PROHTDP2
 In stock now  
 £80.72  £80.72      
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 AM2 2.3GHz
quicklinx:4XNPWS | Mfr#:ADO4400DOBOX
 In stock now  
 £49.82  £49.82      
 
MSI AM2 AMD 690GB ATX Audio Lan
quicklinx:4M60WS | Mfr#:K9AG NEO2-DIGIT
 In stock now  
 £46.45  £46.45      
 
Dabs Value Midi Tower 400W - Black
quicklinx:3W0KWS | Mfr#:8034C4
 In stock now  
 £25.85  £25.85      
   delivery
(12.853kg)  £0.00  
 total (inc VAT)  £448.45  
 

That look about right? I assume I can just use the DVI adapter by plugging that in the PC then running my HDMI lead to the TV?

I'll buy this lot in a minute if that's everything.

[axs]

a DVI to hdmi cable is like £5 on ebuyer got myself one earlier today. i can save u that 65 quid on vista for a couple of pints n all

To be honest mate I'd rather stick with an official copy and not have to worry about it, considering this will probably do me for 4/5 years it's fairly cheap.

[Lash_sumthin]

aye its personal preference and prob not worth the hassle later down the line

im also fairly impressed with vista despite all the knocks it gets. sure it likes to have control but once you sort that out its pretty intuative.

[axs]

Done. should be here in a couple of days.

[Simon Pieman]

Is now a good time to tell you I'm out of the country for the next three weeks?  

If you're not going to Huddersfield I will build it then. If you are we'll have to think of another time.

[axs]

I'm not going to Huddersfield so that would be superb for me, much pintage coming your way squire.

[pauld]

I've not installed/worked with Vista before but apparently it's easier than xp to install.

And slower, less stable, more resource-hungry than ever before. Don't do it kids.