new GAMING sys build, need advice !

[shacky]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400 1MB Cache per core (2.2GHz) Skt 939 Retail inc.fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty) £158.00

is this cpu a good starting point, coupled with a abit mboard, i would like some recomendations for the board,

its time for me to change to pci ex. let me have ur veiws on a wide range of components.

i do not want to be changing again next year.

BEAR IN MIND I ONLY NEED cpu, mboard, memory, and gcard, with a budget of between £500 and £600...

[daveaka]

That sounds pretty good to me, you could however go with a socket AM2 motherboard over the 939, they seem a bit more future proof. There is a nice article looking at AM2 DDR2 vs. 939 DDR Performance

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2741

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600 Socket AM2 2.4GHz 1MB 1000FSB £157.32 inc vat

Asustek AM2 nForce 570 SLI ATX Audio Dual Lan DDR11 £93.85 inc vat

Gainward GeForce 7900GT Bliss Golden Sample GPU Clockspeed 550 MHz 256MB PCIE Dual DVI VO £199.98 inc vat

Iam still sticking to my 939 motherboard for now though...

[shacky]

where are those prices from ?

[daveaka]

I got the prices from http://www.dabs.co.uk

they seem good to me,

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...6104&InMerch=1

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...143,4294956091

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...9063&InMerch=1

[shacky]

is this spec any better ?







GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£139.99


CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£116.99

GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£184.99

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99

[John F]

Yep much better spec. Just make sure you have a decent power supply.

[shacky]

is there anything that any1 would like to suggest changing to make it more future proof. ?

trying to gather as much info as posible before i take the plunge !

[Games Guru]

Get the conroe 6600 with the 4mb cache. Only £50 or so more expensive, and a much better chip.