Ive made some adjustments to the set up and have got this

CPU
AMD ATHLON 64BIT 4000 (San Diago) 1MB L2 Cache (939 pin)
Memory
2048 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Motherboard
ASUS® A8N-E: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, x16 slot, 3 PCI etc
USB Options
SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)
Hard Drive
SATA II 200 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache
DVD ROM/Combi Drive
52 X 32 X 52 CD WRITER + 16X DVD ROM (COMBI DRIVE)
Graphics Card 1
256MB GEFORCE 7900GT PCI Express + DVI + DVI + TV-OUT
Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-FI Extreme Music 7.1: £78
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 NETWORK CARD FOR BROADBAND
Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Case
Stylish Black X-Plode Case + 2 Front USB
Power Supply & Cooling
Silent 600W PSU + 120mm Fan + 19.2 dBA CPU Cooler! Super Quiet!
Operating System required
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. original CD & licence)
Keyboard
Black Logitech® Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (£6)
Mouse
Black Logitech® Premium Optical Mouse (£5)
Speakers
LOGITECH S200 2.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£12)


Is this a better set up your opinions would be much appriciated It costs about £1100 including vat and shipping.

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its the most important part of the PC in terms of build quailty, as its plugged into everything, so if it blows, you may loses the whole PC. And you also don't wan't wobbley voltages


as for the new config, looketh good

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made even more canges i've decided to go for a AMD ATHLON 64BIT 3800 (Venice) 512kb L2 Cache (939 pin) instead and gone for a better graphics card the 256MB GEFORCE 7800 GTX PCI express will this be a better set up? Thanks for all your help guys has been great. The website i'm using http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk doesn't tell you the make of the psu buts its the best one they offer for gaming so i trust them .

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although it sounds odd, i'd say go for the 3700 not the 3800



the 3700 is only 200 mhz slower but twice the cache

course i could be talking out my arse


couldn't say on the graphics card

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The extra 200 MHz will make more difference in games, with the exception of maybe Doom 3 which seems quite dependent on L2 cache.

I got the 3700+ with 1MB cache though because you can't add it to the CPU and I knew it would overclock well too. Plus I do a bit of video encoding too and the cache helps there.

knew i forgot the main part of my reasoning...

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Current processors and gfx cards eat power, hence the need for more powerful PSUs. Especially the case for SLi/Crossfire rigs. Also, it makes for a more stable PC all round.

Good PSUs to buy are Seasonic, Fortron Source, Antec (in that order). Avoid QTEC like the plague....

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Don't forget Enermax, in fact I rate Enermax above any of what you put.

And if you're minted a Zippy or PC Power and Cooling PSU take a hell of a beating

EYE see i dodnt know anything about overclocking though and really wouldn't want to mess up the new system so which one would be better the 3700 or the 3800. If you could help me with overclocking i would get the 3700 but i'm still usure. As for the PSU the website doesn't tell you what make it is so would i be best buying it sepperately and add it to the comp latter on? Thanks for all the help

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If I personally were choosing between 3700+ and 3800+;

Price gap bigger than £30 = go cheapest
Less than £30 = 3800+

Ta for the help. Would comps like theone i'm gonna get be able to play games like far cry, half life and quake 4 on the max settings ? and also could you guys recomend any good anti-virus and spyware/adware/firewall stuff that you can get( dont mind buying) the comp already comes with norton 2006 but i want another one just to be safe

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Yeah those games can be cranked right up

Don't install two software firewalls, it will cause you trouble.

AV I recommend NOD32.

Firewall, I use Sygate but that's been bought up by Symantec now

If you buy an nVidia nForce chipset based board you can use the hardware firewall

For games performance you should concentrate on the gfx card, followed by the RAM, then CPU.

I wouldn't recommend buying less than a GB of RAM tho.

EDIT: Your spec looks fine to me

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Thanks for the help i htink thats it for now I'll ask if anything comes up you guys have really helped ta

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