new build what do you think?

[Viper]

ive not built a system for ages so what do you think of this, let me know if i could get something better for the same price. im not fussed about the sound and graphics, ive just copied and pasted the cart from ebuyer.

1 x Viewsonic 17" LCD VA1703wb Widescreen (1440x900) 500:1 8ms Black 127181 £90.30 £90.30
1 x Sweex Black with Silver Trim Mid Tower Case - With 300W PSU 127089 £16.27 £16.27
1 x LiteOn DH-20A3P-12C 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM 129936 £14.12 £14.12
1 x LiteOn DH-16D2P 16x52 DVD-Rom Black Bare Drive - OEM 129551 £8.11 £8.11
1 x Seagate 160GB 7200.10 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache - OEM 122660 £28.56 £28.56
1 x Kingston 2GB KIT (2X1GB) DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300 CL5 Non Ecc 1.8V 91124 £42.54 £42.54
1 x ASUS M2NPV-VM NF430 Socket AM2 PCI-E DDR2 SATA uATX 113975 £42.30 £42.30
1 x AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) Socket AM2 Energy Efficient L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor 125199 £34.35 £34.35
1 x Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive Black - OEM 74629 £3.17 £3.17
1 x Logitech Media Keyboard - Black 101360 £7.81 £7.81
1 x Logitech S96 Black Optical Mouse - OEM 129830 £4.23 £4.23
1 x Logitech X-230 2.1 Speaker System - 32W RMS 116852 £21.05 £21.05

im also going to be getting a dvb-c card.

i think thats everything so let me know if somethings missing.

 

[Exclusive]

get a bigger monitor and a higher capacity hard drive

 

[Viper]

get a bigger monitor and a higher capacity hard drive

so does the rest sound good enough? going to uni in September and thought it'll be cheaper to build a new system with a dvb-c card then to buy a cheap laptop, tv and cable box.

 

[Viper]

what do think about this, dont really want to pay any more.

h**p://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/131224

 

[trashuk]

yeah all looks ok for a uni computer. just make sure the psu good enough to handle it all....£16 for a case and a psu cheap ...and might be sub standard for what you need.

 

[tidyant]

Hi mate spec looks ok.

Personally i wouldn't bother with a floppy drive. I would swap that for a internal card reader portable memory is much better than floppy.

Also do you really need a dvd-rom and dvd+/-rw??

As for the monitor for about the same price you can get a 19" widescreen : 5ms response from www.aria.co.uk. In fact before you buy have a look at there super specials section you might save yourself some money.

I think Trashuk is right also that power supply may not be up to the job i would be looking around the 500w sort of range to power your system..

Hope this helps..

 

[Exclusive]

I know PC's are the best for uni, but get your self a laptop

good points are

Can take it to uni and connnect to wifi to do your work, library, lectures etc

Go to your mates house to have study sessions