I am trying to create a rig but i am kind of stuck. I dont wish to spend more than £500 pounds but i already have a case psu and dvd drives just want to get motherboard processor HD memory and graphics card. I dont really play games(ocassionaly wolfenstein) but i still want to be able to play some recent game if i wish. I will mostly use it for programming and general development. Also the usual movies and music. Also I would like it to be somewhat future proof.
The two system are
AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+ (ADA3500DAA4BW) OEM Skt 939
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 SKT939 NFORCE4 PCI-E DDR400 RETAIL BOX
Gainward 6600GT 128mb Powerpack! Ultra/1960PCX TV-DVI PCI-E
Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL3, Memory
Modules With Lifetime Warranty
Zalman fan
Total £428 excluding delivery
Intel Pentium D 930 (BX80553930) Dual Core 3.00GHz FSB 800 2 X 2Mb Cache 775
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro SKT775 1066FSB DDRll PCI-E SATA
Gainward 6600GT 128mb Powerpack! Ultra/1960PCX TV-DVI PCI-E
Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667MHz 2x64Mx64 non-ECC 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered CL5 Lifetime Warranty
Total £444 excluding delivery
I am also tempted by the D 805 and overclocking it to hell but the price of water cooling plus latest mobo and some good ram not to mention a very good psu would make it more expensive than the above options. I will be looking to overclock the above systems so would also like to have that option open too me when i get tired of its performance.
The two system are
AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+ (ADA3500DAA4BW) OEM Skt 939
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 SKT939 NFORCE4 PCI-E DDR400 RETAIL BOX
Gainward 6600GT 128mb Powerpack! Ultra/1960PCX TV-DVI PCI-E
Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL3, Memory
Modules With Lifetime Warranty
Zalman fan
Total £428 excluding delivery
Intel Pentium D 930 (BX80553930) Dual Core 3.00GHz FSB 800 2 X 2Mb Cache 775
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro SKT775 1066FSB DDRll PCI-E SATA
Gainward 6600GT 128mb Powerpack! Ultra/1960PCX TV-DVI PCI-E
Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM
Corsair 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667MHz 2x64Mx64 non-ECC 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered CL5 Lifetime Warranty
Total £444 excluding delivery
I am also tempted by the D 805 and overclocking it to hell but the price of water cooling plus latest mobo and some good ram not to mention a very good psu would make it more expensive than the above options. I will be looking to overclock the above systems so would also like to have that option open too me when i get tired of its performance.