New computer

[petermh73]

Hi,

After 3 sony desktops in 28 months which have all went tits up and have had to be returned I have now decided to build my own pc. Not to sure about what spec to go for so was wondering if the spec below could be reviewed and people give their opinion. Computer will mostly be used for pc gaming and dvd backup.

On ssecond note can any one tell me if it is possible to buy a RS case and put in your own components.

Intel Pentium 4 650 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.4GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-091-IN)
£229.95 £229.95
Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-065-AB)
£139.95 £139.95
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-059-CS)
£144.95 £144.95
OcUK ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM (R43-TVD3B) (GX-009-OK)
£184.95 £184.95
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6B250SO SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-021-MD)
£89.95 £89.95
Sony DDU1612 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£15.50 £15.50
Pioneer DVR-109 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-023-PO)
£36.40 £36.40
Coolermaster Wave Master - Silver (No PSU) (CA-037-CM)
£84.95 £169.90
Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£49.55 £49.55

Cheers.

[HITS-UK]

Not really the forum for this but anyway.

Building your own PC is not something for the feint hearted and by the time that you've gotten everything you are more than likely to have spent more than you would on a top-of-the-range Dell.

Your spec looks OK, but I would seriously look at the money you are spending here.

This list comes to over £1,000 and you will get no guarantees. Ring Dell, and see what you can get for half the money and spend the rest on making the system bespoke. You'll get a good deal a good PC and a warranty.

[TygerTyger]

Since you're going for a gaming PC, I'd look into 64 bit processors as well, AMD are where it's at right now.

[kee-lo_]

TT's right, save some cash and get an AMD 64, the Prescott is just too expensive and not as good performance wise.

I did used to build my own PC, but as HTS says there was no garuntees and it was costly, no job didn't help either. Thats when VAIO came into my life....

I think the 900XT is a great card though
Definately make sure your mobo has 1 gigabit ethernet and USB2

[seb21__]

If you would build you own PC, then you would get a warranty too.
But only for the part itself. Not for the PC.

BTW: I think building a PC is compareable with overlocking. Without any experience you could make a lot garbage.

[kee-lo_]

Best of both worlds with DeLL