All this talk about CS:S and Doom 3 has, I think convinced me to bite the bullet and buy a new box, or seriously look at buying one in the very near future if the job becomes permanent. Wheres the best place to buy ? I can fit parts etc and have very limited knowledge of PC's but am thinking of getting a prebuilt box as it would be less hassle. I was looking at this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... stems.html,

EDIT: Bugger, just links to frontpage, look at full systems and look for
Titan Pentium IV 'Prescott' 3.0GHz. Heard a lot about this hyper threading malarkey but am none the wiser as to what it is. Is this a decent price for a system of his quality?

What I need:

* Future proof for a good while.

* Able to play latest games at a good whack - obviously

* Needs to be well cooled as my room get's exceptionally hot and one old
PC has already gone kaput because of it.

* Potentially going to use it for music usage too, so a decent soundcard
would be good from the off, but I will probably upgrade this to a
Terratec DM6 anyways

Also looking at this site www.ginger6.co.uk as they seem quite cheap too.

Cheers for any help.

Iv just bought this system: £540 in total

1 x Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200 £98.92

1 x Intel Pentium 4 2.8prescott 800fsb 1mg Cache Retail £99.90
1 x ASUS P4S800 SiS648FX Socket 478 800FSB 3DDR 400 ATA133 NOT SATA ATX Motherboard w/ Audio/LAN £34.00

1 x Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB DDR 8x AGP DVi & TV-Out £112.84

1 x Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer REV3 For The 9500/9600/9700/9800 Series all Pro's And ATI Wonder versions £10

All from ebuyer.co.uk

PS: they were 3 days late on delivery

4 x Uv Reactive Case Fan Blue £7

40gb Maxtor hard drive £50 (enough for me)

1 x Casecom KG-666-S 400watt ATX Case In Silver With Front USB/Audio/1394 £40 (not the coolest but is cool, if ya know what i mean)

Them case fans are gonna scream. I bet it will sound like a huey taking off when you boot your pc up. Also you got shafted big time on the hard drive you bought. You can pick up a 200 gig one for around £70, why limit yourself to a measly 40?

Were do you get your prices from?







All prices include VAT.

Thank you, I now have to try and avoid buying if I want to save my cash atm.

(Assuming it will work with my PC-2100 memory though....)

hard drive was from some shitty shop down the road! hence the price!

all other prices should be correct NOT INCLUDING VAT