Help me choose , all replies apprieciated.

Hello , I've just joined this website, although I started reading most of the other threads a while ago.

I'm looking to buy a new pc soon , round about christmas time.

I want to buy a pc from a store in my city.

I will be using it for games like warcraft and championship manager etc. Also I will be using it to download music and movies and play movies and music too.

My budget is around £350-£400

Heres the link , to this computer store near me , it's fairly cheap I think.

http://www.dacomputers.com/pcconfig.php?pcid=53

Could you please go on here and tell me what customised specifications you would get.

Currently I have a amd athlon xp 2.4ghz
512mb RAM
150gb
Geforce 6200
Gigabyte Mobo

I don't really think I should add the price up on this website buy choosing a graphics card , I might purchase one about 1-2 months after purchasing a pc from here.

EDIT : Also after you click the link , if you click 'computers' at the top , you can choose p4 etc , but I heard amd athlon will be better for my uses. Thx

 

i would get 1 gig of ram, minimum, if not 2 gig for gaming.
looks like a nice system
256 ram video card minimum

 

Compare the only 2 mobos:

http://www.asrock.com/product/AM2NF6G-VSTA.htm

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products...board&ProductID=2281&ProductName=GA-M51GM-S2G

The Gigabyte board has a better layout that won't hinder large cpu cooler install & cooling in the back of the case. The cable connectors make sense: top = ide to cd/dvd & floppy to floppy, bottom = sata to hdd. Also, the board supports DDR2 800/667/533/400, 2 IEEE1394 port (1 in back), 8 USB 2.0 (4 in back), 4 SATAII, etc. GA wins hands down.

The bold is what I chose.

 

hehe ok thanks also whats better geforce 6600 or geforce 7300LE

if I want to add the geforce 6600 to the machine i'm creating from the website in my first post it costs £44
and if I want to add the geforce 7300LE it is $48

out of the 6600 and 7300LE which one would you choose?

 

oh , i've just looked on a graphics card comparing website and it's as follows:

Geforce 6600

Manufacturer: nVidia
Series: GeForce 6
GPU: NV43
Release Date: 2004-08-12
Interface: PCI-E x16
Core Clock: 300 MHz
Memory Clock: 275 MHz (550 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 8.8 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 2400 Operations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 1200 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 2400 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 225 MVertices/sec


Geforce 7300LE

Manufacturer: nVidia
Series: GeForce 7
GPU: G72
Release Date: 2006-03-22
Interface: PCI-E x16
Core Clock: 450 MHz
Memory Clock: 350 MHz (700 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 5.6 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 1800 Operations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 900 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 1800 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 337.5 MVertices/sec



So which one should i go for?

 

if u arent even planning on gaming then its not even necessary to buy a video card; the 6200 onboard will do fine for watching videos and other basic video things. Id go for the 6600 of the two if u do buy one tho

 

I am planning to game , games like warcraft.
I've posted the specifications of each card so which one?

 

We're just guessing the 6600 & 7300 specs since the site doesn't specify the brands & models. LE = light edition. Not as good as normal/regular. If it were 7300, then 7300 it would be.

if the 6600 uses ddr2/ddr3, it'll destroys the 7300le (ddr).

http://freestone-group.com/video-card-stability-test/benchmark-results.html

This gives you an idea of where the cards are in terms of performances. 6600 should outperform 7300le. 450 vs. 350 something. Again, without knowing the exact brand & model, we guess.

 

Hehe ok thanks for your replies , i'll guess i'll choose the 6600