Hey guys,

I'm going to be setting up a new gaming rig for my little brother which he is paying for himself bit by bit. I have my own ideas for what to get, but just as a for instance what would you guys reccomend? I'd be looking for a motherboard, processor and graphics card out of a total of £300. The rest I can rustle up myself for nothing.

AMD Athlon XP 1.8GHz
1GB RAM
120GB HDD SATA
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB
Nvidia nforce2 chipset w/ soundstorm
Pioneer DVD/RW
ABIT NF-7S Rev 2 Motherboard

You will need ram too, here is my recomendations.
ECS NFORCE4-A939 (1.0) Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135177

SAPPHIRE 593L Radeon X600XT 128MB 128-bit DDR VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102421R

REFURBISHED: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103501R

Total 271$ Hopefully though you have RAM all ready. Hehe

300 pounds is approx $525 US

You'll have to give us a little better idea of what you're looking for. If you prefer AMD, you have the choices of socket A, 754, or 939. You can still put together a kickass system based on the socket A format, but it'll have little future upgradeability...on the plus side, you can build one cheaply. A socket 754 system will outperform a socket A & doesn't cost all that much more...it has some upgradeability. Socket 939 will be the most expensive option, but it'll hold you over for a longer time.

I don't agree with Avun's choices:

- If you're gonna go S939, get a board based on the Nforce4 Ultra or nForce4 SLI, not the plain vanilla nForce4.

- If you go with an ATI video card, don't go lower than the X700 series. If you prefer nVidia, go with a Geforce 6600GT.

- Get an Athlon64 based on the Venice core, not the Winchester

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz
768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro

Well it is a budget gaming rig.. Lol

Abit AN8 SLI 939 & A64 3000+ 2GHz @ $309.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1495414&CatId=0

MSI Geforce 6800 @ $204.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127179

Don't just rustle up any type of PSU for the above components or you might be asking for it.

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Hi thanks for the responses people.

Here's a little more specifics.

I'd prefer AMD and nvidia boards/graphics as my system has those and is super-reliabe.

I'm ordering a case which comes with a killer-psu (580watt).

I'll check on the suggestions you've made!

AMD Athlon XP 1.8GHz
1GB RAM
120GB HDD SATA
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB
Nvidia nforce2 chipset w/ soundstorm
Pioneer DVD/RW
ABIT NF-7S Rev 2 Motherboard

Just FYI, this is what I have decided on. It's a combination of stuff from Insight and Dabs.

ABIT NF8 Socket 754 nForce3 AGP ATX £45.11

Geforce 6600GT 128MB AGP DVI-I £108.39

Athlon 64 3000+ S754 512Kb £83.49

512MB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 CL3 NP £22.63 each. (x2)

Videoseven V7 L15PS Monitor - £89.99

Seagate Barracuda 5400.1 Hard Disk - £28.99

Case with PSU - £99.99

Total: £478.59

AMD Athlon XP 1.8GHz
1GB RAM
120GB HDD SATA
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB
Nvidia nforce2 chipset w/ soundstorm
Pioneer DVD/RW
ABIT NF-7S Rev 2 Motherboard