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. List of lists

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