PC for christmas

[G MIDY 101]

Hey guys after 2 years of extensive use of my Alienware i've decided to upgrade since with christmas coming the time feels right. But this time i'll be building my first ever computer.. :S lol can't wait i suppose but anyway here is the spec i've put together. If possible can you guys take a look at it and recommend anything that could cause an issue like compaitability etc.. Many thanks oh and my budget is around

[Guest Edwin]

Hi,That's a good set of hardware to go for. No problems at all. Just a couple of things: first, the motherboard - you may want to consider getting an SLI motherboard e.g. the ASUS A8N-SLI. It should only be slightly more expensive (maybe 10-15 pounds?) but gives you the option to add a second video card in future for improved performance (a feature known as SLI). Secondly, the video card - I've heard fantastic things about the 6800GS and it's a new card (vs. the 6600GT which has been released for a while now). Seems like it's the card to get!Review here: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2593&p=9(Note that the review doesn't believe in adding a second 6800GS for SLI so maybe you should consider just getting the 6800GS and not upgrading to an SLI motherboard. Your decision.)Hope this helps.EDwin

[FTD1949 0]

Save yourself some money. The difference between a 128 vs 256mb graphics card is negligible. Im running a Nvidia 6600GT Pcie card and an AMD64 3500 and between the two they take anything in FS9 I can throw at it.

[G MIDY 101]

Hi guys, sorry been a little busy didn't get to check this thread, thanks for your replies i've got the stuff ordered now here is the spec i've decided upon.Thermaltake TsunamiAMD A8N-E PCI-Express MotherboardBFG 256MB 7800GTGeil PC3200 6-3-3-2.5T DDR400600W Enermax PSUAudigy 4I think this should be more than capable of running FS really nicely.. :DThanks for your help really appreciate it!

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