need some good uk online hardware sites

[sk8bloke22]

wanna get a new motherboard, processor, gfx card and ram

something along the lines of a socket A motherboard (not too bothered how good), athlon 2000+, 512 ddr ram.

cheers. :happy:

 

[sk8bloke22]

i went to the computer fair today and i saw wat seemed like an amazing deal. the nforce board by ledtek and a ledtek geforce 4 ti4200 128meg and a 2.0ghz processor for £295. it was part of the bundle, where the processor is the only accessory, but it is discounted slightly.

the board i think is this: http://www.leadtek.com/motherboards/k7n420da/k7n420da.htm

and the card is this one :

http://www.leadtek.com.tw/www/Web_Leadtek/vga/WINFAST_A250LETD.asp

does this look like a good deal at all, i havnt really looked at hardware prices for a while?

 

[cooliscool]

WOW!!!!! that cpu alone is like 300, and the gpu around 250!!! go for it!!!!!! :bunny:

 

[mann]

yes indeedy

 

[demon]

Well I just baught a Leadtek GeForce4 TI4200 128MB DDR card on the net for £140. I think you can get it for around £130 now. Prices go down fast. But anyway I think you can get a P4 2GHz for around £180 so that deal you have seen seems ace.

Anyway the PC hardware site that I use the most is http://www.ebuyer.com It has a great site layout and good prices too.

Another site that I use to compare prices with but not baught anything from is http://www.overclockers.co.uk

Check them out.

 

[sk8bloke22]

thanks a lot demon, those places are very good. the site where u can see prices of the place i visited at the computer fair is www.ambros.co.uk . its prices werent as cheap as wat was available at the fair.

just wanna ask, if there a big difference between getting a 64meg gf4 ti4200 and a 128meg ti4200??

 

[demon]

Well at the time of me buying my GeForce4 TI4200 (just over a week and a half ago), the Leadtek (good brand) TI4200 64MB DDR was £120 ish, where the 128MB version was £144. I went for the 128MB version to keep my card a little more future proof. I think the card I baught is down to £140 now.

 

[sk8bloke22]

i mean for games like UT2003, would the xtra 64megs make a difference?

 

[Stezo2k]

definatly, would be faster loadin textures and would make it well smoother

Stez

 

[sk8bloke22]

aparently the 64meg card is clocked faster, so fps wise, the 64 meg card is apparently at least level with 128 card. obviously, im guessing when it comes to higher resolutions and large textures, the extra ram is useful.

 

[nemulate]

As a matter of interest a good site I've used many times is http://www.cclcomputers.co.uk Good prices and service!

 

[bodie]

yo sk8te try www.overclockers.co.uk they are cheap and provide great service ...i have used them alot

 

[sk8bloke22]

hmm i looked at overclockers and ebuyer, and a few others (tekheads, simply, microcomputers.co.uk, etc) i think i saw some good prices. apparently AMD are releasing more of their new 'thoroughbread' processors, so i might wait till the older XP processors drop in price.

on a side note, ram is so expensive these days. about 6 months ago i could buy 256 sdram for under £20, now its like double the price, although if i exchange my current ram now, i get more than wat i paid for (or at least the same price)...which is one benefit i guess.

 

[demon]

Yeah AMD have released a bit of a shocker in the CPU world with an XP2600+ CPU running at a clock speed of just over 2GHz. They are also releasing a XP2400. As of yet I don't know the prices.

 

[Stezo2k]

yep they have today (or was it 2600?) i got the news from http://www.xp-erience.org/ i duno about the price

Stez