A challenge: Compile the best PC for doom 3 and halflife 2 for under £1700!

Yes, theirs went to 225 Mhz (450 DDR). Mine goes 218 FSB (a smidge above PC3500)

Their timings don't like being toyed with though.

 

I made a system for $1000 that suprised me, seriously. (Not made, but, newegg cart)


AMD 3000+ A64
Epox Nforce3 250GB Lite
1GB Corsair Value Select Cas 2.5
eVGA 6800-NU
Western Digital 120GB ATA
Lite-on 16X DVD (black)
Cooler Master Praetorian (black)
Antec TRUE 430w

Comes to a few bucks under 1k. If you had more money to spend, simply toss in an A64 3400+ and 6800 GT.

 

6800-nu?

 

Non-Ultra (meaning, really, non GT/Ultra, the plain vanilla DDR model)

I can play farcry 1600x1200 and 8X AF, No AA. And this is on a system below the card's recommended specs. (Socket A, 1.8Ghz)

I bet it'd tear some **** up on an A64.

 

Lol its me again :S

AMD Athlon 64 3700 (Socket 754) - Retail £316.00
Asus K8N-E Deluxe nForce3 (Socket 754) Motherboard £74.25
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB) £104.95
Gainward Ultra 2400 Golden Sample (6039) GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail £289.95
AeroPower II+SE 550W PSU £61.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200GB SATA 8MB Cache - OEM £72.25
NEC ND3500 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - OEM £52.60
Logitech® Media Keyboard - Retail £14.50
Logitech MX310 Optical Mouse - Retail £20.10
Sunbeam Bubble Light BUL-MU - Rotating colours £9.90
Sunbeam Laser LED - Blue £2.75

Total £1,019.20


I've stuck the lights in too for good measure
I changed from the 3500 to the 3700 because the likeliness of me upgrading is slim, so i figured i'd go for the fastest processor i could (the 3800 being out of my league).
I chose the gainward card because of the 400mhz clockspeed & 1100 mem and also the cooling system looks a bit better (although i cant find any reviews or explanations of how it works (is there and exhaust etc).

Is this the right card to get or is the
"XFX GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP)"
350 mhz & 1000 mem bundle better value as it comes with 3 games? (X2, Commandos3, MotoGP2 )

 

Can't go wrong with the Gainward...and I'd probably take the 3700+ over the 3800+ even if they were the same price.