Building Athlon 64 PC need pricing advice

[Scott Young]

Im going to unload what little cash i hav on a new PC purely for gaming.

Heres the specs:
Parts i have-
Q-tec 450w PSU
Geforce 6800 A400
Creative dvd drive
Chenbro gaming bomb case

Parts i need-
Athlon 64 3500+
512 RAM
Some sort of motherboard

I'm wonderin where i can get the cheapest parts, ive had a look here:- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Athlon_64_Bundles.html

Interested in the £320 3500+ package. Is there cheaper in the UK? I do have an american friend that could ship some stuff over cheaply but that might be a long wait.

What do you all think? (Need some motherboard advice especially)

 

[ming]

Best to look around.. I've seen a few motherboards in Dabs that are cheaper than OCUK.
Obviously, bundles are meant to be cheaper than purchasing separately, but check that they give you all the parts that you actually want.

 

[Steevo]

Im going to unload what little cash i hav on a new PC purely for gaming.
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I thought the same thing about my current PC. :lick:

 

[RickyC]

Komplett are usually pretty good price wise.

Here's a link to their upgrade bundles
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/kl.asp?bn=10300

 

[cryogenic]

Too bad you're in the UK.. Zipzoomfly.com is offering some killer deals on their A64+mobo bundles. They have an Athlon64 3500+ and Asus A8V deluxe for $433 with free 2-day shipping.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80717-2-240412

 

[Scott Young]

yes UK sucks for extra tax charges. ive looked around, cant see betterthan OCUK at the min, but ill be talkin to this american guy see howmuch cheaper he could get PC parts for

 

[Electronic Punk]

one thing to remember is that if something goes wrong with the rig (and no-one can deny this happens) -- returning it to OCUK will be alot easier than getting it back to the states. RMA'ed various items and at least once to OCUK and they have been very good about it.