Gaming PC-What to buy?

[Anyone]

Ok going From a 2000+,on an asrock K7s8x mobo 266 bus!,with 1 GB DDR.
Need advise what to get...For basically a purely gaming machine
Played with idea of P4....Is it better to stick with AMD..better for gaming?
For a sub 1000 pound whats best??
Let the fighting begin..!!!

[jsnemesis]

sales@kustompc.co.uk
Tell them what u want it for and the budget and they will do the rest!

btw.
AMD 64!

JS

[mr-white]

AMD64 ...nuff said
lots of quick mem..... about 1gig
good gfx card atleast £200s worth

MW

[haz]

as has been discussed many a time...

AMD is better than Pentium4 for games

Pentium's are better for video editing etc.

You'd be wanting the AMD...

[Anyone]

Something like:- AMD 3500+ about =190
ASUS mobo A8N(1 with SLI+PCI-X) about =115
PSU (650w)-(Graphics recom. 450w+) about =30
Got x2 512 Corsair(value) DDR400
(Use out of old tower)
Poss. Coolermaster tower about =90
THEN!! PCI-x N-Videa 6800 ULTRA! about =400

Sound like it will do its gaming job,good enough??
Leaving everything as it is,without any overclocking..would there be any need for extra cooling???

[jsnemesis]

Don't skimp on the PSU. If it's cheap, and it blows, and it takes say, you motherboard with it, you're gonna be annoyed you didn't pay a little extra for the reliability you get with the more expensive PSU's. I know I wouldn't trust that sort of kit with that PSU.

Antec/Tagan/ etc.

Stick with the well known brands. They're expensive for a reason.

JS