Can anyone recommend...

ThreadKiller

A good online computer components store ? was thinking of overclockers but the sterling/euro conversion makes it nearly 80% more expensive...

Scruff

theres a sticky at the top of the technology forum:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38836

JustHalf

If you look at the top of the forum, you'll see a sticky. This one.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38836

(edit) Obviously I should type my post and hit reply quicker.

ThreadKiller

Cheers guys, just checked out those places in the sticky, they're all more expensive than overclockers

Hobbes

Originally posted by ThreadKiller
A good online computer components store ? was thinking of overclockers but the sterling/euro conversion makes it nearly 80% more expensive...

Did you convert € to £ or IE£ to £ ?

ThreadKiller

ST£ to €

Scruff

Originally posted by ThreadKiller
Cheers guys, just checked out those places in the sticky, they're all more expensive than overclockers

i've been keeping an eye on the sites in the uk with a view to buying some stuff over the last few months ( been put on hold the whole time, bloody credit card bleedin me dry!! :rolleyes: )
and thought that dabs.co.uk and tekheads.co.uk were cheaper.

suppose all you can do is shop around really.

ThreadKiller

Went for this from Komplett.ie

Any comments ?

1 Pcs 109451 Abit KR7A Main board Socket A (DDR)

1 Pcs 108607 AMD Athlon XP1800+ 1.53 GHz 266 MHz bus

1 Pcs 110320 Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 MX420 64MB

1 Pcs 106976 GlobalWin CPU-Fan Socket A/7/370/FCPGA

1 Pcs 107619 DDR-DIMM PC2100 512MB DDR CL2.5

1 Pcs 109024 IBM Deskstar 80GB IDE 7200RPM


Total €806 VAT & Delivery (2 day) inclusive

Gonna harvest the rest of my existing system (soundcard cdwriter etc)

leeroybrown

It should only be 62% dearer after the conversion to €.


~1.62 to 1

And UK prices are far cheaper to start with.

Go check your figures.

PPC

Originally posted by ThreadKiller
Went for this from Komplett.ie
1 Pcs 110320 Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 MX420 64MB
B]

Bad card.
Any GF4MX is ment to be a little more powerful than a GF2Ti
Get a GF3Ti 200. Its a better card

JustHalf

The high-end GeForce 4 MX's aren't actually that bad, particularly if you're paying the same or just over the price of a GeForce 2 Ti.

Personally, I'd go with a GeForce 3 Ti 200 and O/C it if I was going for a reasonably priced card (which I don't think I'll ever be doing again, because I am mad) but if the price difference is too much don't bother.

astrofool

the gef4 MX 420 uses sdram which will put it's performance level close to that of the gef2 mx, and not even at the gef2 gts level (the first gef2 ever released).

the 440 or 460 would be a much better proposition

ThreadKiller

Just changed it for the 440 which uses ddram for a mighty €3 extra

leeroybrown

A worthwile investment.

THE MX420's SDR RAM (Bandwidth: 2.7GB/Sec) would be a big bottleneck for card performance. The DDR Version has more than double the bandwidth (Bandwidth: 6.4GB/Sec).

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce4mx