my new pc!!!!

[invisibleplanet]

Asus A7V333 (DDR M/Board) 1394 / RAID 1 £69.28
RAMDDRB512ORG 512Mb DDR (PC2700) 333 1 £40.43
CPUAMDTHNG13 AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.3Ghz 266Mhz FSB (OEM) 1 £29.92
HDDIWD800JB 80Gb W/Digital WD800JB 1 £70.57
CASEATXMIDIA15 Silver Nokia Style Midi Tower (350W) 1 £22.25
VGAXFXGF4MX440SE2 64Mb XFX Geforce 4MX 440SE Rtl TV/DVI 1 £37.62
COOLTHNA4 Akasa Icicle 785 1 £4.39
Subtotal £274.46
Shipping (Courier Service) £7.50
VAT £49.34
Total £331.30

and that's how much my new pc cost!!
i ordered my parts from cclcomputers.co.uk, but another firm quoted me £600 to build this. I've saved a fortune!!

I just need to save up for a sound card, and an XP processor (I bought a cheap cpu to tide me over whilst i save up as i'm running on a 200Mb AMD Duron. so anything is faster than that :!

can u musicians recommend a sound card please?
i will be installing some music s/w eg.reason 2.0

[wheezer]

a good beginners budget soundcard is the hoontech dsp 24 value edition. excellent sound quality and low latency at a very affordable price, runs rocksolid with my athlon xp system...

[Sheridan]

M audio delta 2496. cheap, good sound quality, easy to install and get going.

[Loz]

I buy all my equipment from CCL Computers. Great prices.

As for a soundcard, recommendations all depend on what you want it for. I personally have a Hercules Game Theatre XP. It's got a cool dark blue and black external rack unit, with enough different audio connectors to make a hi fi blush. Digital in/out, midi in/out, 6.1 stereo out, various generic audio and mic connectors, and ofcourse a headphone socket. And 4 usb ports. No firewire, though, which isn't too much of a problem for me, since I have no firewire devices.

[kungfoo]

how about a soundblaster audigy2 ? low latency (well well.. just ASIO 1 driver for now - but i think that's sufficient), 6.1 speaker connection, eax2 and a firewire connector. i bought it for 117 €

[jess-ssej]

I'm w/ Loz click here (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=Hercules)
Hercules Gaming Theater XP 7.1

w00t!

I dont know what their policy is for international orders but
www.newegg.com rules.