RRH

Have gone for a Shuttle XPC SN25P Barebone, AMD Athlon 64 (ADA4400CDBOX) X2 4400+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2Ghz 1Mb and 1Mb Cache, Kingston 2GB Kit 400mhz DDR PC3200 Dimm, but haven't decided on graphics card or optical / dvd drive yet.

Have I made any obvious ****-ups in the above spec, and could someone that knows more than me suggest options for graphics and optical drice please.

Its primarily my home pc, but is sometimes used for games- I'd like reasonable video performance, but don't need to pay a premium for cutting edge if that makes sense...

Thanks,
Simon

jpor

iTrader: (1)

This may help on the Graphics side:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html

Bare in mind the shuttle you have chosen only supports 1 x PCI-X card. And also with a shuttle you will need to choose wisely on the card you buy. Especially the new all in one SLI cards, as these maybe too big to fit inside the case.
I know from the 2 I currently own. I take it the case has meshed sides? If not again this will mean looking at something that jhas water cooling rather than fan cooled.
Sorry to be cryptic, but you need to do you're home work before buying.