spec for general use pc

paulski

paulski

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dad wants a new pc
he has monitor keyboard mouse dvd drives but need the rest
its will be use for web email photos the odd game
i want it to be able to up grade in the future
this is what i came up with:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £33.99
(£39.94) £33.99
(£39.94)
Belkin F5D7051UK 125Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano Midi-Tower Case (Black) / Thermaltake ToughPower 500W Modular PSU - Bundle £82.98
(£97.5) £82.98
(£97.50)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
Sub Total : £370.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £67.18
Total : £451.04


is the stock cooler ok as i dout that it will be overclocked
is there anything that is missing
will vista 64 bit run ok with 2gig ram would like to go to 4 gig at a later date

thanks
paul
 
or would this case be better
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
and get more ram
paul
 
LOL Paul!

I'm doing exactly the same thing! My Dads got a Tiny PC that he's had for the last 8 years! With Windows 98 2nd Edition on it. I'm building a new PC for him and he's told me to keep it below £500. He has Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse. He'll be using it mainly for his work files, i.e. word docs, loads of music, watching films, downloading, surfing net, burning files etc. Not for games though. Potential spec:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail - £57.56

Motherboard: Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £78.71

Memory: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) - £35.24

GPU: PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO SCS3 SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £29.26

Drive: Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £17.66

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) - £44.64 (Will be partitioned into 3 parts)

Case: Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU - £61.09

PSU: Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel - £52.86

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-05040) - £89.29

Total Price - £466.37

I know the board is crossfire and I said he won't game but at least it makes it future proof for a bit. Can add more memory and better CPU if he needs it down the line too. But the above spec will be more than enough for him for years.

What does everyone think? OK?

Thanks,

RoEy
 
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RoEy said:
Memory: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) - £35.24

Case: Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU - £61.09

PSU: Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel - £52.86

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-05040) - £89.29

What does everyone think? OK?

Thanks,

RoEy
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Go for the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400C5 memory, saves a bit of money and still do the job.

swap the psu/case for the Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case (has a EarthWatts 500W PSU).

unless theres something in xp pro he really needs go with xp home.

paulski:

think thats as bout as good as it will get, do a nice job for him as well :D
 
Thanks mp260767,

I like the case I chose as it's got better reviews than the one you suggested although it's a good price for that and the PSU.

The reason I chose Windows XP Pro edition oppose to Home is that I recently read Home doesn’t support dual CPU's. I've never heard this before but don't want to take the risk hence the reason I'm going for Pro.

Thanks for your advice,

RoEy
 
RoEy said:
Thanks mp260767,

I like the case I chose as it's got better reviews than the one you suggested although it's a good price for that and the PSU.

The reason I chose Windows XP Pro edition oppose to Home is that I recently read Home doesn’t support dual CPU's. I've never heard this before but don't want to take the risk hence the reason I'm going for Pro.

Thanks for your advice,

RoEy
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i'm using home with a c2d 6300 without any issues.

if you;re going for a seperate case have a look at the Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case.
 
Thanks.

I'll have a look. I like the sound proofing with the Antec though.

RoEy
 
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