stulid - Please review prior reccomended spec

bharatg · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:08

Hi Stulid,

I've tried PM'ing you but it seems impossible on this forum.

Please could you review the spec you gave me a few weeks back and let me know if there is any changes are required:

I attempted to purchase the below spec today - however the MB is out of stock..

Thanks in advance!

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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARS) £97.98
(£83.39) £97.98
(£83.39)
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £93.99
(£79.99) £93.99
(£79.99)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £438.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.66
Total : £528.13

got a 500gb windows boot drive for programs and software.

a 2Tb storage drive.

quad core cpu.

SATA and USB3.0

onboard graphics.

nice quiet black case, and quiet cpu cooler.

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:11

Well im not Stulid

But it looks really good mate...i would however suggest the Antec 300 over the case you have chosen but thats just personal opinion.

stulid · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:13

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £88.11
(£74.99) £88.11
(£74.99)
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARS) £88.11
(£74.99) £88.11
(£74.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.54
(£65.99) £77.54
(£65.99)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £421.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £75.69
Total : £508.18

saved you £20, do i get a prize?

PhoenixUK · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:16

lol you've got fans it seems !

Anyways good spec but I'd get different cooler if you like it quiet.
The rest looks good.

Redmint · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:25

All hail the mighty Stulid.

wilko49 · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:04

you took advice from stulid!?! :eek:

CHANGE EVERYTHING!!!!!!

/joke

really, he's very good.

infernox · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:08

helped me with the rig in my sig all apart from the 260 and i love it to bits

PhoenixUK · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:23

infernox said:
helped me with the rig in my sig all apart from the 260 and i love it to bits

Welcome in the freebie quad club ; ).
Good choice of parts I've built many of those.

bharatg · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:41

Nice one buddy

bharatg · 29 Jul 2010 at 00:02

The Asus MB seems nicer to me - I might wait for that to come back into stock... disagree?

mrteabag · 29 Jul 2010 at 00:09

stulid is good,Big.Wayne is better

bharatg · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:13

Hey guys one more thing if you don't mind - the Asus MB is back in stock - which means I'm back in action - the only problem's are:

- A few are frowning at the fact I'm buying AMD - buy I'm ignoring that.
- I want to have a dual monitor setup - I know the MB has a single DVI & D-Sub output but I know for a fact that the quality output from the D-Sub is a lot better. So I'm wondering wether I should purchase a dedicated graphics card instead which has two D-Sub oututs.

Any reccomendations please? Thanks in advance!

Redmint · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:15

Huh? DVI output quality is better, however onboard graphics can't usually support dual monitor.

edit: ignore me, seems that board does support dual monitor:

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=umllTHNRm4IGqnbL

mrteabag · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:16

Dedicated graphics card would benefit you greatly with a dual monitor setup.

bharatg · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:23

I just realised that I connect up via HDMI if I wanted to. Anyway it's done now I've bought this setup

Very excited!

Thanks all and special thanks to stulid for the reccomended spec.

I changed the case to the Antec 300 in the end but everything else is the same as original spec.

;o)

Destination · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:25

Hang on, a d-sub is standrad old 9 pin vga connector isn't it?

Quality should be higher on the DVi than the VGA. Are you sure you're not the guy with qualifications posting under a new name to avoid tons of abuse?

A dedicated GFX card should be beneficial when running dual screens.

infernox · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:56

PhoenixUK said:
Welcome in the freebie quad club ; ).
Good choice of parts I've built many of those.

Thank you for welcoming me into the freebie quad club.
we should make a forum dedicated to it.. i might make one later