New Build For Christmas

TheHitMan-1973 · 14 Dec 2010 at 22:49

New build for me at christmas , pc use for surfing , blu-ray watching , microsoft word 2010 & photoshop CS5 , no gaming

Advice please , Finding it hard to build a system :confused:

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (2.80GHz, 512kx6
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit
6144MB (2x2GB) (2x1GB)1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory
1.5TB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" (2x750GB - 7200rpm)
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5770 graphics card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Card
Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11
Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module
Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Or just thinking about saving money and just upgrading Dell Inspiron 1720

hinking upgrade to

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

500GB 7200 HD
500GB 7200 HD

Dell Inspiron 1720 T7500 @ 2.20GHz
Windows Vista
320 HD 5400
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200)
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth + Dell Bluetooth 2.0 Stereo Headset - EUR
LCD Back Cover - Mediterranean Blue

stulid · 14 Dec 2010 at 22:52

only complaints is the ram choices, do you already have a pair of sticks? which explains the weird amount and sizes?

and for a non gaming rig, a 5770 isnt needed.

TheHitMan-1973 · 14 Dec 2010 at 22:54

stulid said:
only complaints is the ram choices, do you already have a pair of sticks? which explains the weird amount and sizes?

and for a non gaming rig, a 5770 isnt needed.

What would you recommend ? Saying that i do have a Dell Inspiron 1720 which i was thinking of upgrading to save money :confused:

stulid · 14 Dec 2010 at 22:57

Something Nvidia for CUDA support, such as a 9800GT/GTS250/GTS240

8GB of ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 on just two sticks.

TheHitMan-1973 · 14 Dec 2010 at 23:17

stulid said:
Something Nvidia for CUDA support, such as a 9800GT/GTS250/GTS240

8GB of ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 on just two sticks.

What about this below any better

Intel® Core™ i7-870 (2.93GHz, 8MB)
English Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (64 BIT)
4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Single Channel or 4096MB (4x1024) 1333MHz DDR3 Single Channel
500GB (2x250GB) 3.5inch Serial ATA Raid 1 (7200RPM) Hard Drive
1GB NVIDIA GeForce® GTS 240 DVI+DVI+S-video or 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT220
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Network Card 1505 PCIe 802.11n

stulid · 14 Dec 2010 at 23:19

first build was fine.