help spec me a pc

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:14

Looking for a PC for browsing and office applications

Budget 200-250

Thanks

stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:15

What do you need? everything including OS?

corleone Vito · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:17

im assuming he need the full work Stulid

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:18

stulid said:
What do you need? everything including OS?

Yes and no OS I have a CD drive in another computer don't know if it needs softare

stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:20

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £197.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.99
Total : £251.93

Included a new DVD if your other one is IDE type

The motherboard - http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-E33--B3-.html - has VGA/HDMI and DVI outputs for the Pentiums HD1000 built in gfx core.

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:32

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £197.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.99
Total : £251.93

Included a new DVD if your other one is IDE type

The motherboard - http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-E33--B3-.html - has VGA/HDMI and DVI outputs for the Pentiums HD1000 built in gfx core.

Is that processor better than core duo 2 e600 or e700

Thanks

stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:34

Hitman_UK said:
Is that processor better than core duo 2 e600 or e700

Yes,

G620 vs E7200 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=62

It does more work per clock cycle (its based on a scaled back Sandybridge so look past the Pentium name)
It uses less electricity.
Runs cooler.
Socket 1155 board means you can put all the chips in it, i5 2500 etc.

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:52

stulid said:
Yes,

G620 vs E7200 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=62

It does more work per clock cycle (its based on a scaled back Sandybridge so look past the Pentium name)
It uses less electricity.
Runs cooler.
Socket 1155 board means you can put all the chips in it, i5 2500 etc.

Ok but that's compared to 2.5 e600 is 3.06

stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:55

Hitman_UK said:
Ok but that's compared to 2.5 e600 is 3.06

Ah you mean a notebook/laptop cpu, well the Anandtech list doesnt include them.

Are you trying to see how well this PC compares to a similar price laptop/atom based pc?

I thought you meant the E6000/E7000 desktop (core duo) chips?

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 15:06

stulid said:
Ah you mean a notebook/laptop cpu, well the Anandtech list doesnt include them.

Are you trying to see how well this PC compares to a similar price laptop/atom based pc?

I thought you meant the E6000/E7000 desktop (core duo) chips?

Oops E6600 n 7000 for desktop

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-388-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 15:10

Hitman_UK said:
Oops E6600 n 7000 for desktop

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-388-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

Then the link above is still valid as the G620 beats a E7200.

Or vs a E6750 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=60

Remember some of those graphs are "lower is better"

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 00:05

Thanks

Is there other case options

Can that DVD writer be used for writing OS / CDs

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 00:16

Hitman_UK said:
Thanks

Is there other case options

Sure,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XG&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-068-SV&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Can that DVD writer be used for writing OS / CDs

It will burn both CD's and DVD's

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:17

Sorry I ment will it read CDs so I can install os.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:19

Hitman_UK said:
Sorry I ment will it read CDs so I can install os.

Yes it can.

http://www.lgsolutions.com/products...h22ns70-internal-22x-super-multi-dvd-rewriter

The LG Super-Multi GH22NS70 internal DVD Rewriter features a 22x DVD±R write speed and a 48x write speed for CD-R. Designed for storage needs that demand consistency, the GH22NS70 reads and writes in CD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD RAM formats giving you the option to choose the media best suited for each task.

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:50

Thanks

What do I need to look for when choosing a case so that my components fit in

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 12:06

Hitman_UK said:
Thanks

What do I need to look for when choosing a case so that my components fit in

That it takes a ATX motherboard or M-ATX size.

The MSI board I suggested is a M-ATX size so will fit in M-ATX and ATX cases.

You haven't got a graphics card to worry about (if you get one too long then it needs to check it fits within the space.

Sometimes with large (tall) aftermarket heatsinks the width of the case sometimes isn't enough, so the sidepanel wont fit back on, you wont have any issue with the retail cooler supplied with the CPU.

The board in the spec and all the cases suggested are all compatible and fit etc.

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:30

The motherboard doesn't support 1600 ram looking at specs

Would a nvida 7300gs work in this?

Thanks

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:35

The ram will just run at 1333mhz, the 1600 mhz stuff is the same price so makes sense for the future.

A 7300gs it probably worse than the built in core of the cpu.

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:12

stulid said:
The ram will just run at 1333mhz, the 1600 mhz stuff is the same price so makes sense for the future.

A 7300gs it probably worse than the built in core of the cpu.

Ok thanks

What do you think of this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516