£275 plus vat PC upgrade ( is this possible ) for folding

[babyface uk]

Hi all, looking for a PC upgrade for a work machine for folding @ home.

Got a 40 gig ide hd to use for o/s, got a case, dvd r/w.


so need mobo ( with onboard graphics ) and can take a ide hd to put os on, cpu, cpu cooling, ram ( 1 gig - no more ).
Unsure about the psu as its approx 3 years old and rated at 350w generic.

for no more than £275 plus vat
is this possible

Ta

Babyface UK

 

[semi-pro waster]

You can do it pretty easily, if you wanted to get closer to the limits of your budget just stick a 4300 or 6300 in.

Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Intel Pentium 4 820 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.8GHz (800FSB) - Retail £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £172.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £31.83
Total : £213.74

 

[babyface uk]

You can do it pretty easily, if you wanted to get closer to the limits of your budget just stick a 4300 or 6300 in.

Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Intel Pentium 4 820 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.8GHz (800FSB) - Retail £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £172.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £31.83
Total : £213.74

thats well under, would be looking c2d then but does that mobo have onboard graphics as I can't tell

any good for overclocking?

ta

Babyface UK

 

[semi-pro waster]

The motherboard has onboard graphics and not great for overclocking, it is one of the limitations of almost all mATX motherboards, since they are designed for limited space environments generally overclocking isn't of a high priority I don't think. If you want overclockability then this is within the £275 but not including VAT, I'm guessing you will claim it back through work.

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
MSI GeForce 6200 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £264.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £47.93
Total : £321.83

 

[babyface uk]

slight adjustment

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84) £101.99
(£119.84)
MSI GeForce 6200 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £271.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £49.16
Total : £330.06

your thoughts please, also is the retail intel cooler any good for overclocking
and you are correct on the vat
also forgive my thickness but is the OCUK ram at 800mhz ok for a 1066 fsb chip?
ta

Babyface

 

[semi-pro waster]

The retail cooler is good for a moderate overclock I believe, it is difficult to give exact figures but somewhere around 2.8ghz should be achievable with a bit of luck, possibly higher but it does very much depend on individual components.

The Ram is fine for the CPU, it will work without any problems.

 

[babyface uk]

many thanks Semi-pro

Babyface UK