£450 Spec please

[AJ_Furio]

is the CPU on the top spec 64 bit? if it is what kinda of issues does this make?

 

[melbourne720]

3850 should, depends on the res.

The Intel CPUs have a kind of 64bit emulation, so they can run 64bit OSs. You can still (in fact most do) run 32bit OSs on it without issues.

 

[AJ_Furio]

so basically i can that 64bit one and just pretend it is 32?

 

[melbourne720]

You can get a e2xxx, e4xxx, e6xxx, or qxxxx CPU, and install windows XP/Vista 32/64 bit on that system.

Hope that helps

 

[AJ_Furio]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £107.99
(£126.89) £107.99
(£126.89)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Asus GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Sub Total : £365.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £65.95
Total : £442.83

Sorry about how thats there i couldnt put a screenshot in?
So with that setup i can run 32 or 64 bit? and it would that come with everything i need or will i need to buy extra to assemble?

 

[AJ_Furio]

I assume i need a sound card as well to play any music?

 

[Kanifee]

no you have on board with that mobo and it will do you just fine, the spec looks great the 8600gt should do you fine if you favour nvidia cards and ther rest of the spec should be a nippy little machine for what you need it for.

 

[AJ_Furio]

great thanks. i only picked the 8600GT as nvidia supposedly have better linux drivers. Would that card support dual monitors or does it get a lot more expensive for that?

 

[Kanifee]

no dual monitors is pretty much a standerd feature now on any popular graphics card and will be fully supported by that particular one.

 

[morguk]

Looks good. Personally i would spend the extra £10 and get the ATI x1950 pro as it is a better card, but as you said nvidia drivers may be better for linux - i wouldnt know. Good build, enjoy! ;]

 

[toothe]

something you may want to look @ the recently released ati drivers for linux.

and vmware etc so u can use ** machine for windows and linux at the same time. great for testing etc or if u just want to play.