£600 spec for dad please

[Calum]

As title really, got xp, monitor, keyboard & mouse - would like to go dual core. (i think he's still sitting with a 1ghz p3 + onboard graphics so anything would be an improvement!) He'll be using it for internet, word etc but no gaming so this should be no sweat for you guys. 2gb of memory would be handy too if it's not too much hassle.

I'll be thoroughly dissapointed if monstermunch does not make an apperance though lol - he's a speccing machine!

Cheers

 

[SiriusB]

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£159.95 £159.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
HD-056-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB ST3200827AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-056-SE)
£48.95 £48.95
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£22.95 £22.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.49 £14.49
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£61.95 £61.95
GX-040-XF XFX GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT44PQA) (GX-040-XF)
£23.95 £23.95
Subtotal £492.14
VAT £86.13
Total £578.27

You said no gaming so got a cheapo 6200. I think it can handle IE lol

SiriusB

 

[Monstermunch]

2 different ways to approach this really:

#1

CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£204.95 £204.95
MB-134-AS Asus A8N-VM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-134-AS)
£42.95 £42.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£38.95 £38.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £478.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £85.52
Total £574.17


#2

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£169.95 £169.95
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-082-LT Leadtek GeForce 7600 GS SILENT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-082-LT)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£38.95 £38.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £535.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £95.48
Total £641.08



The first rig has 1mb L2 cache per core....but personally i'd go for the second rig. The only thing to really watch out for with some of the very cheap gfx card is that they share system memory and will slow the system down greatly. Its better to go for a slightly better card.

The other alternative would be to mix the two together and go for the first rig with the 3800+ instead of the opty.

 

[KizZ]

Get the 7300, it has Purevideo and its newer.

 

[SiriusB]

I'm not familiar with most cards older than a year or two so I just chose the first one that kept him under budget. Rest of my spec is spot on tho I reckon

SiriusB