Building a New Machine and GFX

[WMain00]

Hey,

I realise you probably get these threads constantly and i'm sorry, but i'm wondering if you could help me build a machine. I know how to do the actual building, but i'm a little rusty on the parts.

Basically my dad has asked for a med spec computer that will be able to do office work as well as watch and write dvd's and be able to edit and look at photos.

I've kind of come to an agreement with him that he can have my 6600GT 256Mb that is currently in my machine, and i'll buy a new graphics card that's better for my machine. Sounds irish perhaps but trust me.

So, i need help picking the parts. The price range is up to £600 but £550 would be great.

As for graphics cards, i wish to buy an X1800XT 256mb. Is that a good graphics card upgrade from a 6600GT?

All replies are welcome. Thank you.

EDIT: Woops, i just so the top sticky. I'm very sorry. Help would still be appreciated though if this doesn't get locked.

 

[RC21]

You miust have some idea what you want.
How much Memory?
AMD or Intel?

Does this include a TFT?
Is it going to be used for Games, if not you won't need much.

 

[Ender]

how about this?
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) -
Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£74.95 £74.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit
CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£94.95 £94.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB
1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£40.95 £40.95
MB-121-AS Asus A8V-E SE VIA K8T890 (Socket 939) PCI-Express
Motherboard (MB-121-AS)
£47.95 £47.95
GX-114-SP Sapphire X1600 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI
(PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-114-SP)
£94.95 £94.95
CD-043-LG LG GSA-H10ABAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
(Black) - OEM (CD-043-LG)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case -
400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £428.65
VAT £75.02
Total £503.67

 

[Ender]

sorry misread your post- taking out the x1600 and replacing it with the x1800 will cost CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£74.95 £74.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£94.95 £94.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£40.95 £40.95
MB-121-AS Asus A8V-E SE VIA K8T890 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-121-AS)
£47.95 £47.95
CD-043-LG LG GSA-H10ABAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-043-LG)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£189.95 £189.95
Subtotal £523.65
VAT £91.64
Total £615.29
and it be a big improvement from your 6600gt

 

[WMain00]

Sorry i should have detailed more.

Preferably a socket 939, gig of ram should do it, SATA drive and AMD, because i like AMD.

As i say, my intentions are to put the 6600GT in my computer, into this computer i'm building for my dad. I'd then get a X1800XT 256mb for my computer.

 

[xirokx]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM) 211
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF) 93
Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA) 35
Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN) 73
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 58
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP) 163 This week only
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN) 35
NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE 30

Total 698 inc vat...

A) I know its over your budget for which I apologise....
B) You can change this slightly to suit your budget i.e. change the PSU, Cooler or the brand of GFX card..Replacement cooler I would suggest and arctic pro 64 cooler which is already £20 cheaper research the other two tho...
C) This is a dual core pc so in 6 months when he is whizzing around the other pcs mentioned above he wont stress you for dual core when he wants to multitask...
D) I havent included a hdd but add another £50 and that should cover it....Incase you dont want some other components I have listed then it will be cheaper anyway....

IMO if you follow that spec you can't go wrong.....

Good luck

 

[WMain00]

I certainly can't go wrong if i was building for a quite cool gaming PC Hell i'd even use that myself. But i'm afraid his primary use is office work and his secondary is photo editing at a very minor scale. It's a nice PC but i don't think he'd need that power.

That and i'd be tempted to take that for myself and give him my computer

 

[xirokx]

well all you have to do is work out a way you can knock £100 off that system and there u go.....I'm sure it wudnt be too tough

You could if u wanted give him your pc inside a new case and take the one I suggested lol parents dont u just love em

Otherwise seriously to spend £550 - £600 and not go dual core is like a kick in the teeth I understand he doesnt need it but its like saying why buy a ford when you can get a ferrari for the same money??

 

[WMain00]

Perhaps...perhaps.


Of course you need to know who you're dealing with. My dad has been using one computer that works at maybe 88mhz with maybe 2mb of ram and no graphics cards for a while now. The other computer is a 133mhz with maybe 64mb of ram and no graphics card either. He isn't exactly up in computer wizard stuff

 

[xirokx]

its like i said mate

why buy a ford when you can get a ferrari for the same money?? or around about

your call....

good luck

let us know how you get on

 

[WMain00]

yeah i know hehe.

oh well ive got a week to decide. thanks everyone.