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[PTG]shogun

[PTG]shogun

[PTG]shogun

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this is my first PC i am going to build so forgive me if i sound noobish.

I am building it for my mum who mainly does office work (no gaming ;) ) but ill be setting her up with her old screen and a new one hence the GPU being a 8600.

here is what i have so far:
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Now i have a few Q's:

what size PSU whould you need to buy here? im thinking: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

will eveything work together? is there a compatibility prob im missing?

Will the HD come with the cable?

and are there any general tips for first timers (building PC's David; your mind is wayyyy to dirty ;) )
 
paradigm said:
If she is doing ZERO gaming, an 8600 is overkill, even the lowest of low end cards these days support two monitors in windows at up to 2048x1536 each. Just get the CHEAPEST card you can that doesn't have "hypermemory" or "turbocache", that way they aren't stealing system RAM ;). The RAM you have chosen is stupendously overkill for the system, PC6400 is the minimum required for 1:1 with the FSB, and the CPU (IMO) is overkill for a general word processing/internet PC, get the cheapest 4MB cache Core 2 Duo that is available (if you even think that she will need that much L2 cache - i don't), an E4xxx would do fine to be fully honest, hell, even the E2160 would be more than adequate.

A decent branded 500W PSU will be more than enough, probably get the Corsair 520W.
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so:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
would be ok??

yeah well i did go a bit OTT lol
although one monitor will be DVI and other VGA is there a card wich does dual with both? or a DVI to VGA converter?
 
paradigm said:
Yes that PSU would be ok, but why spend £30 odd more on that than the Corsair (which is an awesome PSU). :confused: Do you like wasting money for the sake of it?

All cards these days come with DVI>VGA dongles.
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nope ii dont like spending money for the sake of it ;) other wise i wouldnt of posted and got a GTXultra ;)
 
paradigm said:
Then take the advice of the thread and half the spec, whilst more than halving the cost.

And GTXUltra's don't exist.
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yes but you get my point ;)

and i am taking the threads advice where have i said i havent?
i did say i went a bit OTT
 
ive been look @ the GPU and got one for about £50 :)

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better?
Its now about £450 plus that screen (dont ask thats not changing lol not my choice it was hers ;) )
 
ok just consider the screen separate ;)

is there anything wrong with the crucial: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-084-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144
? does it make that much diffreance?

Its is by design that i didnt go for optical as she has a relativity new one anyway.

i though of the ATI but i hear they are noisy even @ idel? is that true? compared to the 8500?

EDIT
although tbh if you take away the screens the prices are near enough identical
 
oh ok lol ive never had much experiance with ATI tbh
switched :)


Total : £693.09
thats with the shipping VAT and a stupidly expensive screen ;)
 
8igdave said:
Whos the noob now nick :P 8500+ ram for an office and a 8600 tut tut lol.

Why dont you get the E2140 processor? they overclock to over 3GHZ anyway. I know you said you dont want to overclock but ive been readin up on loads of guides. Dont look to difficult to be honest nick, im sure youd fly through it.


I also beleive the 5300 ram is just an overclocker 4200? so you could just save money and do it your self.



Btw thx for the boweling. was fun :)
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NP

but no overclocking, at least not on my first build ;) and defo not on my mothers PC o0

maby when i build mine and probualy somtime next year, basicly ill overclock when my PC starts to "lose" performance, if ** getting a stupid amount of FPS otherwise i dont see the point ;)
 
shaffaaf27 said:
isnt the RAM OTT?

how about this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-004-OK

and for mobo:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-011-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=205

and this for CPU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-151-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

and i probably would trust this for the PSU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-016-OK&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=456

OCUK sell as thier own
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2GB of DDR ram o0 wtf man i have 2.6GB of DDR ram, plus the CPU needs DDR2 (AFAIK ) and i would never get a PC without 2GB of ram. ever. ;)
The CPU only saves about £20 pounds


And i dont trust that HDD tbh 320 for the same as all the other 250?
the only diff is 0.4 in the ms but that means the make is worse?
if not its a good deal tbh and id be better of getting a cheaper 250gb as thats more than enough for her as has 20GB at the mo ;)
 
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i know lol i went back to the 320GB one ;)


i figure the less i get her to spend on her system the more she can pay towards mine ;) lol (j/k btw david ;) )

yeah ill be doing my system end aug/ begining of september, looking @ quad and GTX of GTS640 (with evega so i can step up to G90's ;) )
 
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