Building a rig for someone..

tl-2k7

tl-2k7

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Asrock Socket 939 Mainboard onboard video 939N68PV-GLAN £59

Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz Dual-Core Processor (LGA775) - Retail

160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM £40

512Mb DDR333 PC2700 Adata/PQI £22

ATX Midi-tower case (450 Watt PSU Included) X-Blade Black 2 USB £42

Total = £180

Does this seem alright, it is for just an Internet/MSN rig basically
 
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Unless the description is wrong you are pairing a socket 754 motherboard with an AM2 CPU so nope, not ok I'm afraid. AM2 CPUs also require DDR2 usually so one way or t'other something needs to change.

If it is just basic uses then this should be fine but includes 2gb Ram, DVDRW and a better CPU for the same sort of overall price.

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
LiteON DH-20A4P-21C 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Akasa AK-862 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Asus Vintage V2-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2) £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
Sub Total : £146.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £27.46
Total : £184.35
 
Asus Socket 754 Mainboard K8V-MX
Product specification: Max CPU: Athlon 64 3700/Sempron 64 3400. Front Side Bus Up To 800MHz. Max Memory: 2Gb DDR 400. Expansion Slots: 1 x AGPx8/ 3 x PCI. Storage Controller: 2 x P-ATA/133/ 2 x S-ATA/150. On-board LAN, Sound & Video. Manual, Leads & Drivers.

That is what it says on the website BEEP
 
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I think you should remove the link there as it is against the rules in the FAQ but to expand, yes it supports Semprons of that speed but it is for socket 754 only, they are not interchangeable. Socket 754 is about 1.5-2 generations previous (the .5 is because it ran in parallel with socket 939 for a while) and only supports DDR Ram, not DDR2. :)
 
I second semi-pro waster's spec, it'll be faster than the one you originally put together (would it actually all fit in place :)) and I don't think you could get it much faster for that sort of budget
 
socket AM2 with a 939 CPU???
doesnt work? unless u glue a few more pins on, but dont bank on it working
 
Thanks for the slap and making me make the coffee

Now, here we go

Abit AN-M2 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £21.99

Asus Silent Square Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £33.99

HP dvd1060 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Antec NSK 3480 Micro ATX Case - 380W Earth Watts PSU £49.99

Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) £13.99
 
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512MB isn't enough, I'd fit 1GB. Although with prices of RAM might as well get 2GB. On my HTPC (2GB RAM) it's hovering with 800MB used peak. So if you're doing some heavy image work it'll go over. Also with net browser open with a few pages can use fair bit of RAM.

As for AMD verus Intel, any will do. And low end dual core will be plenty.
 
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The Silent Square seems slightly overkill given it is a low end system but given I don't know exactly what your local shop sells so I can only suggest any cooler which supports the AM2 socket and spend the money saved on 2gb Ram. Other than that it looks fine.
 
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