Can Someone Check This Before I Buy Please?

P20 · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:24

Hi. Can someone cast an opinion over this one before i click buy?
Its not going to be used for gaming at the moment, hence the cheapo graphics card. I like th case, the quad chip, the idea of 4gb ram. I've got an existing sound card to go across. Have i missed anything obvious, or is anything out of place?
Oh and it'll be running Xp Pro initially

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £60.99
(£71.66) £60.99
(£71.66)
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £11.99
(£14.09) £11.99
(£14.09)
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO 1024MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H240PRHMF256-R) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300C5 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Vista Approved Kit £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Sub Total : £511.92
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 : £91.50
Total : £614.37

Cheers in advance for any advice

semi-pro waster · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:34

Everything is compatible there so it should be a nice system, note however that with a 32bit OS you won't be able to access all the 4gb of Ram currently.

P20 · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:59

Cheers for that. I'll switch to:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £49.99 £58.74 inc VAT

It'll save me a few quid

Whats the difference with the Sata burner opposed to the normal burner :confused:

Sorry for sounding like a complete numpty

DavidB · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:07

Whats the difference with the Sata burner opposed to the normal burner

Sata uses a small cable, IDE uses a mahoosive one, sata is also faster so definately the way to go. If i were you id upgrade the OS to 64 bit rather than downgrade the ram.

semi-pro waster · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:10

Well you should be able to use about 3.5gb of the 4gb until you move to a 64bit OS such as Vista so it is up to you. As DavidB says it might be better to upgrade to another OS or simply buy the 4gb and use most (but not all) of it.

SATA burners use a different data cable (SATA) rather than the older (IDE) that was more common. SATA cables are neater and with only one drive on the chain you need never worry about master/slave designations etc.

Don't worry about asking questions at all, when it is back and running a quick search is often worthwhile but for the moment it isn't even an option so ask away.

P20 · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:37

Right this is hopefully the correct spec(fingers crossed)

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £49.99
(£58.74) £99.98
(£117.48)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £60.99
(£71.66) £60.99
(£71.66)
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £11.99
(£14.09) £11.99
(£14.09)
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO 1024MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H240PRHMF256-R) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Sub Total : £566.90
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 : £101.12
Total : £678.97

Changed to Geil Ram after reading the reviews on here. Will the board take four sticks? And updated to Vista

Think thats everything covered.

Cheers Guys

semi-pro waster · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:57

The motherboard should take 4 sticks of DDR2 Ram but only 2 of DDR3, specification here. I don't know if there will be any difference between the Geil and OcUK stuff for most uses though.

P20 · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:40

Cheers for that. I played with the Asus website before and got lost

I'll stick with the Geil memory.

Thanks for all the input. Its nice to know that i'm buying something that'll work.

Once again, cheers guys

Darg · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:53

I assume you won't be using this to game? That graphics card isn't fit for anything more then general windows use.

EDIT: Next time I'll read the OP first

P20 · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:04

Darg said:
I assume you won't be using this to game? That graphics card isn't fit for anything more then general windows use.

EDIT: Next time I'll read the OP first

Thats usually my trick.
Should be winging its way to me anytime soon :cool: