Cheap shuttle spec

[Felix E]

Decided to get a cheap shuttle/SFF pc, usage will be Office/Internet, music, films and videos, running on vista. So far I have:


Shuttle XPC SD32G2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ TURBO 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)

Already have HD and DVD. This lot comes to about £400. Questions are how does the E4300 shape up.. should I get an E6300 as it's only 8 quid more?
Also I only need enough graphics power for vista and movies etc.. will the x1300 cover it?

Thanks for any help

 

[koolkai]

To run Windows VISTA more efficiently, go for 2GB of RAM if you budget can stretch a bit more

E4300 will overclock better than E6300 due to higher multiplier, if you intend keeping CPU at standard clock speed, then the 8 pounds for E6300 is OK

The X1300 is quite a weak graphics card, go for something like a 7600GT or X1650 Pro if you can spare the extra 20/30 or so pounds

Decided to get a cheap shuttle/SFF pc, usage will be Office/Internet, music, films and videos, running on vista. So far I have:


Shuttle XPC SD32G2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ TURBO 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)

Already have HD and DVD. This lot comes to about £400. Questions are how does the E4300 shape up.. should I get an E6300 as it's only 8 quid more?
Also I only need enough graphics power for vista and movies etc.. will the x1300 cover it?

Thanks for any help

 

[Stephen B]

sorry, but an e4300 does not clock better than a 6300, but it is the chip of preference if your mobo fsb maxes out at 400 and you plan to use pc5300/pc6400

I have not seen one orthos stable e4300 @ 3.6 either for that matter, but then again that could be an orthos issue, and it takes a fair bit of volts to get there [see sig]

seen numerous cases of e6300 getting over 500fsb, so thought I might clear up that popular misconception