check my cheap spec!

[fat-600]

This is for a mate, he wants it cheep as possible.
I already have a case, graphics card and cd drive I can sort out for him

he wont be playing games and stuff, he just wants a rig that will last for a while, is it all compatible?

What do you think?

thanks guys!

 

[Pilky01]

Everything looks good apart from that hard drive.
Maxtor = Bad

Be far better of with one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS)

And 500w is an overkill. I would feel much better with one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...max Pro 82+ 385W EPR385AWT ATXv2.3 Silent PSU
The psu is not the place to try and save money

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I'd maybe just opt for the OcUK PC6400 and save a few quid.
I'm not sure what current Maxtors are like, in the past I'd have avoided like the plague but I've not had any problems with them lately.

 

[fat-600]

ok i will look at changing the hard drive, and ram

and as for that power supply i have exatly the same one and its not skipped a beat


thanks guys

 

[funkeh]

Maxtor are Seagate now, every hard drive I've owned has been a Maxtor, 1 or 2 have failed within their warranty, but mostly no probs with them for the last 6 or 7 years for me.

 

[semi-pro waster]

It is all compatible and should even overclock decently enough. I'm not convinced that Maxtor are all bad, it seems that if you get a decent one then it will usually last but they did have what seemed like a higher than average failure rate a couple of years back.

 

[NicNac]

I've always used maxtor drives. I had one 120gig go wrong in all the time I've used them. In fact I have two 40gig models still going and they are 5+ years old.

 

[fat-600]

It is all compatible and should even overclock decently enough..

I am not fussed about it overclocking, he just needs a alright computer, i went and changed the RAM to OCuk stuff and got a samsung 250gb drive, just got to show him tomrrow and see what he says

thanks for the help guys