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Been asked by a friend to build him a new desktop pc.. The catch is, he only wants to spend £350.. He wants it for mainly photo editing, though he would like to do some light gaming. The only way i've been able to draw up some kind of system is, if i donate my old e6600 to the cause. Anyway can you guys give the rest of the spec alook over. Also i will be clocking the cpu to 3.2mhz as i know it runs loverly at that speed. will the mobo take the clock?

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When you say light gaming...just how light? Do you have an old optical drive anywhere that you could bung in (even an old IDE drive would do it). Or if you wanted to go for best performance NOW, you could always drop it down to 2Gb of RAM with a view to expanding to 4 later, and spend the remainder on a better HDD (only a few quid more) and perhaps a better gfx card/case/mobo/mouse.

I presume that you have an OS/montior/kb/mouse for him already?
 
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Devrij said:
When you say light gaming...just how light? Do you have an old optical drive anywhere that you could bung in (even an old IDE drive would do it). Or if you wanted to go for best performance NOW, you could always drop it down to 2Gb of RAM with a view to expanding to 4 later, and spend the remainder on a better HDD (only a few quid more) and perhaps a better gfx card/case/mobo.
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He loves playing need for speed shift on my pc, so really wants to play that. for some unknown reason he has bought an 27" lcd tv (720p) what i have already told him will be rubish for photo editing. At least the gpu won't be taxed, thats why i think a 4850 will do him.
I had thought about droping to 2gb of ram, but as he really wants it for photo editing mainly in raw format using photo shop cs4, thought best to give him 4gb.
At he moment he is using a laptop with a low end c2d and 3gb ram, so he really wants to see an improvement over that. Dvd-r is a must as he archives on dvd's...! (Yes i know, bloody pain). I think if i sat him down to decide the componants he will go for a larger 500gb hdd (i hope)..
And yes he already has keyboard, mouse and windows 7 (pre ordered £49 last year still unopened!)
Thanks for the replys guys
 
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Asus V6-M4A3000E Barbone System (Socket AM3) Asus V6-M4A3000E Barbone System (Socket AM3) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £41.98
(£35.73) £41.98
(£35.73)
Sub Total : £321.66
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £57.95
Total : £389.11


OR.....

Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage Benchmarking Software (PVS24G6400LLKNB) Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage Benchmarking Software (PVS24G6400LLKNB) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £51.00
(£43.40) £51.00
(£43.40)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Intel G31 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Intel G31 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
OcUK 450W Dual-Rail High Efficiency Power Supply OcUK 450W Dual-Rail High Efficiency Power Supply £34.99
(£29.78) £34.99
(£29.78)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £315.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £57.30
Total : £384.72

Either of these tbh, try and push for it :P
 
how about something like this

Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C7DC) £94.99
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 545 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £69.99
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £44.99
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.98
Coolermaster Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Total: £347.93

using onboard radeon HD 3000, then you could tell him to get a better gpu later when he has some more money, and doesn't require you to give him your cpu

As its also using AM3 and DDR3, it should be able to be upgraded further in the future if needed
 
for some unknown reason he has bought an 27" lcd tv (720p) what i have already told him will be rubish for photo editing.
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Does he have the receipt?

If it was bought online in the last 7 days he should be able return it under the DSR. How much did he pay for this TV?
 
He wouldn't see a massive improvement over his rig by moving to an e6600 though, that's the real issue. Might even be worthwhile looking at a q8300 and having a chat to him about perhaps saving up for more RAM or a better gpu later on.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Does he have the receipt?

If it was bought online in the last 7 days he should be able return it under the DSR. How much did he pay for this TV?
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The prat bought it from a mate in the pub, on the cheap. He sore it had a dvi imput and thought it would be the same as an 27" monitor. I wish he had rang me first. Ow well.
Am3 is looking promising.. thx gents. The only problem is i have no experiance in overclocking amd chips. Though would be a good time to learn.
 
Devrij said:
He wouldn't see a massive improvement over his rig by moving to an e6600 though, that's the real issue. Might even be worthwhile looking at a q8300 and having a chat to him about perhaps saving up for more RAM or a better gpu later on.
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[email protected] should be more than enough for what he needs. The idea is he could use that untill he has money to upgrade to a quad core..
 
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