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jrsday

jrsday

jrsday

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Trying to put together a new build for my father who needs something for day to day use and music - i.e. rig it up to a fairly top wack HiFi system hence need the L R audio out on the front panel of the XFi platinum. Am trying to stay in the £900 mark but am already £50 over.

Your thoughts would be welcome!
Have opted for the Foxconn MoBo to get DDR3 cover in the future - is this wise or should I just stick wih DDR2 and get more memory!?




Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series Sound Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Asus ATI Radeon X1050/TD 256MB HyperMemory TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
OEM Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Foxconn X38A Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Gold (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G13332GK)


Thanks!:)
 
can you describe day to day use

if its office work and web browsing
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 512MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11117-02-10R) £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series Sound Card - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £550.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £96.40
Total : £647.28

if you want to get a faster cpu, the only ones i would get are the e6750 ,q6600 or e2180
maybe get a HD-DVD or bluray drive for HD movies as that spec should handle HD media without a problem
 
definately dump that processor in favour of a 2180 and a good cpu cooler(tuniq tower/arctic freezer 7 pro/thermalight 120 extreme) and clock it, far better value than the E6850

spend that little extra money on a slightly better graphics card, a 512MB 8600 or something along those lines =]

jak's spec does, as ever, look good.
 
Ok guys....thanks for your input so far - and yes by day to day I mean office, email, digi pics, internet etc. I have tweaked a little based on your recomendations and now have this:

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series Sound Card - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £10.99
(£12.91) £10.99
(£12.91)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Sub Total : £663.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £116.18
Total : £780.06


As this is for my father and he is 300 miles from me my hunch is not to overclock as if anything goes wrong he is a luddite and it is a long way for me to travel or a complicated phone call so back to original question - the idea is that this will last him many years of internet etc so I would like to make it as future proof as possible - is it worth going for bottom end DDR3 now?

Thanks again!
 
ddr3 is not worth even mentioning at the moment as it offers no real benifits over DDR2 especially if overclocking is not going to be considered. a quad is pointless for office work unless it includes encoding videos and media. a e2180 should be fast enough anyway

at that price, i would get a 256MB 3850 as a graphics card but it would be overkill for him. however it does make it possible for you to game on his Pc when your visiting
 
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just to check, are you building a your dad a high spec gamign rig for soley office work or is it secretly for when you or other relatives visit him and they want to play pc games like CoD4 or other new games on it?
 
I have build several p4 based systems this year with bits I blagged or got from the bay of e that would do what your Dad needs. I am currently typing on a machine that cost me £35. 3ghz Hyper threading, 1gb ram.

If you were closer you could have it for £100. :)

My new stuff comes Monday:cool:
 
BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99

massive waste of time as someone said

replace it with either a (probably cheaper) 8600GT 512 or a 3850
 
Back to Chrispystix and your point - I too have done similar - best yet is lifted a P4 HT system out of the local skip - plugged in a new HD and loaded the OS and hey presto!! It works but it is a bit sh*te - and this one for my Dad isn't my money so should keep him happy for some time!
 
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