Check this Spec?

jrsday · 29 Dec 2007 at 18:38

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!

jrsday · 29 Dec 2007 at 19:25

Thanks guys - let me take a look at what you have recomended and I shall be back!

jrsday · 29 Dec 2007 at 20:25

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!

jrsday · 29 Dec 2007 at 20:56

Thanks - I think I'm getting there!

jrsday · 30 Dec 2007 at 00:05

Will hook him up on my Steam account - COD4 is the current distraction!

jrsday · 30 Dec 2007 at 00:08

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!