Comment on this spec please

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Wondered if you nice people would have a look at this spec for a friend and pass judgement/make changes etc etc etc...

Their total buget is £500 but I've gone a bit over - would appreciate anything that would bring it back down to that though!

The system will be used for the usual email/internet, plus MS Office applications (haven't included it in the spec, as they will buy that themselves elsewhere as they get discount,) watching TV and also photo editing - something they're very keen on and very good at.

There's no overclocking to be done, and the system won't get upgraded for at least three or four years.

The spec must include everything - including software and the 56k modem (no broadband) - except speakers, printer and scanner.

[edit - not fussed whether it's AMD or Intel based. Right now they're also looking at a couple of Dells - the 3130 I think[/edit]


So your comments on this please!

OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£51.95 £51.95
SW-017-NO Symantec Norton Internet Security Suite 2006 - OEM (SW-017-NO)
£15.49 £15.49
MO-016-OK OcUK Gamer Extreme 178GP 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-016-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£19.95 £19.95
MY-083-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) (MY-083-CS)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-084-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV2000H Hybrid Digital & Anologue TV Tuner Card (GX-084-LT)
£34.95 £34.95
HD-000-MI Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Silver (HD-000-MI)
£11.95 £11.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£34.95 £34.95
MD-000-OK OcUK Value V.92 PCI Modem - Retail (MD-000-OK)
£5.50 £5.50
CA-001-ES OcUK Value Estar Benz Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-001-ES)
£24.95 £24.95
CD-047-LO Liteon SHM-165P6S-01C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-047-LO)
£18.95 £18.95
CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£61.95 £61.95
MB-137-AS Asus P5VDC-MX VIA P4M800 Pro Micro ATX (Socket LGA775) Motherboard (MB-137-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
Subtotal £465.44
VAT £81.46
Total £546.90

Thanks.
 
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Yep, defo onboard:
"Integrated VIA UniChrome Graphics, up to 64MB shared memory " from the ASUS website.
 
looks good, I'd buy Geil DDR2 ram for the same price instead of the Corsair value select since they have a heat spreader.

I prefer the black OC 400W case and reackon it would be easier to find matching drives for it.
 
Hmm. Not a bad idea Ghostrider.

The black case would go better with the black monitor and I could switch the media reader and DVDRW for black versions....
Not to mention the extra grunt on the PSU.

Do the heatspreaders make that much of a difference?

Works out a few quid more but I'm sure that won't hurt their left over budget for software a lot!
 
If there very keen and good at photoshopping, have you not thought of introducing a decent GPU for the machine? You can get a decent card for around £100.. well worth it IMO
 
Yes, but the budget doesn't allow it. The system I've picked has onboard graphics, and is at the top end of their budget, so I've got no room to play with to get a £100 card on top.

Plus anything will be a good step up on what they've got just now - their current system is quite old.
 
-|ScottFree|- said:
If there very keen and good at photoshopping, have you not thought of introducing a decent GPU for the machine? You can get a decent card for around £100.. well worth it IMO
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I don't really see why a £100 graphics card is needed for PhotoShop. It runs on anything, really.

Can't say I'd go with Norton on the anti-virus/firewall side of things. I know it's an easy package, but there are far better options out there that don't bring systems crawling to snail's pace just by installing them (NOD32, for example). Something to consider, anyway.
 
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