Conroe rig spec

[squiffy]

Collegue is ierested in a new base unit, quickly put this lot together..will all parts fit/work? (memory, cpu, motherboard) without any compatibility problems?


CP-137-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
£135.99 £135.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.99 £169.99
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC)
£99.99 £99.99
CA-005-SS Seasonic M12 Modular 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-005-SS)
£79.99 £79.99
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£20.95 £20.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£59.95 £119.90
HS-021-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754) CPU Cooler (HS-021-ZA)
£29.99 £29.99
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
Subtotal £796.74
VAT £139.43
Total £936.1

Mainly for CAD, multi-monitor and multi-tasking work- would a lesser gfx card be suitable? I could also replace the PSU with a Seasonic S12 or Enermax Liberty. What's suitable PSU 400/500W?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

It looks good to me, bar the AMD CPU cooler. You'll need one that fits LGA775 like the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

 

[Goodeh]

Collegue is ierested in a new base unit, quickly put this lot together..will all parts fit/work? (memory, cpu, motherboard) without any compatibility problems?


CP-137-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
£135.99 £135.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.99 £169.99
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC)
£99.99 £99.99
CA-005-SS Seasonic M12 Modular 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-005-SS)
£79.99 £79.99
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£20.95 £20.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£59.95 £119.90
HS-021-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754) CPU Cooler (HS-021-ZA)
£29.99 £29.99
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
Subtotal £796.74
VAT £139.43
Total £936.1

Mainly for CAD, multi-monitor and multi-tasking work- would a lesser gfx card be suitable? I could also replace the PSU with a Seasonic S12 or Enermax Liberty. What's suitable PSU 400/500W?

If you can stretch a bit for the 7900GS, which is faster

 

[Tetras]

If it was me I'd drop the CPU to E6300 and get X1800 XT and swap WD for Seagate Cuda 7200.10.

Having said that for your uses do you need that kind of grunt? Are you planning to overclock? If not then maybe lesser graphics card and faster processor is better for you.

 

[squiffy]

If you can stretch a bit for the 7900GS, which is faster

Not being used for games, would a ATI X300 be suitable? (dual DVI and compatible with VGA adaptor)

 

[Tetras]

Do your CAD programs have 3D image windows, that kinda thing? I'd imagine they won't be that advanced but never know. If not then I'd say an X300 would do yeah, what kind of resolutions are we talking between the monitors?