Dreaming of a white xmas?.........nah a new shuttle!

[Jimathy]

Of I've had a couple of SN45G v1.1's for many moons now, both with XP2500+(M)'s a gig of ram, 17" Hitatchi's and 9700/9800 Pro's. A mate has offered me good money for one of them and as they are primarily business machines if I replace them I can write the cost of the new one off in its first year.

So I'm considering replacing the pair of them with one of these!

My main question is really is there anything that should make me consider waiting till say after xmas, new kit that might bring the price of this little lot down or any new must haves. As this is going to be my main desktop for the next three years I would really like it to last as long as poss...

Thanks for your input and time.

FS-072-SH Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775) (FS-072-SH)

£263.99 £263.99

MY-097-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) (MY-097-CS)

£144.99 £144.99

MO-047-SA Samsung SM-205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-047-SA)

£204.99 £204.99

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)

£99.99 £99.99

HD-111-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-111-WD)

£39.99 £79.98

GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)

£249.99 £249.99

Subtotal £1,043.93

VAT £182.69

Total £1,226.62

 

[Tute]

FS-072-SH Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775) (FS-072-SH)

- Nice little Shuttle, although it may be worth waiting for the cheaper version due very soon (you can put the money you save towards other components)

MY-097-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) (MY-097-CS)

- Personally i'd swap this for the GeIL value set. A smidge cheaper, but far better RAM.

MO-047-SA Samsung SM-205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-047-SA)

- Nothing wrong with this, except I think the Dell models are "*** SeX" so i'd go for a 2007WFP

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)

- If you can afford it, stretch to the E6600. It's worth it.

HD-111-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-111-WD)

- Swap this for a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - it's a faster drive. The 500GB version is on This Week Only, if you like. Otherwise a 200 or 250GB version.

GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)

No no no no no! The X1950 is NOT worth the extra over the X1900. Either find the extra for an 8800GTS/GTX, or step backwards to the X1900XT. The X1900 is cheaper but pretty much identical in performance to the X1950.

 

[Jimathy]

Thanks for the input Tute, much appreciated mate.

 

[Tute]

Thanks for the input Tute, much appreciated mate.

No probs at all.

There was nothing wrong at all with your original setup, in that the parts you chose would have suited your needs.

All I did was point out some places where you could save money and use the money elsewhere to get a faster system

 

[toosepin]

I agree, go for something like a Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10

Make sure you get the Singapore version, it comes with a silencer on it or something, the China version is the louder version.

 

[Stephen B]

deffo stretch to a 6600, you wont get anywhere near the overclocking potential of a 6300 with the current SD37 bios

and personally I plumped for a 7900gto, which suits the SD37P's quiet nature