Eyeglass me some pc's

M0T · 7 Aug 2006 at 19:25

Right I need 2 identical pc's for around £600 each, I don't need any monitors, keyboards or mice or speakers. 1 Computer needs a case + Hard drive and both need PSU's.

What can you recommend?

hp7909 · 7 Aug 2006 at 19:31

What will they be used for if you don't mind me asking?

M0T · 7 Aug 2006 at 19:33

Web browsing and a few games.

comp builder · 7 Aug 2006 at 20:56

M0T said:
Web browsing and a few games.

so why do you need two identical ones??

i will try and spec you one now

M0T · 7 Aug 2006 at 20:57

One for me and one for my dad

He wanted a new pc and he is buying me one for my birthday because we don't live together and mine is toast

comp builder · 7 Aug 2006 at 21:10

MOBO
Sapphire PURE RD580 CrossFire Advantage (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (PC-A9RD580Adv) (MB-004-SP)
Price: £79.95 (£93.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

CPU (in offers)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
Price: £137.95 (£162.09 Including VAT at 17.5%)

GRAPHICS CARD
BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-030-BG)
Price: £199.95 (£234.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

MEMORY
Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT12864Z40B) (MY-030-CR)
Price: £64.95 (£76.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)

CASE
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB)
Price: £16.50 (£19.39 Including VAT at 17.5%)

CD-DRIVE
Samsung SH-C522C CD-ROM (Beige) - OEM (CD-071-SA)
Price: £8.15 (£9.58 Including VAT at 17.5%)

HDD
Price: £47.95 (£56.34 Including VAT at 17.5%)

total= 614.47 (a little bit over but close

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also a psu comes with that case and i find it pretty good

comp builder · 7 Aug 2006 at 21:12

i just noticed you wanted psu's so what i would do is buy 2 of those cases and use the psu's out of them. i am using one atm it hasnt caused me any trouble

also you never said if you wanted fans or not but if you do have these

FAN
AcoustiFan C-Series Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-008-AF)
Price: £7.95 (£9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%)

(if you want these you will need two. One to blow hot air out of the case and the other to suck in cold air

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hp7909 · 7 Aug 2006 at 21:21

I'm guessing yours will be the one running games more, so 'identical' might not be really ideal :rolleyes:

But this should do...

[*]Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 2 £229.90
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS) £124.95
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) £126.95
Leadtek GeForce 7300 GT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-LT) £49.95
[*]Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 2 £29.90
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL) £47.95
[*]Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG) 2 £93.90
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £34.95
[*]Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 2 £175.90
[*]NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-037-NE) 2 £39.90
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-059-CS) £64.95
Subtotal £1,019.20
VAT £178.36
Total £1,197.56

*Identical

Trigger · 7 Aug 2006 at 21:37

comp builder said:
CASE
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB)
Price: £16.50 (£19.39 Including VAT at 17.5%)

You are joking right? Have you any idea what the rails are like on generic PSU's?

comp builder · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:05

Trigger said:
You are joking right? Have you any idea what the rails are like on generic PSU's?

i use it its fine and what does ralis mean???

Trigger · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:10

comp builder said:
i use it its fine and what does ralis mean???

If you look on the side of the PSU there should be a sticker with something like

+3.3v +5v +12v -12v +5vsb

and then a load of amperage readings underneath them

I think the recommended minimum for the +12v rail was 24A :cool:

Seriously though, you can't run a PC of that spec on a 350W PSU and a generic one at that.

hp7909 · 8 Aug 2006 at 11:24

comp builder said:
i use it its fine and what does ralis mean???

Power Supply Guide

M0T · 9 Aug 2006 at 23:04

My dad has had some input, how does this look to you guys?

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£114.95 £229.90
I Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.95 £209.90

Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £53.90

Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-006-TG)
£66.95 £133.90

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £253.90

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6V200E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-090-MD)
£41.95 £41.95

Asus TA-250 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU (CA-009-AS)
£32.95 £32.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£99.95 £199.90
Subtotal £1,156.30
VAT £202.36
Total £1,358.66

Trigger · 9 Aug 2006 at 23:21

Change the Maxtor hard drives out for either a Samsung or one of the new Segates if you can afford it and you'll have a very nice spec

hp7909 · 10 Aug 2006 at 05:30

M0T said:
{snip}Asus TA-250 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU (CA-009-AS){snip}

Why that case? Seen the Akasa Zen White/Black Case (here)?

Like mentioned before, change the Maxtor to a Samsung. They've not been good lately (i.e. Maxtor's)

IMHO a X1800XT's & 580W PSU are OTT for the 'web browsing' PC, but its your money, e.g. if you reduced graphics you can get a E6400 which almost wipes the floor (see here)

Rest looks good :cool:

M0T · 10 Aug 2006 at 10:47

I will be changing case because I didn't see that one and will change the hard drive.

I heard the E6300 was a good clocker and I am going to overclock as high as I can get so I want a decent power supply, plus its a silent psu.

M0T · 10 Aug 2006 at 11:16

Stuff ordered

UKTopGun · 10 Aug 2006 at 12:21

This is to comp builder but as we cant pm...
Mobo = fine
CPU = AMD, why?
Gfx = 7900GT, why? Just get X1800XT, its better and a lot cheaper...
RAM = He can get 2GB in his budget easy.
Case = With the money he has saved he can get a better case =).
CD Drive = Unnessercary, only real point in getting a DVD Drive
PSU = Terrible

"i just noticed you wanted psu's so what i would do is buy 2 of those cases and use the psu's out of them."
Umm? But they are generic and suck.

I dont think this is a personal threat but I dont think you should start recommending "bad" systems or atleast systems which could be a lot better. Plus its skt939 not AM2!

M0T, why do you want to overclock a system which main purpose is for web browsing? I'm guessing you chose an X1800XT because you wanted your system to last a little longer?

M0T · 10 Aug 2006 at 12:30

If I overclock it it will go faster...

My current pc is an xp1800 running at 2 ghz and all I do is browse the web all day and play the occasional game and its been like that since I got it.

Its just because I can really.

UKTopGun · 10 Aug 2006 at 13:04

M0T said:
If I overclock it it will go faster...

My current pc is an xp1800 running at 2 ghz and all I do is browse the web all day and play the occasional game and its been like that since I got it.

Its just because I can really.

I don't think you will notice much difference if you overclock though. Maybe it will load 0.1s faster or something.