First Build! :D

luke123

luke123

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This is my first pc build so bare with me.

At first i had 2 pc's one that was blue screened, one that needed a different Ethernet card as it had the old dial up card in it. so i stripped these and just salvaged the fans, But i also have parts of these etc.

I then paid £40 for a hp pavilion f1723 also came with the keyboard, mice, screen.

But i stripped that pc as i was awful slow, took 30mins to load up and get the internet up.

So i was sick of having slow pc's and wanted a fast one, and the price that pc world charges i don't think so, so i have decided to build my own.

I am on some sort of budget but it's not that bad, (Whatever i feel it's worth sort of thing)

It will be a slow build as and when i get funds to buy parts.


Spec:


  • Asus p5kpl-Am Epu
    Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
    Ram is 2gb i think not sure, (But i want to upgrade to 4GB the max it will take)
    Alpine Psu 700W
    Asus EAH4350 SILENT CARD ( Im thinking of re-selling this as i want a better card that was discussed in the other thread)
    Not sure on the cpu cooler maybe the people of OCuK Could tell me :D

    Case not decided yet, but needs to be cheap and accept 6 fans and be a gaming case, Been looking on ebay.co.uk mostly.

    Been looking at western didgital hard drives, but i lost out on it.

    Also The ram i lost out on :(

    optical drives are Ide ones, so im after sata hard drives.

    Need to get some thermal paste



Some pics:

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I also got this from the other pc i stript is this anygood??

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Cheers Luke :D
 
I only need to browse the internet, list stuff on ebay, maybe go on world of warcraft or miniclip etc and youtube, and watch films?

what other stuff could i upgrade to do all this as i wanted then??
 
Reaper 392 said:
have i just gone into a time machine or something? the stuff you bought looks like it came from 2002

*edit*
ooooh, i seee. those last two are from your old PC.
*facepalms*
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Yeah i just wanted to see if it was worth anything and stick that board and graphics card on ebay as i still have the instrunction manual for that as well.
 
Reaper 392 said:
if your finding things sluggish and slow to load/boot up then an SSD for your main programs should help. dont bother with the expensive SATA 6GB/s ones, just the cheaper early ones will do like the OCZ vertex 2E's.
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The other 3 pcs as mentioned where slow which is why im building one, I have the hard drives from them one is a maxtor 80gb, seagate 40gb, western digital 40gb, These use the IDE cable.
 
AH ok then, well should i stick it on ebay and get rid, and get something else, Budget is propably £25-£40 at a push! for a diff psu
 
found this ??

Kingston 4gb 800mhzPC2-6400 DDR2 Memory Non-ECC 240 pin

13.50 so far includes p&p??

£41.89 altogether for the lepa 500w
 
ExecutorKevin said:
Elite 500W Power Supply - OEM RS500-PSARJ3-UK
google that, more than enough to power your system, £25 incl delivery, so copy and paste google it. Decent psu, not on par with the lepa but won't explode and good quality.
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I will get that over the next few days or so then and the case.

What cpu to get??

What graphics card??
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz (1066MHz FSB), 2MB L2 Cache, Socket LGA 775 CPU.

Will that be ok??

Just asking again if i max out the ram on the board, put in a core 2 duo or quad core, 500gb hard drive, will this be ok for playing online games, sims 2 and basic stuff, watching films,ebay etc???
 
These are the specs on (e) bay

Product Identifiers
Brand Intel
Model Core 2 Duo E6600
MPN HH80557PH0564M
UPC 735858190138

Key Features
Product Type Processor
Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz
Processor Type Core 2 Duo
Clock Speed 2.4 GHz
Socket Type Socket LGA 775
Architecture 65 nm
Package Type OEM / Unboxed
Manufacturer Intel

Processor
L2 Cache Size 4 MB

Other Features
Processor Features Dual Core, Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology, Execute Disable Bit, Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T), Virtualization Technology
Compatible Platforms PC
Package Qty. 1


Is this anygood??
 
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