Gerry@trick seeks help with new system

[coilpack]

Hi Guys - any help with the following would be much appreciated.

Several years ago on this forum I had some great help from members with a
new system that I built. Sadly the system is now creaking, so would like to build a new box. At the moment I have the following:

1) Gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro
2) AMD 2500 clocked to 3200
3) 120Gb Hdd
4) 400w PSU
5) 4 x 400mhz Ram (4 slots on m/b but only 2 work)
6) case, monitor, CD-R, etc

As you can see, I am in desperate need of a new computer. If you could
suggest anything that would be great.

I mainly use the computer for audio apps, photo editing, surfing the net etc.
No games.

At the moment I have a PCI wireless card installed, would also like to have
a web cam if that's possible.

I have a budget of 4-500 ukp. At a push I can use the monitor, keyboard, mouse.

Looking at the above, it seems a bit of a tall order. It has crossed my mind to get a ready made computer, but not sure how that would stack up against building one.

Thanks for looking at my request, hope someone will come up with an idea.


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[Grimley]

Specced this unit up.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - OEM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - OEM £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Pioneer DVR-A18L 22 x DVD±RW IDE Drive Labelflash ReWriter - Black (Retail) Pioneer DVR-A18L 22 x DVD±RW IDE Drive Labelflash ReWriter - Black (Retail) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Sub Total : £342.03
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £61.61
Total : £413.64

 

[stulid]

this build assumes you keep your monitor, optical drive, keyboard and mouse.

this one assumes your case and psu are worth keeping too.

 

[Ryan-3]

I like Grimleys even though no Peripherals are included

 

[coilpack]

Many thanks guys for your quick response

Looking at the items you have listed I noticed one or two things
that I do not need. Like Windows, I hope to try Linux so will be
able to save a little on that. I also have a monitor, cd-r, keyboard
mouse etc.

Not to nit pick, but are there any Gigabyte motherboards that would
be able fit on to the list. The Gigabyte motherboard I have at the
moment has been great, running now for about 5/6 yrs with no
problems, so would like to try one of those again.

As I would be saving money on several items, I would rather spend
it on a better motherboard, cpu, ram. Something that would be
future-proof? if that is possible, also perhaps a cpu that could be
overclocked would be nice.

Thanks again for your input, most appreciated.

Regards



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