10 Oct 2008 at 22:52 #1 Tummy Tummy Caporegime Joined 4 Sep 2008 Posts 28,836 Location Yorkshire. A Friend of mine has about £500 to spend on a system for Uni. Monitor is optional. Will be used for a lot of movie / photo editing. The odd game. Advice ? Was thinking along the lines of at least a core 2 with 4 GB ram.
A Friend of mine has about £500 to spend on a system for Uni. Monitor is optional. Will be used for a lot of movie / photo editing. The odd game. Advice ? Was thinking along the lines of at least a core 2 with 4 GB ram.
10 Oct 2008 at 23:01 #2 jak731 jak731 Soldato Joined 17 Mar 2007 Posts 5,508 Location Plymouth jsut a bit over Your basket Product Name Qty Price Line Total OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £24.99 (£29.36) £24.99 (£29.36) Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86) £84.99 (£99.86) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £36.99 (£43.46) £36.99 (£43.46) Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £103.99 (£122.19) £103.99 (£122.19) Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £59.99 (£70.49) £59.99 (£70.49) Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £39.99 (£46.99) £39.99 (£46.99) HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99 (£70.49) £59.99 (£70.49) Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99 (£18.79) £15.99 (£18.79) Sub Total : £426.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with: City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) (This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £76.98 Total : £516.85 change the case if you dont like it quad core for if a lot of encoding is needed esp video editing. only 2gb of ram though. good mb there for makign the pc a bit more futureproof.
jsut a bit over Your basket Product Name Qty Price Line Total OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £24.99 (£29.36) £24.99 (£29.36) Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86) £84.99 (£99.86) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £36.99 (£43.46) £36.99 (£43.46) Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £103.99 (£122.19) £103.99 (£122.19) Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £59.99 (£70.49) £59.99 (£70.49) Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £39.99 (£46.99) £39.99 (£46.99) HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99 (£70.49) £59.99 (£70.49) Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99 (£18.79) £15.99 (£18.79) Sub Total : £426.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with: City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) (This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £76.98 Total : £516.85 change the case if you dont like it quad core for if a lot of encoding is needed esp video editing. only 2gb of ram though. good mb there for makign the pc a bit more futureproof.
10 Oct 2008 at 23:27 #3 Mr.Nick Mr.Nick Associate Joined 7 Oct 2008 Posts 1,372 Location Herefordshire Hey, How about this? I presume you have a mouse and keyboard, sorry no Monitor Leaves about £25 to spare, maybe for a sound card or a games or two? CPU £117.49 inc VAT Motherboard £46.99 inc VAT GPU £119.84 inc VAT PSU £49.34 inc VAT Ram £32.89 inc VAT HD £49.34 inc VAT DVD RW £17.61 inc VAT Case £28.19 Total: £474.55 Last edited: 10 Oct 2008
Hey, How about this? I presume you have a mouse and keyboard, sorry no Monitor Leaves about £25 to spare, maybe for a sound card or a games or two? CPU £117.49 inc VAT Motherboard £46.99 inc VAT GPU £119.84 inc VAT PSU £49.34 inc VAT Ram £32.89 inc VAT HD £49.34 inc VAT DVD RW £17.61 inc VAT Case £28.19 Total: £474.55
10 Oct 2008 at 23:29 #4 jak731 jak731 Soldato Joined 17 Mar 2007 Posts 5,508 Location Plymouth Mr.Nick, the 4850 for £20 more is a much better card.
10 Oct 2008 at 23:47 #5 Mr.Nick Mr.Nick Associate Joined 7 Oct 2008 Posts 1,372 Location Herefordshire Okiedokie I'll edit my last post then.
11 Oct 2008 at 15:04 #6 Tummy Tummy Caporegime OP Joined 4 Sep 2008 Posts 28,836 Location Yorkshire. Thanks for the reply. I'm going to have a look into what you said, as i'm building it
11 Oct 2008 at 17:44 #7 TheRedZealot TheRedZealot Soldato Joined 20 Oct 2007 Posts 2,778 Location South Yorkshire My contribution