Hi All,
Firstly, thanks a lot for the help you've already given me, I've had a browse through this forum and it has already helped so much. Great forum!
I'm getting the old fella a new PC for Christmas on a budget of £300, not including the case.
He's going to get this case himself:
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU - £72.84 inc VAT
He doesn't play games and the most demanding thing he'll do is post processing images and scanning and manipulating old slides, movies etc.
So far I've come up with the following:
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
OcUK GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £265.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £48.10
Total : £322.98
I've chosen the Gigabyte because I already have a DS3R, the 'L' is a bit cheaper, what's the difference? Good choice?
I'll probably give him a mild overclock to get a bit more out of the E2180, but will keep it on the stock HSF. I wont be around to troubleshoot it, so dont want to do a serious OC.
I only picked the GPU as it is the cheapest I could find that supported DX10 and has HD playback for future, is this alright?
I've checked all of his existing peripherals/software and can't see any reason not to go for x64. I know he's not going to benefit a great deal from it right now, but I've just bought it and had no problems.
I'm looking to buy this for Saturday delivery, so I can build and test it in advance of Christmas.
What do you think, am I wide of the mark or will this do the job?
Cheers!
Matt
Firstly, thanks a lot for the help you've already given me, I've had a browse through this forum and it has already helped so much. Great forum!
I'm getting the old fella a new PC for Christmas on a budget of £300, not including the case.
He's going to get this case himself:
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU - £72.84 inc VAT
He doesn't play games and the most demanding thing he'll do is post processing images and scanning and manipulating old slides, movies etc.
So far I've come up with the following:
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
OcUK GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £265.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £48.10
Total : £322.98
I've chosen the Gigabyte because I already have a DS3R, the 'L' is a bit cheaper, what's the difference? Good choice?
I'll probably give him a mild overclock to get a bit more out of the E2180, but will keep it on the stock HSF. I wont be around to troubleshoot it, so dont want to do a serious OC.
I only picked the GPU as it is the cheapest I could find that supported DX10 and has HD playback for future, is this alright?
I've checked all of his existing peripherals/software and can't see any reason not to go for x64. I know he's not going to benefit a great deal from it right now, but I've just bought it and had no problems.
I'm looking to buy this for Saturday delivery, so I can build and test it in advance of Christmas.
What do you think, am I wide of the mark or will this do the job?
Cheers!
Matt