Help Me Spec

coles2 · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:23

Have been recomended oc can some one help me spec

Never built a pc before decided to give it a go (done loads of upgrading components and was for ever reinstalling windows back in the 98 days and fed up with the rubish in the shops)

I will be useing it for work on Autocad photo editing and illustration (thats about it not much time for games )

I know autocad can be a bit funny on graf cards maybe somthing that just works but not costing mega bucks like the autodesk approved ones

Nice case and well made stuff will be good

Big screen

Op System Vista / XP / XPpro ????

About a £1000 - £1200 (if it makes it below budget great)

Not to fussed on HDD size as i have a NAS drive (netgear toaster) 300gb

I am not being lazy i have done a bit of research but a few specs would be great to help me along

Thanks everso (and the sticky on this page is real usefull)

Steve

melbourne720 · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:40

How about this?:-

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£22.31)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
(£115.14)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
(£93.99)

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail
(£21.14)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
(£36.41)

Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£79.89)

Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB SILENT Heatpipe GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£105.74)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£66.96)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£99.86)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£197.39)

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
(£270.24)

Total : £1,126.64

Cupra · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:46

needs an op system.
if you buy xp make sure you get the one with a free vista token

melbourne720 · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:52

paul_64l said:
needs an op system.
if you buy xp make sure you get the one with a free vista token

There is 75 squid leftover, OP choice

coles2 · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:59

Looks good

Can we nip the budget a bit i foggot i will need a graf tab

Thanks

Steve

coles2 · 9 Mar 2007 at 20:07

Anyone else have any Specs / suggestions

I do love to compare before taking the plunge

Thanks to all the chaps who have responded

Steve

semi-pro waster · 9 Mar 2007 at 20:16

Slightly different here although it shares many common features with melbourne720's specification. I don't know how much graphics tablets are but I've left around £90 in the budget. You might want to check AutoCADs compatability with the graphics card and I know next to nothing about screens so I just picked one which looked to have good specifications.

Asus MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £223.99
(£263.19) £223.99
(£263.19)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £114.99
(£135.11) £114.99
(£135.11)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Sub Total : £927.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £165.00
Total : £1,107.85