help spec me a pc

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:14

Looking for a PC for browsing and office applications

Budget 200-250

Thanks

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:18

stulid said:
What do you need? everything including OS?

Yes and no OS I have a CD drive in another computer don't know if it needs softare

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:32

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £197.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.99
Total : £251.93

Included a new DVD if your other one is IDE type

The motherboard - http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-E33--B3-.html - has VGA/HDMI and DVI outputs for the Pentiums HD1000 built in gfx core.

Is that processor better than core duo 2 e600 or e700

Thanks

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:52

stulid said:
Yes,

G620 vs E7200 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=62

It does more work per clock cycle (its based on a scaled back Sandybridge so look past the Pentium name)
It uses less electricity.
Runs cooler.
Socket 1155 board means you can put all the chips in it, i5 2500 etc.

Ok but that's compared to 2.5 e600 is 3.06

Hitman_UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 15:06

stulid said:
Ah you mean a notebook/laptop cpu, well the Anandtech list doesnt include them.

Are you trying to see how well this PC compares to a similar price laptop/atom based pc?

I thought you meant the E6000/E7000 desktop (core duo) chips?

Oops E6600 n 7000 for desktop

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-388-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 00:05

Thanks

Is there other case options

Can that DVD writer be used for writing OS / CDs

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:17

Sorry I ment will it read CDs so I can install os.

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:50

Thanks

What do I need to look for when choosing a case so that my components fit in

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:30

The motherboard doesn't support 1600 ram looking at specs

Would a nvida 7300gs work in this?

Thanks

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:12

stulid said:
The ram will just run at 1333mhz, the 1600 mhz stuff is the same price so makes sense for the future.

A 7300gs it probably worse than the built in core of the cpu.

Ok thanks

What do you think of this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:23

Do you need one of those wide strip cables for the drives didn't get one with it

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:11

I put all the stuff in the case (ximatek asgard) of the parts you said

Just need to put the cables into motherboard,CD and hard drive.. need to find out what goes where

Edit also I got the two red cables

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:01

one the last cables ones for front

wheres about can only see one 3 pin slot and it dont fit in.

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:39

stulid said:
The bigger three pin looks like a fan header for a case fan (possibly from the front?) stick it into the motherboard at a SYS_FAN header, theres one under the main 24pin connector.

Connect the HDD LED, PWR LED, PWR SW, etc too header JFP1

right

ive done that and i put (speaker) in JFP2

just to check before i boot

i put the chip in the lift plate thing and then the fan on top of it..it doesn't need any paste right? apparently its on there? not sure

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 01:36

i put it in boot mode and its saying

reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key..

it always goes to that when starting now

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 02:29

i set it to boot with the lg drive with the cd in and its doing that :confused:

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 14:39

I've installed OS now and motherboard drivers

But I've got I've got a problem in BIOS the ram was running at 1000 auto so I set it to 1333 and switched it back to boot from hard drive saved and reboot

Now it turns on for a for about 5 seconds and cuts out then keeps repeating

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 14:48

stulid said:
Set the RAM voltage and timings manually to what they say on the side of the stick.

But just set the freq to 1333MHz as you currently have it and not 1600MHz as that shouldn't be selectable.

Its the corsair ram the Kingston wasant in stock..

How can I change it if the PC doesn't go on

The options when I changed it were AUTO 800 1000 1333
It was on AUTO running at 1000 I manually set to 1333 I didn't touch timmings

Now I can't get on pc

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:42

stulid said:
Reset the cmos, turn power if at the wall and remove the battery for a minute. Turn back on and load optimized settings in bios again.

thanks! got it up and running again

so set the speed to 1333 again and the timmings on the stick...
will it mess up again if so should i reset and leave it after that?