Help with spec'ing a new shuttle please!

Johno please? · 6 May 2007 at 11:18

Hello, had the same shuttle for 3 years and trying to play Battlefield2142 yesterday was awful had to have everything in LOW detail.

Im a bit out of date when it comes to all the new hardware so thought someone on here could just give me a a spec list of what would be appropriate.

Current stuff:

P4 2.8
Radeon9800Pro
1Gb RAM

I need:

Shuttle system
CPU
Graphics Card
RAM

So yea just a bit old. I Don't need the best of the best that's out but something that will run current games well

Thanks!

semi-pro waster · 6 May 2007 at 11:46

Since you haven't given a budget something like this might be suitable although you should check that the 8800GTS fits into the case before purchase.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £144.99
(£170.36) £144.99
(£170.36)
Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775) £255.99
(£300.79) £255.99
(£300.79)
Sub Total : £565.96
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 : £100.61
Total : £675.52

Johno please? · 6 May 2007 at 12:21

ok looks good mucho thanks

Yea forgot to say, budget is around £600 max.

semi-pro waster · 6 May 2007 at 13:10

Two areas to knock the price down on pretty easily, go for the E4300 for the CPU which doesn't have the 4mb L2 cache but does save around £30, go for the Geil PC5300 C4 Ram which saves another £30 or so and you are just about on budget. If the graphics card fits and you are a games player I'd leave it if at all possible because you will notice the difference more than downgrading the other two components.

Johno please? · 7 May 2007 at 11:50

Thanks again but according to OcUK that card requires a hefty PSU, 500w :eek:

Any other suggestions, ATi?

semi-pro waster · 7 May 2007 at 12:04

The warning about the PSU is to make allowances for the fact that some people will run them on generic PSUs which are simply not capable of supplying their rated output for an extended period of time. The Shuttle PSUs are well known for being very good and provided it fits into the case will easily cope with the 8800GTS.

Johno please? · 7 May 2007 at 15:50

semi-pro waster said:
The warning about the PSU is to make allowances for the fact that some people will run them on generic PSUs which are simply not capable of supplying their rated output for an extended period of time. The Shuttle PSUs are well known for being very good and provided it fits into the case will easily cope with the 8800GTS.

Ah right cheers matey, do you know how i can find out if it will fit lol?

Also are there any cheaper shuttles my £600 budget is looking a bit optimistic.

semi-pro waster · 7 May 2007 at 16:34

I've just checked in the SFF sub-forum and it seems that there are a few people with 8800series cards in the SD37P2, the next model down is the SD32G2 but it only has a 250w PSU so I think that an 8800series card may be pushing it a bit. It should cope fine with an X1950pro though, the saving on the Shuttle is ~£100 and about £70 on the graphics card if you really need to save the money.

Johno please? · 7 May 2007 at 19:11

semi-pro waster said:
I've just checked in the SFF sub-forum and it seems that there are a few people with 8800series cards in the SD37P2, the next model down is the SD32G2 but it only has a 250w PSU so I think that an 8800series card may be pushing it a bit. It should cope fine with an X1950pro though, the saving on the Shuttle is ~£100 and about £70 on the graphics card if you really need to save the money.

Silly me, didn't see the SFF forum

Thanks again, muchly appreciated.

Johno please? · 7 May 2007 at 21:37

ok provisional spec what do you think?

Comes in at about £510 inc postage, but if you can suggest anything a little bit better for a little bit more im willing to go for it.

semi-pro waster · 8 May 2007 at 00:38

Tsk tsk, not ordering from OcUK.

Nah, it all looks fine, just check on the Shuttle website that it accepts the E6420 (I don't think there will be a problem but you never know).

Johno please? · 8 May 2007 at 17:47

semi-pro waster said:
Tsk tsk, not ordering from OcUK. Nah, it all looks fine, just check on the Shuttle website that it accepts the E6420 (I don't think there will be a problem but you never know).

hehe OcUK have had plenty of dosh out of me over the last 5yrs

Thanks again.