hi- help please

1LoveridgeC

1LoveridgeC

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Hi- first post

I'm getting a computer built for the first time but I need a little bit of help making sure this is all ok :)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) £173.99 (£204.44)

Thermaltake VB1000SNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver £43.99 (£51.69)

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £131.99 (£155.09)

Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £101.99 (£119.84)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £114.99 (£135.11)

Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student 2007 - Retail (79G-00007) £79.99 (£93.99)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
(£50.51)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99 (£72.84)

Sub Total : £751.92
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £133.85
Total : £898.72
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I'm getting all of this from over-clockers UK
I will use it mainly for photoshop but also some gaming,
Is all this stuff going to be OK for Vista?
I use a USB D-link wireless router. Will this prove a problem with vista?
I need a PSU apparently. What makes a good PSU?
Is there anywhere I am unnecessarily spending money? Am I missing anything?

Thanks very much for any help :)
 
Welcome to the forums, you could save some money by going for a Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 instead of the Abit if you wanted as both will work fine with the other parts.

PSU wise I'd suggest a Corsair 520w as being a good choice.

I don't know about your your wireless router but you should be able to find out on the D-Link website if they have Vista drivers yet, I'd suspect they do or possibly that it will be automatically supported anyway.

The only other thing I'd suggest to save money is simply to download OpenOffice, it is entirely free for non-commercial use and offers most of the same functionality as MS Office plus it can save documents in the relevant format for compatability e.g. .doc, .xls etc. I use it now instead of Office and I can't notice any significant downgrade. :)
 
semi-pro waster said:
Welcome to the forums, you could save some money by going for a Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 instead of the Abit if you wanted as both will work fine with the other parts.

PSU wise I'd suggest a Corsair 520w as being a good choice.

I don't know about your your wireless router but you should be able to find out on the D-Link website if they have Vista drivers yet, I'd suspect they do or possibly that it will be automatically supported anyway.

The only other thing I'd suggest to save money is simply to download OpenOffice, it is entirely free for non-commercial use and offers most of the same functionality as MS Office plus it can save documents in the relevant format for compatability e.g. .doc, .xls etc. I use it now instead of Office and I can't notice any significant downgrade. :)
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hmm.... I appreciate your help. I will check the d-link site, a friend has suggested running a LAN cable if it won't work, will that hamper performance?

I will check this openoffice out sounds promising
 
I forgot to check the PSUs availability but a Seasonic S12 500w would do just as well, it is not modular however, an Enermax Liberty 500w is another good substitute and is modular.

All motherboards now come with onboard sound, certainly all that I've seen and while it doesn't compare to a good soundcard at the higher end they are more than sufficient for most people.

All parts will be compatible with Vista, the graphics card doesn't support DX10 though so you will miss out on some of the features of it but DX9 will continue to be supported for quite a while. :)
 
semi-pro waster said:
I forgot to check the PSUs availability but a Seasonic S12 500w would do just as well, it is not modular however, an Enermax Liberty 500w is another good substitute and is modular.

All motherboards now come with onboard sound, certainly all that I've seen and while it doesn't compare to a good soundcard at the higher end they are more than sufficient for most people.

All parts will be compatible with Vista, the graphics card doesn't support DX10 though so you will miss out on some of the features of it but DX9 will continue to be supported for quite a while. :)
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thanks, I don't need super duper sound, if I want that I get the CD on the Hifi thanks for the PSUs how much would DX10 cost?
 
1LoveridgeC said:
thanks, I don't need super duper sound, if I want that I get the CD on the Hifi thanks for the PSUs how much would DX10 cost?
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At the moment, a DX10 card is £260 for an 8800 GTS. There should be cheaper ones coming out soon.
 
At present it is only the 8800 series from Nvidia that supports DX10, they are also fastest in DX9 as well but then you have to spend an extra £100 or so for the cheapest 8800GTS which probably isn't worth it if you are only an occasional gamer. :)

//edit must remember not to walk away in the middle of typing a response. :D
 
Thanks all that is taken in to consideration, I will only be an occasional gamer so I doubt I will see the benefits. Thanks all for your help.

What is the general consensus on Vista. Yay or nay, there seems no definite answer. And if I do go for it, is 32 bit my best option?
 
It depends which revision of that case you have, if you have the newer 500w version then it should be ok according to what they have tested it with but if you have the older version which was rated at 350w (450w maximum) then it is more doubtful. I'm also not sure if that case uses a standard PSU or if they have some odd variant. :)

If buying a new OS for a new PC then I'd probably go with Vista and I'd go with the 64bit version but there aren't that many benefits as yet that I know of, my reasoning for going for Vista therefore is simply that it is new and means you shouldn't have to upgrade for a while.
 
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