Its about time someone spec'd me a system - please

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

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I usually build/repair/upgrade everybody elses systems but they are always low end, so expert advice is needed for my system.

I need four 5.25" bays
I will not be overclocking
I do not play games
I may consider a better graphics card if its capable of video capture etc

Here is my list but if you think it needs bettering then please advise -

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)(£176.24)

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£91.64)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)(£70.49)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU (£30.54)

Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU (£58.74)

Asus ATI Radeon X1550/TD 256MB HyperMemory TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) (£35.24)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache (£57.56)

NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)(£18.79)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (£7.04)

Total : £548

thanks
 
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Can you say exactly what you will be doing on it ?
For example, is there a specific reason youve chosen a quad core processor ?

I may consider a better graphics card if its capable of video capture etc
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better than ? does that mb have onboard graphics ? or do you have one already, if so which ?
 
For some reason I forgot to cut & paste the graphics card -

Asus ATI Radeon X1550/TD 256MB HyperMemory TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)(£35.24)

However, for what reason jaykay have you chose the ASUS GeForce and the Abit mobo?

I do quite a lot of encoding, copying stuff to and from HD's etc and after looking at many threads on here I want Quad Core.
 
dmpoole said:
For some reason I forgot to cut & paste the graphics card -

Asus ATI Radeon X1550/TD 256MB HyperMemory TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)(£35.24)

However, for what reason jaykay have you chose the ASUS GeForce and the Abit mobo?

I do quite a lot of encoding, copying stuff to and from HD's etc and after looking at many threads on here I want Quad Core.
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I choose that motherboard as it uses the same p35 chipset meaning you can use the 1333fbs cores, and quad cores, but its cheaper becuase its not very good at overclocking, but as you said you werent thats ok.

I choose the graphics card becuase it doesnt have hypermemory meaning it doesnt use the system memory, which will make it faster.
 
do you need the quad in there ? because unless you do something with your computer thats going to use the 4 cores its probably a waste of money :o
 
orthen said:
do you need the quad in there ? because unless you do something with your computer thats going to use the 4 cores its probably a waste of money :o
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Do you know the feeling that you'll never be happy unless you have something? - that'll be me that will if I don't have one whether I use it or not.
A quad core is necessary to make my willy bigger.
 
QABoy said:
Looks like you finally got your bonus.
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:)

Heres my final list -

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dmpoole said:
Do you know the feeling that you'll never be happy unless you have something? - that'll be me that will if I don't have one whether I use it or not.
A quad core is necessary to make my willy bigger.
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:D i'm exactly the same when i build my rig in a couple of months that will be the first thing i add to the list despite the fact i don't need it, but why not there not really that expensive :rolleyes:
 
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