Just ordered a SG01 need help filling it

lego · 20 Dec 2007 at 16:06

I've been putting off getting an sff for about a year now but have finally ordered and SG01. I'm kind of out of the loop right now and could do with some advice.

The main things the system will be used for will be HD viewing (movies / tv shows) video encoding and photo editing. I tend not to game that much on the pc now, maybe the odd game of css here and there.

With that in mind i'de like a system with a card capable of 1080 HD, with a large HDD (500gig) and plenty of ram for photoshop. My budget is about £600 and i'll need everything (innards) except a DVD Drive.

I have no preference to intel or amd and same goes for the graphics. Though i would like to get a quality PSU.

Thanks in advance

Tute · 20 Dec 2007 at 16:36

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
Zalman CNPS8700-LED CPU Cooler
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Comes to a smidge over £550. Very quick machine. If you want, add another 2GB of the same RAM to take it up to the £600 limit and you're laughing really.

lego · 21 Dec 2007 at 12:02

Wow thats exactly what i had in my cart, think i may go for the 500gig HDD then spend the extra on a quad core (have a 500gig external)

do they run to hot for sff or will it be fine?

Tute · 21 Dec 2007 at 12:27

That cooler should be fine - the SG01 Evo (i'm assuming you have the Evolution) comes with 3 of the 4 fan slots filled already, and the ones supplied are quite good.

Just pop something like an Akasa Amber in the empty one.

I also chose that hard drive as it was on offer.

Tosk · 21 Dec 2007 at 20:51

if your only gonna be playing mid range games and hd content you could go
AMDs am2 chip and save your self money

Abit AN-M2 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Zalman CNPS8700-LED CPU Cooler
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ)