Need a spec please :)

[AsaTDi]

Hi guys!!

OK im looking to build a new system, i havent built one in about 2 years though... has technology changed that much?

Anyway, budget is £350

Here is the components i have already....

Monitor (40" Samsung LCD)
Mouse/Keyboard
DVD writer

So, what i need is:

Case
PSU
Mobo
Memory
HDD
Memory
GFX card
CPU
Sound card (Could cope with a on board one for now?)

Also, im currently on Windows XP Home.... should i upgrade to Vista? If so, budget for O/S is seperate from the build

Obviously not looking for a leet gaming machine for the money, but i use the PC for Internet/Movies/Music... the usual

..I think thats it?

Spec away please

 

[semi-pro waster]

The budget is pretty tight so this is about as good as I can do, use XP for the moment, it is still a great OS and it saves some cash.

OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Sub Total : £290.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £52.83
Total : £354.71

 

[manic111]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ) Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ) £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AC2 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AC2 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Sub Total : £286.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £52.13
Total : £350.01

 

[Skyboat]

Hope you don't game that much, as a X1950 256Mb in those specs above is really gonna struggle on that 40" unless you scale down a lot

 

[semi-pro waster]

Hope you don't game that much, as a X1950 256Mb in those specs above is really gonna struggle on that 40" unless you scale down a lot

It might depend on exactly which model that AsaTDi has but some 40" screens are 1366x768 which is rather less demanding than a 17" monitor with a resolution of 1280x1024. Although admittedly the Samsung that is advertised on OcUK just now appears to be 1920x1080 which might be a bit more of an issue, however the budget doesn't really allow for that much of a change to be made to the graphics card.

 

[mattyfez]

Its quite a tall order with that big screen, saying that my friend has recently got an LG 40somthing inch tv, and games look fine at 1680x1050, desktop/apps looks a bit shady though, If you had a seperate (cheap)monitor for general pc use and use the telly for gaming/movies its not to bad.

my mate uses an old 20" crt for desktop work, and puts movies through dvi with an hdmi adaptor for watching films/occasional games. however, he lives in a studio flat, so its all close to each other anyway.