New Build ! ! ! Advice Please

[MrBubbles]

Hello OC forums

Here is my first build in 4 years , seem to lost my way after having a laptop .

I will be using p.c for surfing internet , photoshop CS5 & Microsoft Word 2010 . I am not a gamer . . . My is budget £750 , no monitor needed as going to use my Sony 26inch lcd and see how it goes.

Intel® Core™ i7-860 (2.80GHz, 8MB) or Intel® Core™ i7-870 (2.93GHz, 8MB)
English Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (64 BIT)
4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Single Channel
500GB (2x250GB) 3.5inch Serial ATA Raid 1 (7200RPM) Hard Drive
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® G310* (DVI, VGA,HDMI)
Wireless : Network Card 1505 PCIe 802.11n

My monitor choice would be

Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD or 24"

 

[stulid]

Just no.

either save money with a i5 760 cpu, or spend that little more for a intel socket 1336 i7 setup.

and that graphics card is a low end renamed rubbish.

do you just want a tower unit without monitor/keyboard/mouse and speakers?

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £199.99
(£170.20) £199.99
(£170.20)
Foxconn Quantum Force Flaming Blade GTI Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £119.99
(£102.12) £119.99
(£102.12)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £88.11
(£74.99) £88.11
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
OcUK Value GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.74
(£9.99) £11.74
(£9.99)
TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781N) £11.50
(£9.79) £11.50
(£9.79)
Sub Total : £571.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £101.87
Total : £684.00

A real i7 system.

 

[stulid]

But I bet this would be plenty for your needs.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
OcUK Value GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.74
(£9.99) £11.74
(£9.99)
TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781N) £11.50
(£9.79) £11.50
(£9.79)
Sub Total : £403.18
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £72.39
Total : £486.07

 

[Curio]

Hello OC forums

Here is my first build in 4 years , seem to lost my way after having a laptop .

I will be using p.c for surfing internet , photoshop CS5 & Microsoft Word 2010 . I am not a gamer . . . My is budget £750 , no monitor needed as going to use my Sony 26inch lcd and see how it goes.

Intel® Core™ i7-860 (2.80GHz, 8MB) or Intel® Core™ i7-870 (2.93GHz, 8MB)
English Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (64 BIT)
4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Single Channel
500GB (2x250GB) 3.5inch Serial ATA Raid 1 (7200RPM) Hard Drive
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® G310* (DVI, VGA,HDMI)
Wireless : Network Card 1505 PCIe 802.11n

My monitor choice would be

Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD or 24"

If you're a "serious" CS5 user I would up the RAM and also include a dedicated scratch disk for Photoshop/Premier - I use a Samsung F4 320GB (cheap and lightning fast) for that purpose.....makes a big different if you're working with large files.