New build - could you please check !!

Snow-Munki

Snow-Munki

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Spec'ing up a new machine for my brother. Will be for general internet use and watching movies, no real games. Current spec I have found is the following:

MSI K9NGM2-FID, NF430, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 400/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX £49.40 £58.05

AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800 Orleans Core, 2.4GHz, 512KB Cache, Retail £62.63 £73.59

320 Gb Seagate ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £59.42 £69.82

1GB (2X512MB) Corsair Value Select, DDR PC3200 (400), 184 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 2.5 £70.32 £82.63

Coolermaster Cavalier 3 Silver Chrome Finish w/o PSU £38.99 £45.81

530W HiperPower Type-R Modular Black PSU Quiet Dbl Fan aPFC ATXv2.2 20/24 Pin £45.85 £53.87

Total so far about £400

Budget is around that, was thinking of the Intel Duo but don't know too much about them. Also is the AMD AM2 any good?

Cheers !!
 
Snow-Munki said:
Spec'ing up a new machine for my brother. Will be for general internet use and watching movies, no real games. Current spec I have found is the following:

MSI K9NGM2-FID, NF430, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 400/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX £49.40 £58.05

AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800 Orleans Core, 2.4GHz, 512KB Cache, Retail £62.63 £73.59

320 Gb Seagate ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £59.42 £69.82

1GB (2X512MB) Corsair Value Select, DDR PC3200 (400), 184 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 2.5 £70.32 £82.63

Coolermaster Cavalier 3 Silver Chrome Finish w/o PSU £38.99 £45.81

530W HiperPower Type-R Modular Black PSU Quiet Dbl Fan aPFC ATXv2.2 20/24 Pin £45.85 £53.87

Total so far about £400

Budget is around that, was thinking of the Intel Duo but don't know too much about them. Also is the AMD AM2 any good?

Cheers !!
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Well, the ram you have chosen will Defenitely not work with am2 socket, you need ddr2 ram.

People are always commenting about hiper being unreliabe, maybe go with a different brand, rest of it looks good

EDIT: Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) (MY-083-CS) would fit nicely

EDIT2: I'm not a huge case person, but you might want to take a look at the antec lanboy, nice cheap case, good build, and good ventilation.

EDIT3: I see you have no graphics card, that motherboard doesn't appear to have integrated, you'll need a pci-e graphics card to get a picture :p , try the 7300GS.
 
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CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£32.00 £32.00
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£11.99 £11.99
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£79.99 £79.99
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.95 £62.95
Subtotal £340.91
VAT £59.66
Total £400.57

You could spend extra on case/psu, but not really necessary for this setup. Mobo comes with GMA graphics card (no tv-out and only 1 DVI), but good enough to get u going. Performance of this setup at stock is better than x2 4600 am2. Didnt see any opticals and graphics (with tv-out) so this is just a like-4-like comparison with yours
 
Thanks very much.

Everyone else agree with the new Intel spec ? He's already got a decent DVD writer so no need for that.

Will look into the motherboard now but does sound the better option, thanks !
 
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