New pc, help with spec please

Jimmi

Jimmi

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My old creaking system has finally packed up (its managed 5 years mind!)

Looking for a new cheapish system

Looking to spend about £600, mainly used for surfing the web and playing footy manager, as well as the odd other game.

I have been reading a lot of threads and trying to gather as much info from various sources and i am pretty set on a Intel Core 2 chip and ideally 2gb's of ram. Dont need a monitor/mouse/keyb.

Any help would be much appreciated on mobo and graphics card choice

Cheers

Jim
 
6400 core duo (oh so clockable)
Gigabyte DS3 (oh so clockable)
2x1 gig Geil 6400 (oh so clockable)
7900 GS 256 meg (oh so clockable)
Hiper 580 psu
X-Blade Gaming Midi Tower Case
Samsung SpinPoint T HD300LJ 300GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Pioneer DVR-111DSV 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Silver) OEM
Freezer 7 Cpu cooler

Basically this is what i built for my a friend , and it`ll clock with ease to 3.2 gig , and 3.7 if your really clever.



cheap and runs very well.
 
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £96.99
(£113.96) £96.99
(£113.96)
FSP Sparkle ATX-400PNF 400W ATX2.0 PSU FSP Sparkle ATX-400PNF 400W ATX2.0 PSU £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £124.99
(£146.86) £124.99
(£146.86)
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-WH Zen White Case - No PSU Akasa AK-ZEN-01-WH Zen White Case - No PSU £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Sub Total : £519.91
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 : £92.90
Total : £623.76

Tried to keep it as close to £600 as possible, pretty much 100% you will be able to get 2.8ghz out of it. You could get the Antec NSK4400 W/ 380w PSU if you want to save some money or any case depending on what you prefer. I went with the zen as it has 2x120mm fans and is actually very good for the price.

Wellibob's is a good spec, although about £120 over budget.
 
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Raikiri said:
Tried to keep it as close to £600 as possible, pretty much 100% you will be able to get 2.8ghz out of it. You could get the Antec NSK4400 W/ 380w PSU if you want to save some money or any case depending on what you prefer. I went with the zen as it has 2x120mm fans and is actually very good for the price.

Wellibob's is a good spec, although about £120 over budget.
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£700 + is pushing my limit to the max especially considering its mainly for internet surfing

Liking the look of your spec though

Cheers :cool:
 
Raikiri said:
FSP Sparkle ATX-400PNF 400W ATX2.0 PSU FSP Sparkle ATX-400PNF 400W ATX2.0 PSU £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
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Is that a quiet supply? or are they all rather low noise these days?
 
It isn't bad, if you can find one the Seasonic 430w are about the best silence wise and I only paid £10 more than that FSP for mine.
 
Raikiri said:
It isn't bad, if you can find one the Seasonic 430w are about the best silence wise and I only paid £10 more than that FSP for mine.
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will i need to purchase any thermal paste? or does that come with the cooler?
 
Raikiri said:
It isn't bad, if you can find one the Seasonic 430w are about the best silence wise and I only paid £10 more than that FSP for mine.
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The case you spec'd isnt in stock

looking at Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU

will 350w be enough for the above rig?

Not looking at overclocking or any of that jazz
 
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