New rig time

[ptgrav]

I know you get asked this a million times but your help will be very gratefully recieved.

I have about £450 max to spend on a new rig. I have a Antec Sonata case and 4g of DDR2 800MHZ RAM thats available for the new build but I'm not worried if the best option is to go DDR3. I don't play games but do decode the odd video. Onboard good graphics are fine but an HDMI output would be good but not essential. Quieter the better. Looking for about a 20"+ screen. Don't need keyboard, mouse, speakers or OS.

What would be a good build.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Pete

 

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
LG Flatron W2261V 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £154.99
(£134.77) £154.99
(£134.77)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P AMD 790X (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82.00
(£71.30) £82.00
(£71.30)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)
Asus TM-261 Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £25.99
(£22.60) £25.99
(£22.60)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Sub Total : £404.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £62.70
Total : £480.72

 

[mp260767]

LG Flatron W2261V 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £154.99 (£134.77)

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99 (£67.82)

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98 (£53.03)

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £42.99
(£37.38)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £41.99 (£36.51)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 Silence 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £33.34 (£28.99)

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99 (£16.51)

Sub Total : £375.01
Shipping : £10.50
VAT : £57.83
Total : £443.34

 

[ptgrav]

Thanks for the specs. The GA-MA770T-UD3P appears to be a DDR3 motherboard. Is this correct? Apart from that it appears prefect.

Pete

 

[mp260767]

Thanks for the specs. The GA-MA770T-UD3P appears to be a DDR3 motherboard. Is this correct? Apart from that it appears prefect.

Pete

nope, its an am2+/am3 motherboard , so it can take the AM3 processor and still use your ddr2 memory.

 

[ptgrav]

Wow what a versatile board.

What do you reckon on this set up.

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 Socket AM3 6 Channel Audio Out ATX Motherboard

AMD Phenom X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz 6MB L3 Chche Socket AM3 Retail Boxed Processor

OCZ 400W StealthXStream PSU - 140mm Fan 1x PCI-E 4x SATA

Arctic Cooling (AC-FRZ-64P) Freezer64 Pro Socket 754 939 940 CPU Cooler with Heat pipe cooling Pro Ver

Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black

Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM

BenQ G2220HDA 21.5" TFT Monitor 1920x1080 300cd/m2 40000:1 (dynamic) 5ms 16:9 VGA Glossy Black

This looks pretty good as it comes out at £363 delivered. Reading on the web it appears that the southbridge chip set in this mobo may be able to unlock the extra processors in the 550 chip, anybody done this?

Anybody seen this Benq screen running?

Cheers for the help.

Pete

 

[Quixote]

The Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P you listed is a DDR3 only board.

The Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P Superewza listed is a DDR2 only board.

The Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 mp260767 listed is DDR2 only board.

All of them can take AM3 processors. The DDR2 boards can also take AM2+ and AM2 processors.

 

[ptgrav]

Thanks for the help Quixote. I have changed the board and ordered all the bits. Can't wait now.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Pete