New System (minus GPU) for under £500 . .thx in advance :)

[Dan J]

Getting ready to order but wondered if there was jst as good but cheapr memory out there? any difference btween the 35 quidish 2 x 2gb and the 55 quid one here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS

??

 

[RJC]

Sorry what memory are you looking at, the only one I can see for £35 is 2gb not 4gb.

 

[Dan J]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

^^ this for example .. is it the DDr2 rather than 3 . .does it make a difference?

 

[D D Danneh]

Getting ready to order but wondered if there was jst as good but cheapr memory out there? any difference btween the 35 quidish 2 x 2gb and the 55 quid one here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS

??

Do you mean these two?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS

If so, YES there is a difference. The second one is DDR3, the first is DDR2. There's isn't, performance wise, that much difference (DDR3 is slightly faster), but AM3 motherboards use DDR3 (which is what you need), and other ones use DDR2. The 775 motherboards use DDR2, which is why RJC posted that up there.

I would have said get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-109-OC

But it's out of stock right now.

That spec looks good, and I'm sure you'll go on fine building it. You'll have more experience than me, I'e never built my own (although that'll change this saturday). Fixed loads, but never built one.

Everyone here will be happy to guide you through it, I'm sure.

 

[RJC]

The board can only take DDR3 the slots are slightly different and not inter-changeable.

The CPU can work on DDR2 (cpu has dual memory controlers) boards but you need to know the board has the latest BIOS to support the new cpu.

 

[Dan J]

Cool. . .think i'm convinced now lol

BUT . .will this system run minesweper on max settings??

 

[D D Danneh]

Cool. . .think i'm convinced now lol

BUT . .will this system run minesweper on max settings??

What fps you looking for? You'll be lucky to get a smooth 40fps outta that mate, depends if you put AA on or not.

 

[RJC]

Cool. . .think i'm convinced now lol

BUT . .will this system run minesweper on max settings??

Not even a I7 with tripple graphics can manage that







Only joking

 

[Dan J]

 

[Dan J]

sorry i know people are prob getting bored of me by now . .BUT!

a friend also suggested this . .opinions? why better / worse?

Case+PSU Combo: Coolermaster Elite 330 w/ CM 460W
Mobo: MSI P45 Neo2-FR iP45 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2
HDD: Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM
RAM: ?
Optical Drive: Sony DRU-860S 22X DVD?RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA w/ Nero
OS: Vista 64

 

[D D Danneh]

sorry i know people are prob getting bored of me by now . .BUT!

a friend also suggested this . .opinions? why better / worse?

Case+PSU Combo: Coolermaster Elite 330 w/ CM 460W
Mobo: MSI P45 Neo2-FR iP45 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2
HDD: Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM
RAM: ?
Optical Drive: Sony DRU-860S 22X DVD?RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA w/ Nero
OS: Vista 64

That's a pretty good spec, but the Tri-core 720 will beat the E8400 in almost all cases, plus, I included a CPU cooler, which will help you overclock the chip, or at least keep it cool.

The F1 Spinpoints are a better choice than the Maxtor drives, because I believe the F1's are single platter drives, and the Maxtor drives are double platter (basically, single platter means 500GB on one disc, rather than 250GB per disc, which means higher density and faster reads/writes). Plus, the F1's are supposed to be more reliable. The 32MB cache means very little in real use.

Case and PSU is fine, you could change that if you like, depends if you prefer the look of the case, and the PSU is a great alternative (maybe more reliable than OCZ actually).

 

[Dan J]

That's a pretty good spec, but the Tri-core 720 will beat the E8400 in almost all cases, plus, I included a CPU cooler, which will help you overclock the chip, or at least keep it cool.

The F1 Spinpoints are a better choice than the Maxtor drives, because I believe the F1's are single platter drives, and the Maxtor drives are double platter (basically, single platter means 500GB on one disc, rather than 250GB per disc, which means higher density and faster reads/writes). Plus, the F1's are supposed to be more reliable. The 32MB cache means very little in real use.

Case and PSU is fine, you could change that if you like, depends if you prefer the look of the case, and the PSU is a great alternative (maybe more reliable than OCZ actually).

ah well i ordered yr spec anyway

roll on thursday!

worked out I couldnt actually afford it, but ordered it anyway (lol)

thx for the help

 

[daniel_bourton]

good for you i always do the same thing look at wat i can afford then look juat a little bit higher ad a little bit higher then that then i buy something over my budget i cannt afford but hey all part of the fun lol