Once Upon A Time There Was A New Spec Thread...

[Rob29]

Evening All Hope You Are All Well.
OK here's what i've got and here's what i need budget about £250/300 Nicker.

GOT
E2140 L2 Revision 1.6Ghz 1Mb Cache
Ati Radeon HD2600XT 256mb GDDR3 (Don't Laugh)
Corsair VX450w PSU
CD/DVD Writer Combi
80Gig HDD

NEED

Case-Not To Expensive
Mobo-Like Gigabyte But A Good O/C'er
RAM-Geil Or Cheapest
Freezer 7 Pro-Definetly Want One Plus Paste And Cleanin Solution
O/S-32 Or 64 Bit?
2ND HDD-If Can Fit In To Budget But Not Bothered Cos I Have One.

Also Got A 20" Monitor Viewsonic Not Brill But Ok.
If This Is Poss Greatly Appreciated So Knock Yourselfs Out Guys.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

This should be good. This RAM will be plenty and it's dirt cheap. This is the fastest low-cost 7200 RPM HDD and would make an excellent system disk. This cooler is a bit more capable than the Freezer and it fit in the budget. I included a 64-bit OS since, as far as Vista is concerned, it has essentially the same problems that the 32-bit version has. 64-bit is the way ahead, especially if you're looking to upgrade this rig in the future.

 

[Ben M]

i am a complete and utter, useless tool.

 

[RJC]

that much RAM will not run windows xp.

XP? or do you mean Vista, 2gb is plenty, I only went to 4gb to take advantage of the low price.

Rob

 

[paradigm]

that much RAM will not run windows xp.

What?

 

[Ben M]

sorry, i need to learn how to read.

 

[ledbythereaper]

Replace Vista with XP

 

[paradigm]

Or, as a better option, don't.

Vista is fine, better than fine, its darn good actually.

 

[RJC]

Nothing wrong with Vista.

 

[Rob29]

Looks very good Billy thanx for that keep them coming though!!!

 

[ledbythereaper]

Nothing wrong with XP..

 

[paradigm]

Nothing wrong with XP..

Its outdated. End-of.

Would you go buy a P4 now? no? Same thing here.

I wish people who haven't updated to vista wouldn't spout **** about sticking to XP

 

[Tombo]

Its outdated. End-of.

Would you go buy a P4 now? no? Same thing here.

I wish people who haven't updated to vista wouldn't spout **** about sticking to XP

XP is tried and tested and works pretty much all the time, Vista does not have this certainty, not saying it's bad per say but it isn't perfect.

 

[Rob29]

What about this as an option???? Any good?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound £3.99
(£4.69) £3.99
(£4.69)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Sub Total : £254.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £46.88
Total : £314.76

 

[Shash]

i am a complete and utter, useless tool.

......?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Looks good, Rob. That'd do nicely. If it were me I'd step up a few quid and get a Lian Li PC-7 instead of that Thermaltake. It's sharp looking and nicely priced.

 

[Rob29]

And again thank you Billy!!!!

 

[Nick1881]

If you get the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro it comes with very good paste pre applied so no need to spend more buying AS5 or anything that wont gain you anything.

 

[Rob29]

Thanks for the info MR X. Money saved is less hassle of the wife.

 

[uber soldat]

i am a complete and utter, useless tool.

Thanks for letting us know, we will just ignore you from now on