Opinions on Spec please

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Hi,

Could I have some opinions on the above spec please? It will be used for office work, internet etc but no gaming. It must be easily upgradable though which is why I have gone for a decent parts (Not that bothered about the case although I did build a system with it the other week and was very impressed with the build quality and the cooling on it ). I don't want people saying 'Oh, that's soooooo overkill, that could all be done by a Socket A sempron' so if you have only those comments to make, please refrain from posting Budget can't go any higher- this is all they have as they've already bought a 19" LCD monitor and a DVD-RW.

Thanks for any opinions/improvements

Ben

 

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I take it that as a retail CPU it comes with a heatsink?

Yup, comes with the retail fan

Do you need to add any extra fans to the case for adequate cooling?

The case already comes with two fans because I used it a couple of weeks ago

Thanks for the comments

Ben

 

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Update time...

Went down to Overclockers this morning and after getting lost on the way there (stupid roadworks on roundabout ) we returned at about 1:00. Took about an hour to put together (Most of which was spent reading manuals ) and half an hour later, I had windows installed.

Now got most of the programs it needs installed and it's running perfectly stable- will post up some pictures later

One thing though, the CPU temp as indicated in Probe II is around 42 degrees celcius- is this normal?

Thanks

Ben

 

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Anyone got any idea on the temps issue?

 

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Clicky

Thanks

Ben

 

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CPU temp seems slightly higher than it should be. Has that case got good airflow?

It's not great but there's not much I can do about it It came with 2 x 80mm fans but they don't seem to shift much air. Taking the case covers lowers the temps by 3 degrees but I can't leave it without the covers on if you see what I mean. Should I just put up with them then? I'm perfectly happy with it as long as it doesn't blow up or melt lol

Thanks

Ben

 

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Hmm, the weird thing is though that in the BIOS it reads as about 40 degrees and the reading in the BIOS is supposed to be at load

Thanks

Ben

 

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I would trust the bios reading, but that's the idle temp.

Errr.. no, the BIOS is supposed to give a reading at load, not idle Anyways, I've booted it up this morning and the CPU is sitting there at 35 degrees and the case is at 26 degrees

 

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Thanks mate I'll see how it goes on over time. I can't see any airflow problems within the case though:

Clicky One

Clicky Two

Thanks

Ben