Placing Order Tonight - Help Please?

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 15:09

I have spent days and days working this out and getting into my budget! Finally ready to order tonight. Can you please have a look over these two builds and see if I have made any major errors?

Main PC Build
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition
Biostar TA790GX XE
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±R
CoolerMaster Elite 333 Black Case
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive
CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 HyperX Memory CL5 2.2V

HTPC
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz Socket 775
Asus P5N7A-VM
Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB 7200RPM S300 16MB
Antec NSK 2480 MATX Desktop Case Black & Silver
380W EarthWatts PSU
LG Electronics Blu-Ray/HD DVD-ROM COMBO
KeySonic Compact wireless keyboard with touch pad
Cyberlink Media Center Remote Control - With Mini USB IR Receiver

The total, with delivery, is about £820.

So, let me know if I need any final tweaks. Feels like a lot of kit for the money!

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 15:31

Thanks, but that doesnt leave a lot for the HTPC!! £800 was for both systems.

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 15:57

Brian Stuart said:
No GFX card for the first system?

Using on board for now, may upgrade later.

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 17:02

Minimoke said:
You'll need to upgrade the PSU in your main build if you ever want to add a decent GPU I think. And I would rather not put a Pentium in a system, I'd go for the full fat Core 2 Duo. It will still be fine though. If you could find another tonne you'd be sorted.

Chris.

Understood on the PSU. Its included with the case, so if I need to upgrade that later, thats fine.

As for the e5200 - its a recommend CPU for HTPC's?

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 17:05

DireEmblem said:
I assume from your original workings you dont need a monitor and need a g card??

In which case, my thoughts would be:-

Main Pc (~£540):-
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Media centre:-
£250+ PS3 with a couple of games depending where purchased

You can stream videos/music to the PS3 to watch on your tv/etc, and without knowing more about what you want to do, I cant advice if you would be better building a HTPC. But it does give you blueray/streaming/the option to play ps3 games???

With my requirements, a HTPC is required really. So, the £540 spend on the main PC is not an option.

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 17:08

Really, trying to decide if any indivdual components need changing. And, if the mainboard/CPUs are well suited. Also, the memory choice?

chris_super1 · 25 May 2009 at 18:26

Brian Stuart said:
Everything seems OK for a basic system with the chance to update if and when.

Sounds good. Any more comments from anyone before the orders go in?