quick spec check

[FishPolice]

Just thown the following spec together for a workmate. Any thoughts?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - 500W PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin

Grand total (ex delivery) £568.61

He says he's not bothered about a DX10 card so I reckon for the price he cant go far wrong with the 512mb X1950.

Cheers

edit: its just for general surfing/WOW & catching up on the last 3 -4 years of games (ie Oblivion) etc -he will upgrade to a better card later

 

[FishPolice]

maybe up the fan from 800 to the 1200 version but aside from that looks fine.

okidoki good point. I didn't notice it had a U.L.N.A. included with the 1200 version.

It looks good although I might be tempted to go for a larger hard drive as 80gb isn't all that much.

Yeah that's what I thought but he reckons he won't need it -I might suggest the 160gb drive instead though cos it's still damn cheap imo.

 

[FishPolice]

hmm apparently this is about £100 more than he wants to spend. He says he's got a maximum of about £450 -480. I'm trying to persuade him to just save up more but can anyone perhaps spec something in his current price range?

 

[FishPolice]

Cheers mate that looks much better price-wise

That 430W PSU will be ok for the GFX card will it? I thought the ATI cards are power-hungry or am I thinking of the older X1900s?

 

[FishPolice]

Excellent Thanks again