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VeNT

VeNT

VeNT

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looking for a nice music editing system for a m8, he's got about £800 to spend, wants moosive storage and good processing power, it should be ABLE to play Quake 4 too but thats 2ndery to processing power etc so graphics should be low down on your list.
ideas guys?
he was thinking of a x2 3800, but I'm not sure if he'll get it in this spec, about 2gig ram, 19'' (maybe widescreen) TFT, keyboard, mouse, (wireless both), DVD RW etc, he was also hoaping for 2 hard drives 250/500 gig setup but I think its cheaper to get 3 250s isn't it?

ok I'll leave the rest to you guys, oh but he wants a sexeh case too, something like the Antec P180 (doesn't want much does he!)

thanks in advance!
 
I suspect your mate has to up the budget here, the case alone takes up the better part of £100 i.e. 1/8th of the budget. This is about as low as I'd like to be going when specifying a new system where CPU power is needed. Only one hard drive as no chance of even paying lip service to the budget otherwise :)

MO-016-NV Neovo F-419 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Grey (MO-016-NV)
£159.95 £159.95
CA-039-AN Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) (CA-039-AN)
£74.95 £74.95
CA-030-AN Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU (CA-030-AN)
£44.95 £44.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
£51.95 £51.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£137.95 £137.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
HD-094-MD Maxtor MaxLine III NCQ 250GB 7V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-094-MD)
£63.95 £63.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£28.70 £28.70
Subtotal £722.30
VAT £126.41
Total £848.71
 
yeah thats what I came up with,

you should see what he asked for ORIGINALY!

maybe another case? somthing cheaper would probably not be an issue as long as it isn't ugly!
 
That looks good but I would go dual core for music editing using the Antec Sonata (nice case and rather quiet)

How about:

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM) 1
£184.95 £184.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) 1
£61.95 £61.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK) 1
£89.95 £89.95
GX-058-XF XFX GeForce PCX6600 Extreme XXX Edition 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT43-PUDS7) (GX-058-XF) 1
£64.95 £64.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) 1
£64.25 £64.25
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE) 1
£25.50 £25.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£65.50 £65.50
MO-012-AC Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-012-AC) 1
£159.95 £159.95
Subtotal £717.00
VAT £125.48
Total £842.48

I've gone for an nVidia card purely because these perform better in Quake IV. The 6600 XXX edition with DDR2 is a fair bit quicker than the standard 6600
 
I am not much into music programs, but from what I have seen those programs use a lot of monitor space.

I would personally hold on, so I could get a 24" widescreen :D
 
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