Recommend me a shuttle for £500!

Freeman

Freeman

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Needs to play games pretty well, run every day programs like office, mozilla, and do the odd photoshop here and there.

The best speccer gets the special prize which I'll reveal to them later.

Fanks :)
 
Shuttle XPC SG33G5B Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-082-SH&groupid=43&catid=110&subcat=
£229.11 inc VAT

HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-085-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416
£117.49 inc VAT

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813
£36.41 inc VAT

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-HI&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768
£41.11 inc VAT

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-159-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
£76.36 inc VAT

Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-092-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951
£18.79 inc VAT

here you go ill make a few more comments when i come back from my break :)
 
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ok back.. :)

ok thats £520 basicly.

i would however recomend spending a little more on ram and getting a 4gb kit from ocz eather the 5400 or the 6400 kits from ocz obviously the 6400 would be better but the c2d will probably do ok with the 5400. i would still recomend the 4gb kits even if you are not using a 64bit opperating system as two ram slots is your max so think about futur upgrades... its also insanely cheep.

i would recomend against an 8800gt btw they are a little too hot i wouldnt be happy about putting one in a shuttle especially a single slot, the 3850s are nice and cool :) now your price range did limit your shassy to a single slot type. but i did choose the best looking.. and more expensive model you can trim some £££ off if you wanted another case type.

Hope thats of some help :)
 
TheMorningStar said:
ok back.. :)

ok thats £520 basicly.

i would however recomend spending a little more on ram and getting a 4gb kit from ocz eather the 5400 or the 6400 kits from ocz obviously the 6400 would be better but the c2d will probably do ok with the 5400. i would still recomend the 4gb kits even if you are not using a 64bit opperating system as two ram slots is your max so think about futur upgrades... its also insanely cheep.

i would recomend against an 8800gt btw they are a little too hot i wouldnt be happy about putting one in a shuttle especially a single slot, the 3850s are nice and cool :) now your price range did limit your shassy to a single slot type. but i did choose the best looking.. and more expensive model you can trim some £££ off if you wanted another case type.

Hope thats of some help :)
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Perfect, thanks a lot for the help.

We so need a rating system on these forums.
 
Zotac arrived this morning, a quick run with cover off and everything @ stock yielded 11933 3dm2k6 [with gpu temp maxing @80 odd degrees, idles around 59]

system is as follows [prices in brackets]

SG31G2 - [£163]
Zotac 8800GT [£160]
2 gig Ballistix PC2-8500 [ £65]
400gb HD [£50]
DVD, Mouse, KB [£40]
E6850 [£160]

total ~£640, so if you get a cheaper cpu and ram etc it may be feasible for around the £500 mark
 
TheMorningStar said:
Shuttle XPC SG33G5B Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-082-SH&groupid=43&catid=110&subcat=
£229.11 inc VAT

HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-085-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416
£117.49 inc VAT

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813
£36.41 inc VAT

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-HI&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768
£41.11 inc VAT

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-159-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
£76.36 inc VAT

Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-092-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951
£18.79 inc VAT

here you go ill make a few more comments when i come back from my break :)
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I like this setup, but I might consider spending a little bit more and get a Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
for £160 in stead. I agree that is probably a bit more than what you wanted to spend.

Question to everyone... What about the PSU of the Shuttle, does it have enough juice for all the components and the GPU?

w.
 
yeah the shuttle psu is a kickass little psu. very strong rails low wattage. different system of getting the power, same effect.

you can basicly add about 100w on its power raiting due to its very high quality.

i think i would go for that same cpu myself too.. :)
 
TheMorningStar said:
yeah the shuttle psu is a kickass little psu. very strong rails low wattage. different system of getting the power, same effect.

you can basicly add about 100w on its power raiting due to its very high quality.

i think i would go for that same cpu myself too.. :)
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Excellent! I am planning to build myself a new Shuttle based system in six/seven months time, so hopefully Intel's Penryn CPUs will have a reachable price range.

w.
 
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