Some help with a spec please

WOZ

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My mate needs a new base system (exc HDD's) he isnt a big gamer but uses shedloads of media apps. He doesn't need anything earth shattering but needs it to be decent encoding and cos he uses it through an lcd screen it needs to look decent. he has 500-700 quid to spend, here is what i have so far any glaring problems you can see?

oh yeah he has win 64 already too.

CP-112-IN Intel Pentium 4 930 Dual Core "LGA775 Presler" 3.0GHz (800FSB) - Retail (CP-112-IN)
£121.95 £121.95
MB-102-AB Abit AW8D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-102-AB)
£128.95 £128.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS)
£133.50 £133.50
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£99.95 £99.95
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£34.95 £34.95
Subtotal £519.30
VAT £90.88
Total £610.18

case is a bit small looking and is the PSU any good?

cheers everyone


wozza
 
Basically he should wait until Intel's Core 2 Duo (Conroe) CPU's come out at the end of July. They will urinate all over Intel's current netburst CPUS (like Presler). If if he must get a system right away, an AMD based system might be a better idea.
 
Cheers, I will put that to him but he is desperate to get something going as soon as. He's like a dog without a **** when his PC isn't working.

Isn't conroe gonna b very pricey and considering he doesnt play games does he really need it?

maybe a cheaper amd unit would do the job i will have to ask him.

cheers

wozza
 
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I really think you should edit the Dog without statment. there is NO swearing on the forums.

As for the CPU, you could grab a " Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN) " for around 85 pounds instead. clocks very well (reports up to 4GHZ).
 
oh ok didnt think that counted as swearing. thanx

yeah i reckon i may go for a cheaper spec cos i dont think he is gonna need it all anyway. its always the same though isnt it when u are speccing trhere is always something round the corner bigger and better.

wozza
 
WOZ said:
oh ok didnt think that counted as swearing. thanx

yeah i reckon i may go for a cheaper spec cos i dont think he is gonna need it all anyway. its always the same though isnt it when u are speccing trhere is always something round the corner bigger and better.

wozza
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you need to fully star it out... completely.
 
Isn't conroe gonna b very pricey and considering he doesnt play games does he really need it?
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The prices for Conroe look so low that it appears to many that Intel are starting a price war.

eg.

FX 62 - £728 (whoa there :eek: )

E6600 - £230 ish & faster than any AMD chip on the market.

I would have thought that the price for this CPU would have been well over £500. The fact that it isn't would suggest to me that Intel want the enthusiasts using their products again. Intel are in a better position than AMD to cut prices as they sell other things as well as CPU's, like chipsets for example.

If you're mate doesn't want a conroe, he'll see the price of everything else plummet in July/August IMHO.
 
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cheers very interesting reading, not been keeping up on all the developments recently so will have to do a bit of research.

i will ask him what he wants to do whether it's get something now or wait.

cheers for the help

wozza
 
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