Sorry another help me with spec post

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I'm thinking about building my first computer as my current 1 is not quite up to the job (512mb of ram, 40gb hard drive and 1.6 single core). I have £400-£500 to spend and was planning on running xp for the moment. I was thinking maybe 1tb hard drive, 4gb of ram, i don't play games but watch a lot of vids and would like to watch HD vids (i'm not sure how that affects what graphics card i need) and lastly would like it to be as quiet as possible as my current pc makes an unholy racket.

If any one could make any suggestions it would be much appreciated.
 
This is capable, it used the mATX format so is a lot smaller than others, only using onbaord gfx but its good enough for HD and you can always add a dedicated card later if you did decide to start gaming, Ive included the aftermarket scythe mini nija to keep the sound down, though you could just use the retail one included at first if you want and see how you get on with it, depends if you plan on clocking or not

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Sorry thrifty, but I don't think that's a very good spec you've put up there.
I've gone the Intel route, with a better case, has a graphics card to play HD better and I've included a blu-ray player (which can also burn dvds).

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+1 for Haj's spec.

Although if he's gonna be using the stock HSF, surely there is no point in the Caviar Green? Might as well save him a few quid and give him the extra performance of the Sammy F1...
 
redeye_uk said:
+1 for Haj's spec.

Although if he's gonna be using the stock HSF, surely there is no point in the Caviar Green? Might as well save him a few quid and give him the extra performance of the Sammy F1...
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Not sure what you mean, but yeh the Samsung F1 will be faster. Guess it's up to him whether he wants a more energy efficient HD or a slightly faster one. :)
 
Sony NEC Optiarc BC-5500S Blu Ray Reader & DVD±RW SATA Notebook Drive (Black) - OEM £149.49 (£129.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F2EG 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SI) £82.79 (£71.99)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £62.09 (£53.99)

In-Win BM648 Mini-ITX Case - Black (120W PSU) £59.98 (£52.16)

Zotac GeForce 630i-ITX Mini-ITX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.79 (£51.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £34.99 (£30.43)

Gigabyte OC ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB "Low Profile" DDR2 VGA/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £32.19 (£27.99)

Sub Total : £418.54
Shipping : £11.25
VAT : £64.47
Total : £494.26
 
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icey_haj said:
Sorry thrifty, but I don't think that's a very good spec you've put up there.
I've gone the Intel route, with a better case, has a graphics card to play HD better and I've included a blu-ray player (which can also burn dvds).
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Well yeah but you can add those into my spec and still be same price, mine was less than £400 :p And I went for the case for small form factor, nice and discreet, whats point in big case when youre not putting anything inside it? but the actual HTPC's are quite expensive
 
95thrifles said:
Well yeah but you can add those into my spec and still be same price, mine was less than £400 :p And I went for the case for small form factor, nice and discreet, whats point in big case when youre not putting anything inside it? but the actual HTPC's are quite expensive
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That case you chose is just soooo ugly it's untrue :p. Also, I have put stuff in the case, a better mobo, gpu, cpu, optical drive etc. :cool:
 
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