Spec a Rig for £600

jsolder

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Guys my friend is on a tight budget, and they would like a full system (monitor, keyboard and mouse) for around £600. They want to use the Pentium D 805 as the processor because they know it overclocks well. The rig will basically be used for burning DVD's, general office tasks, and the occasional game. Hopefully you guys can work your magic on this one and come up with another cracking spec :D
 
MO-005-V7 OcUK Value Video7 L19WA 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-005-V7) 1
£107.99 £107.99
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£52.99 £52.99
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£54.95 £54.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) 1
£19.95 £19.95
KB-013-LG Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (White) - OEM (KB-013-LG) 1
£5.99 £5.99
KB-046-LG Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG) 1
£5.50 £5.50
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) 1
£59.95 £59.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) 1
£42.95 £42.95
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) 1
£74.95 £74.95
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN) 1
£116.99 £116.99
MB-064-GI Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-064-GI) 1
£57.99 £57.99
Subtotal £600.20
VAT £105.04
Total £705.24

Sorry I went over, couldn't resist getting a conroe in there.
 
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£116.99 £116.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MO-018-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC174D 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-018-OK)
£87.99 £87.99
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
KB-013-LG Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (White) - OEM (KB-013-LG)
£5.99 £5.99
KB-046-LG Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG)
£5.50 £5.50
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE)
£34.95 £34.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-003-EA EVGA GeForce 7600 GS 512MB DDR2 HDTV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-003-EA)
£87.99 £87.99
Subtotal £507.25
VAT £88.77
Total £596.02

Had to get a conroe in aswell. Only thing i am slightly worried about is the psu.
 
Is there that much difference in performance between the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB), and the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) favoured by my friend?
 
jsolder said:
Is there that much difference in performance between the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB), and the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) favoured by my friend?
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a HUGE difference yes.
 
hyper_piper45 said:
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£116.99 £116.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MO-018-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC174D 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-018-OK)
£87.99 £87.99
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
KB-013-LG Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (White) - OEM (KB-013-LG)
£5.99 £5.99
KB-046-LG Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG)
£5.50 £5.50
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE)
£34.95 £34.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-003-EA EVGA GeForce 7600 GS 512MB DDR2 HDTV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-003-EA)
£87.99 £87.99
Subtotal £507.25
VAT £88.77
Total £596.02

Had to get a conroe in aswell. Only thing i am slightly worried about is the psu.
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I see you didn't include XP, at the risk of bigging up my own spec :P

250 gb + the 7600 GT + the 19 inch monitor is worth 50 quid more
 
Goodeh said:
I see you didn't include XP, at the risk of bigging up my own spec :P

250 gb + the 7600 GT + the 19 inch monitor is worth 50 quid more
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Do people still buy XP? (j/k)

I know what you mean, for a little more money you can get some good improvements, but i was trying to keep it in budget.
 
what speeds have people been overclocking the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz to, because i've seen the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz clocked to 4.1Ghz... I'll also try to persuade him to increase his budget to get the extra performance
 
jsolder said:
what speeds have people been overclocking the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz to, because i've seen the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz clocked to 4.1Ghz... I'll also try to persuade him to increase his budget to get the extra performance
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a 805 at 4ghz would be performing around a 6300 at stock :).

People have been getting them to over 3ghz on stock cooling

EDIT: But with that mobo and ram don't expect more than 2,9
 
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jsolder said:
what speeds have people been overclocking the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz to, because i've seen the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz clocked to 4.1Ghz... I'll also try to persuade him to increase his budget to get the extra performance
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People have been getting over 3ghz pretty easily on the e6300 with ds3/ds4.

Have a look here for more info.
 
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