Spec check please!

peteruk · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:31

Hey all!

My brother is currently looking to build a new PC, but I get the impression he's a being a bit hasty and not really researching the whole thing enough.

My knowledge of the market these days is a bit dated, so I thought I'd get all you pro's opinions on his first rushed spec suggestion.

His main use for it will be gaming, with some TV watching, as far as I can gather.

For comparison, his current spec is:

Asus A8V Deluxe
Opteron 165
1Gb Patriot 2-3-2-5 PC3200
~300gb HD space (?)
Radeon 9600pro. 256mb (I think).

As you may notice, those aren't OcUK's prices, but rest assured, I will convince him here's the best place to get the bits. :cool:

All help appreciated!

Peter

Edit: Case and power unit seem to have been missed, suggestions for these too please!

The general level of spending is around £1K I believe.

PhillyDee · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:33

The RAM is overkill . . . And you will get the sata cable with the mobo.

peteruk · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:35

PhillyDee said:
The RAM is overkill . . . And you will get the sata cable with the mobo.

I suspected as much!

Thanks for the confirmation.

I open to re-specs too!

Azza · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:42

Just guessing at under £1K from looking at your above spec.

Much much much better.

Just add the desired OS and your ready to go.

peteruk · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:47

Looks great Azza!

Just to say though, I believe he is re-using his DVD drive and LG DVD-RAM burner from his current computer, so drives are not needed.

Also, I personally prefer Samsung HDs for quiet/performance comprimise, but I imagine it makes little difference in price at this level.

I'll take note.

Azza · 23 Aug 2007 at 02:51

peteruk said:
Looks great Azza!

Just to say though, I believe he is re-using his DVD drive and LG DVD-RAM burner from his current computer, so drives are not needed.

Also, I personally prefer Samsung HDs for quiet/performance comprimise, but I imagine it makes little difference in price at this level.

I'll take note.

With hard drives its either Seagate or Hitachi for me.

It is a very nice spec for the money.

You can buy an awesome PC for under £1k nowa days.

peteruk · 23 Aug 2007 at 17:20

Azza said:
You can buy an awesome PC for under £1k nowa days.

So it seems.

Anyone else any comments before I go chat to him?

Kalpsn2000 · 23 Aug 2007 at 17:28

The only little point, I would go for Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Otherwise very nice.

addylad · 23 Aug 2007 at 18:47

Kalpsn2000 said:
The only little point, I would go for Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Otherwise very nice.

Seconded.

peteruk · 26 Aug 2007 at 12:47

I also got this suggestion from a friend earlier.

peteruk · 29 Aug 2007 at 12:12

Anyone have any last comments before I make a final plan?

ta.

EDIT: Can anyone tell me whether this (three letter acronym) virus protection thing on the amd cpus is anything special? he seems to think it is...