Spec check

A[L]C · 14 Mar 2007 at 11:56

Hey guys. Is this spec ok? The guy hasnt given me a price range, but wants something which will do him for about 3 years (yeah right!). Best I could come up with without going silly was

edit: oh and its not going to be used to gaming

melbourne720 · 14 Mar 2007 at 12:08

If he wants to game at high res with full detail then he'll want a more powerful gfx card than that. Especially at the 1650 x 1000 res of that monitor.

For windows and any CPU intensive stuff, it's fine.

steve258 · 14 Mar 2007 at 12:20

That is absolutely fine mate. If he wants it cheaper give him an E6300 / 7300GT / 1Gb DDR2 800 and stick with the stock cooler, and perhaps go for the Antec NSK6500 with an included 430W PSU.

pcAnywhere · 14 Mar 2007 at 13:24

If you are not gaming that should last 3 years with some degree of comfort (unless the next version of MS Office requires stupid amounts of power.. and that's not likely to happen... is it?!!)

Souness · 14 Mar 2007 at 15:20

i'd drop the CPU to a 6400 and up the gfx to a 1950pro

A[L]C · 15 Mar 2007 at 09:18

Souness said:
i'd drop the CPU to a 6400 and up the gfx to a 1950pro

why? he wont be gaming?

kmistry · 15 Mar 2007 at 09:20

I agree with steve258, it looks good and will last a fair while, especially seeing as it wont be used for gaming but if he wants to save money, then go with steve258's suggestion