Spec computer for a friend

[blairw]

Hi there, In the next two weeks I will be building a desktop system for a friend of mine.

The computer will be used for a whole range of things, with a high amount of software being used at once, also he is keen to get into some games.

The budget is 700 / 750 quid, with everying needed really, he has a mouse and speakers

I have a spec in mind with a Core2Duo chip and 2 gig of RAM but I was wondering if you lot would mind specing something to compare.

Thanks

Blair

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'm assuming for a second here that your friend doesn't need Windows, given that assumption this is probably what I'd go for although probably with a bigger hard drive.

MO-019-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-019-OK)
£109.99 £109.99
CA-067-AN Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU (CA
£58.99 £58.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.99 £14.99
CD-062-LO Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM (CD-062-LO)
£15.99 £15.99
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£25.99 £25.99
GX-042-OK OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-OK)
£97.99 £97.99
Subtotal £609.91
VAT £106.74
Total £716.65

 

[blairw]

That sounds really good. How is the motherboard? I have an ASROCK in my 939 system and its running good but ill have to read up on this one

The board i was going to use is this one Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-064-GI)

I will read up on both as they are similar price

 

[semi-pro waster]

The motherboard is fairly solid, it doesn't have fantastic overclocking options but then given it is mATX that is hardly surprising. Have a quick check of the motherboards forum as there should be some futher information in there.