Spec me £1,000

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Hi Guys,

Getting sick of my Prescott which is running really slow now. In the market to upgrade to Core2Duo. I havent really kept upto date with the IT industry so require some help.

Requirements

- Core2Duo CPU with good speeds
- Dont want to overclock
- QUIET/SILENT operation
- 22"/24" TFT required
- GPU with TV-Out
- Will not be gaming
- PC will be used for general office stuff and surfing and watching movies etc.

Budget

£1,000

Already Have

I will not be needing the following parts (will be recycling from current PC):

- DVDRW/CDRW Drive
- Sound Card
- Case
- HDD

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Aelred89]

£1000 for a system that is only used for office work and surfing is a lot of money... so i did 2 specs The first one includes a 22" monitor (24"s are a waste of money atm imo) and a C2D E6600 for well under your budget

The 2nd spec is a little bit over budget but includes a 24" monitor and the new E6850 cpu

If i was in your position i'd go for the first spec and with the £220 you have left you can upgrade how you feel fit, with out the 24" monitor you could get a 8800gtx graphics card or a quad core cpu and still be under your £1000 budget

 

[fobose]

Why are you specing him a 620w PSU for surfing and movies?

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Also why not go for this graphics card:

256MB MSI 8600GT, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1400 MHz, GDDR2, GPU 540 MHz, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV Silent £75.38

Its fanless and cheap too.

 

[melbourne720]

This should do:-

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£31.71)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£96.34)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£70.49)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£46.99)

Asus GeForce EN7300GS-HTD 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£38.76)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£61.09)

Seasonic M12 Modular 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
(£88.11)

Total : £445.18

 

[melbourne720]

With plenty of money left over for:-

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black

£256.14 inc VAT

 

[Aelred89]

Heh, I meant to click on the 520W one But apart that with £1000 to spend I was just showing what he could get... i was very tempted to spec a 8800 but that really would be a waste. I still stand by my point that a 24" monitor is a waste of money, 2" extra for double the price

 

[photoshop]

thanks guys. Thats plenty of food for though.
Probablky will end up with a fanless GPU as stated above with a 22" Samsung.

Looking for a silent'ish cpu cooler now.....

 

[Squink]

I still stand by my point that a 24" monitor is a waste of money, 2" extra for double the price

The law of diminishing returns unfortunately, but if he has a grand to spend and will be mostly surfing and using Office, I'd say a 24" monitor would be a good investment. The bigger the better if you're using them for long periods of time imo.

 

[Aelred89]

thanks guys. Thats plenty of food for though.
Probablky will end up with a fanless GPU as stated above with a 22" Samsung.

Looking for a silent'ish cpu cooler now.....

Careful with the samsungs atm i've heard a lot of things about "bad" panels They make 3 different panels and apparently one of them is a bit naff and its kinda pot luck which one you get... don't know how true this is though, anyone confirm/ burn?

 

[nightwish]

I still stand by my point that a 24" monitor is a waste of money, 2" extra for double the price

It's not the size that counts... its the resolution!

 

[dakaiez]

Careful with the samsungs atm i've heard a lot of things about "bad" panels They make 3 different panels and apparently one of them is a bit naff and its kinda pot luck which one you get... don't know how true this is though, anyone confirm/ burn?

That's LCD tv's mate, unless they doing it with the TFT's aswell which i highly doubt .

 

[Meds]

I went from a 20" widescreen to a 24" Widescreen a few days ago and i must saying i would definately recommend the 24" to anyone that can afford one.

Now i can easily surf whilst watching a movie, or Excel and web etc....

Thats my opinion anyway