Spec me a PC!

tem07 · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:17

Hi, can someone spec me a PC for my parents?
Thanks.

Basically I need the best components.
The only thing I am worried about is the case - I need something that is quiet and not too big, something black is prefered?

CPU I was thinking Q9300 Yorkfield?
RAM 4GB because it's cheap right now?
HDD 1x500GB and 1x10000RPM for OS?

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!! *they have a samsung 226bw

fester · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:24

Will they be gaming.

revolutionrock · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:30

I have not included a GPU

Went Micro ATX after you said you wanted it small , Q6600 as the other is a overkill imo.

tem07 · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:58

Haha no they won't be gaming mate

skeeny;

Thanks! But the Q9450 would be future proofing? 12mb cache and 1333mhz fsb?
I was also thinking about the Antec Mini-P180?
I have the 8800GTS 320MB so the GPU should be ok.

fester · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:38

tem07 said:
Haha no they won't be gaming mate
skeeny;

Thanks! But the Q9450 would be future proofing? 12mb cache and 1333mhz fsb?
I was also thinking about the Antec Mini-P180?
I have the 8800GTS 320MB so the GPU should be ok.

Why do they need so much power ? Are they into video editing encoding or something .The best way to future proof is to go low/midrange bang for buck then upgrade every 2 years.I'd go for the following if its just for Internet casual video and photoshop.Also think u are better dropping the 8800gts as the on-board graphic will do the same job with less power heat an noise.

Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)

Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)

Samsung TS-H653B/DEBH 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26) Sub Total : £256.94 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95

revolutionrock · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:42

tem07 said:
Haha no they won't be gaming mate
skeeny;

Thanks! But the Q9450 would be future proofing? 12mb cache and 1333mhz fsb?
I was also thinking about the Antec Mini-P180?
I have the 8800GTS 320MB so the GPU should be ok.

I was just thinking aloud.

The Q6600 is an ace chip for the price

fester · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:59

If you liked you could use the money saved on the cpu and the sale of the 8800gt to go for a case like this.

Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Silverstone Sugo SG01 Evolution Aluminium Micro-ATX Case - Black £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11) Sub Total : £114.98

tem07 · 1 Sep 2008 at 13:09

The Sugo looks really nice, maybe that instead of the small Antec?

The reason why I am putting in a Quad core and 4GB RAM is because I want this machine to be really future proof, I mean when the P4 came out I took the best one and it has lasted 2-3 years fine but it's time to upgrade...

fester · 1 Sep 2008 at 22:48

tem07 said:
The Sugo looks really nice, maybe that instead of the small Antec?

The reason why I am putting in a Quad core and 4GB RAM is because I want this machine to be really future proof, I mean when the P4 came out I took the best one and it has lasted 2-3 years fine but it's time to upgrade...

The 4gig of ram I understand but I still think that a £180 quad core is over kill.That's enough for an other Nehalemcpu/mb/ram bundle of new next generation tech in 18/24 months.The only aps that use quads are hardcore video encoding and rendering and that doesn't look like its going to change in the next year or two.An e2180@stock will barely be at 10% with firefox 10 tabs open , msmlive,wmp11,anti virus ,firewall,and watching youtube on Ie7 at the same time in fact you clould run a virus scan in the background and not notice at all .A big big step up from a p4.

2Thumbs · 1 Sep 2008 at 23:13

tem07 said:
The Sugo looks really nice, maybe that instead of the small Antec?

The reason why I am putting in a Quad core and 4GB RAM is because I want this machine to be really future proof, I mean when the P4 came out I took the best one and it has lasted 2-3 years fine but it's time to upgrade...

If it's just for browsing the net, the odd film etc then a e2180 with a budget mobo and 2/4gb of ram will last untill it breaks which is a good 5-6 years IME.

Make sure the OS is kept ship-shape and you wont see any problems.