Spec me a system - PLS

mancubas · 11 May 2006 at 08:42

Would you guys mind speccing me an equivlent system based on the below pricing I already have.

SUPERMICRO 875p 800fsb 1xp4>4gb Sata (SPMOA04RAB) P4SCT+II
£199.99
Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 2420SA (ADGA04KBV)
£239.99
Crucial 1GB kit (512MBx2) DDR PC3200 CL=3 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC DDR400 2.6V
64Meg x 64
£50.39
Intel Pentium 4E (Prescott) 3.0GHz FSB800 Socket 478 1MB Cache OEM
Processor
£96.98
3 x Seagate ST3400633AS 400GB 7200RPM SATAII 16MB Hard Drive - OEM
£366.57

Already have a 6600GT PCI-E graphics card.

I have a feeling the SATA2 is over rated, I would'nt mind losing this ability.

Thanks in advance

ManC

Gun9 · 11 May 2006 at 08:48

is this a wind up :eek:

what is your budget and what do you want comp for?

mancubas · 11 May 2006 at 09:15

In my early morning fit I just blindly posted that, had my morning caffine fix and now I am thinking straight

,apologies m8e.

1. Budget sub £1k, preferably <£800
2. Used for gaming/general Internet browsing/music & movie storage.

Thanks.
ManC

Monstermunch · 11 May 2006 at 09:23

How about this:

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£159.95 £159.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.49 £14.49
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£144.95 £144.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£52.95 £52.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £624.14
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £110.97
Total £745.06

mancubas · 11 May 2006 at 09:39

Monstermunch said:
How about this:

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£159.95 £159.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.49 £14.49
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£144.95 £144.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£52.95 £52.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£61.95 £61.95
Subtotal £624.14
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £110.97
Total £745.06

Thanks for the reply.

Processor - fine
Heatsink - fine
Mobo - prefer a better quality one
Ram - fine
GC - not required
HD - >800Gb required (Would'nt have another deathstar if you paid me)
DVDRW - not required
Chassis+PSU - not required

Lookin good thou

Monstermunch · 11 May 2006 at 09:48

mancubas said:
Thanks for the reply.

Processor - fine
Heatsink - fine
Mobo - prefer a better quality one
Ram - fine
GC - not required
HD - >800Gb required (Would'nt have another deathstar if you paid me)
DVDRW - not required
Chassis+PSU - not required

Lookin good thou

Nothing wrong with the BFg Mobo and the HDD is a DESKSTAR not even comparible to the old Deathstar drives by IBM. The current Deskstars are one of the most reliable on the market.

I will put together another spec but it would've been handy to have the other info first!

Monstermunch · 11 May 2006 at 09:52

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£264.95 £264.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.49 £14.49
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£129.95 £129.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) X 3
£50.95 £152.85
Subtotal £642.19
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £113.95
Total £765.09

mancubas · 12 May 2006 at 09:32

Cheers for the specs m8e.. shall be ordering the above spec when I get paid this Monday.

Thanks again.

ManC

Foehammer2003 · 12 May 2006 at 10:10

Monstermunch said:
How about this:

MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95

Hey monster munch, i was just wondering if value ram is any good? Just i have seen a few of your spec for peeps and i think (sorry if im wrong) but you often suggest value ram, i always though it was best to get a premium line. Obviously you know what you on about, im not questioning you lol, just you could save me a fair bit of money down the line if there is little need for me to buy the more expensive stuff

Monstermunch · 12 May 2006 at 11:01

Foehammer2003 said:
Hey monster munch, i was just wondering if value ram is any good? Just i have seen a few of your spec for peeps and i think (sorry if im wrong) but you often suggest value ram, i always though it was best to get a premium line. Obviously you know what you on about, im not questioning you lol, just you could save me a fair bit of money down the line if there is little need for me to buy the more expensive stuff

Which type of Ram you use greatly depends upon your budget and what you plan on doing with the PC. Value ram is very good and about the best you'll find for the money.

There are performance increases to be had with premium ram although the more money you spend the increases in performance to not correspond with the extra cash. For example the Mushkin Redline is about the best ram for an AMD system but a 2gb kit will cost you £235, but it is NOT twice as good as the Geil Value.

Do not be put off by the name, the Geil Value is actually a good performing ram kit. If you would like to increase the quality of the ram I would suggest looking at something like the OCZ PC3200 Platinum Kit which is about £40 more than the geil.

Whether or not you gain the extra £40 worth of performance is a matter of opinion and can greatly depend on whether or not you plan on overclocking the CPU.

Put it this way....Spending £40 more on ram will have no where near the same effect as putting the extra £40 towards a better CPU or Gfx card.....which IMO is a common misconception.