spec me - desktop £500

narley · 14 Apr 2006 at 13:46

hi all could someone please spec me a machine for £500, including monitor flat panel preferably. not really a games machine so no monster graphics cards please. i wont be overclocking so im trying to get the most for my money. got a few ideas myself but looking for others opinions.

cheers.

Naffa · 14 Apr 2006 at 17:51

CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£93.95 £93.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
MO-018-AC Acer AL1716AS 17" LCD Monitor (MO-018-AC)
£135.95 £135.95
MB-134-AS Asus A8N-VM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-134-AS)
£42.95 £42.95
CA-009-AS Asus TA-250 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU (CA-009-AS)
£31.95 £31.95
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS)
£52.95 £52.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
Subtotal £447.65
VAT £78.34
Total £525.99

Just over budget.. but what ya guna do eh?

narley · 14 Apr 2006 at 18:24

cheers mate,

been looking at these pentium dual cores socket 775's does that mean that mean i can put it in ANY socket 775 motherboard? been looking at a bare bones setup and i quote - 'Support Socket 775 for Intel Prescott CPU' could i put a dual core in there?????

sorry bit newbie at this!!!

Naffa · 14 Apr 2006 at 19:15

Yes, you could.

I mean.. listen to the dude beneath me.

lee87 · 14 Apr 2006 at 19:29

narley said:
been looking at these pentium dual cores socket 775's does that mean that mean i can put it in ANY socket 775 motherboard? been looking at a bare bones setup and i quote - 'Support Socket 775 for Intel Prescott CPU' could i put a dual core in there?????

No, you can't put them in any 775 mobo. They only work with certain chipsets, I think they are the 945, 955 and 975. You will have to check the spec of the mobo to see which chipset it uses.

P4 dual core will only work on a Shuttle XPC SD31P (£317.19 Including VAT)
All other shuttles on ocuk don't support dual core pentium 4's.