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[ScBHavoK]

Hello hoping someone can help me

My current pc is dated and is running like a bag of hammers so want to upgrade [currently barton2800, 1gig pc2700, 6800gs in a raidmax sagitta case which makes your ears bleed its that loud running xp]

I use my pc mainly for net use so dont need much in the way of graphics
Things i am mainly looking for is a quick quiet pc with a lot of storage

I have around £500 to spend and would like to work around the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz if possible
Need tower including [quiet case] and os.

If iv missed anything please let me know any help appreciated

 

[ScottMC7000]

Hello hoping someone can help me

My current pc is dated and is running like a bag of hammers so want to upgrade [currently barton2800, 1gig pc2700, 6800gs in a raidmax sagitta case which makes your ears bleed its that loud running xp]

I use my pc mainly for net use so dont need much in the way of graphics
Things i am mainly looking for is a quick quiet pc with a lot of storage

I have around £500 to spend and would like to work around the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz if possible
Need tower including [quiet case] and os.

If iv missed anything please let me know any help appreciated

If you are using the PC for the NET, you would be better off buying a Laptop and hooking up a 22" or 24" TFT monitor to it. Not only will it be almost silent but you will be able to add external USB2 storage drives and sound seal them in a padded case for even more silence.

I picked up a 15.4" Toshiba Dualcore 1.73 Ghz Laptop with 2MB of ram for £280 14 months ago.

And oh, you won't need to buy an operating system either as it will be pre-installed. Jusy create a backup "Installation Disk" on to a pair of DVD disks so if you need to re-install you can safely do that.

 

[ScBHavoK]

Thanks for the advice but i would still prefer a desktop pc
thats a bit more upto date than mine

dosent have to be total silent just dont want a case thats full of fans

 

[1337z0r]

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £143.03
(£121.73) £143.03
(£121.73)

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £112.98
(£96.15) £112.98
(£96.15)

OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply £45.99
(£39.14) £45.99
(£39.14)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)

You could save some pennies by ditching the graphics card if your current one is PCI-E or go for the H55 motherboards which have inbuilt graphics and are fairly cheap.

 

[skippy2421]

looks like like i3 could be what you're after tbh.

Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £98.99

Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £82.76

Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Upgrade Version) £67.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £37.99

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99

Sub Total : £385.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £69.49
Total : £466.57

leaves you 30 quid to play with aswell to get some quiet fans or increase HDD capacity if you wish.