spec me please

johnholmes · 10 Jan 2011 at 22:36

Greetings to all forum members. This is my first post so please be gentle!

Before I start I would like to say this forum is brilliant and by far the best one on the net.

Please can you spec me a am3 build that is mainly going to be used for surfing with lots of tabs opened,video editing/encoding and using a vm. I dont game so no graphics card is needed but I can always add that later on if you think it helps. Ideally I would like to start with 6 gigs of ram and my budget is £520.00 without monitor but i need os. can someone also tell me if all cables to connect to motherboard comes with items.
Thanks in advance. Cheers.

p. s.

not my real name obviously(LOL) Hey it was funny at the time!

johnholmes · 11 Jan 2011 at 00:24

awsome quick reply stulid. thanks.

Interesting choices you have made. Can i be cheeky and ask you an alternative choice but with a better power supply. I dont mind leaving the ssd and maybe even going to a phenom instead. currently using a acer laptop which is spinning at 4200 rpm so anything is going to feel faster. I will post tomorrow my thoughts and choices. thanks again.

johnholmes · 11 Jan 2011 at 21:03

Thanks for being quick again stulid.

I am starting to get confused now but i am sure you can sort it out.

I was thinking of going with a phenom quad 3.2 gz and the coolerrmaster rc 600 gladiator case and the the antec power supply. This brings down the price a bit so that i can get a cheap k/b and a wireless card/ usb thingy. Also the geil 2x4 gb ram is not in stock yet so a alternative please.
One other thing im not sure about is how the ram works. If i get 8 gigs on two sticks does that mean my next upgrade will be to 16 gig ram?
The static thing is also scaring me as well.should I get a wriststrap or not? Please let me know what you think and how you go about things. Thanks again
p.s. my budget is now 540

johnholmes · 11 Jan 2011 at 23:43

thanks for the suggestions stulid. Yeah this is looking more like it.

I hve seen windows 7 ultimate elsewhere for reasonable price. my question is does it bring anything bbesides encryption to the table and is it worth it. Do I need to buy thermal paste? and is there anyother tools i will need for my build.

Finally is there any words of encouragement you could give me as i seem to be frightened of actually placing the order!!

Look forward to your reply and i will let you know tomorrow what i decide. thanks

johnholmes · 14 Jan 2011 at 21:03

call it quits on this thread. how do you close threads?

will let you know how I get on

johnholmes · 14 Jan 2011 at 22:06

hey how you doin stulid. I thought you had forgotten about me.
that last spec really looks interesting. Let me think about it.
Are you really sure about that power supply with that case?Heard some funny things on these forums. if you say its good then this might be the spec I go with.
Will keep you posted thanks

johnholmes · 16 Jan 2011 at 20:40

hi guys. sorry ive been away.

You are really spoiling me now. I think the last one REALLY looks good and I will probably go with it and keep the f3. trying to save some money on os on ebay.

Will keep you posted when i order. Thanks again.

forgot to ask. do I need to order thermal paste?