Spec Monkeys needed

beer_puppy · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:49

Anyone spec me a full system for under £600, i need a core 2 duo, and a 19" monitor, any ideas???
Its for my brother-inlaw and has a max budget of £600, he mianly needs a pc for cad, so sound aint that major.

semi-pro waster · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:16

The budget is a bit tight but this ought to do I think, it has the 19" monitor and Conroe asked for. I can't fit 2gb Ram into the budget but given that there is only £600 to spend I can't imagine that the CAD work is all that hardcore.

MO-019-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-019-OK)
£109.99 £109.99
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.99 £17.99
CA-035-AN Antec Performance TX1088AMG Metallic Grey Tower Case - 480w Truepower PSU (CA-035-AN)
£44.99 £44.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£97.99 £97.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£12.99 £12.99
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£35.99 £35.99
CD-042-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-042-NE)
£18.99 £18.99
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£79.99 £79.99
GX-040-OK OcUK GeForce 7300 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-OK)
£49.99 £49.99
Subtotal £514.90
VAT £90.11
Total £605.01

beer_puppy · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:28

cheers, that looks spot-on for what he needs it for!

, gonna try and get him to spend a bit more, to get a better graphics card.

semi-pro waster · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:32

beer_puppy said:
cheers, that looks spot-on for what he needs it for! , gonna try and get him to spend a bit more, to get a better graphics card.

No worries but I do have to also say that surprisingly the graphics card isn't that bad at all, in fact I think it may be one of the ones that can be clocked up to 7600gt levels or near enough, maybe check in the graphics card forums.

ashagplz · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:47

its £5 over......

m@rty · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:58

ashagplz said:
its £5 over......

yeah your a funny guy :confused:

beer_puppy · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:58

lol

beer_puppy · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:02

only thing is that he might not like the look of the case, i like it, looks abit like my cheiftec dragon, but if he dont like it, would the Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU be powerful enough to run that system?

semi-pro waster · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:15

beer_puppy said:
only thing is that he might not like the look of the case, i like it, looks abit like my cheiftec dragon, but if he dont like it, would the Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU be powerful enough to run that system?

Yes the case should be fine, it would be my other choice as it isn't a hugely demanding PC but I figured for £2 extra or so that the 480w PSU might be worth it. Whichever one he prefers the look of will be ok, it's funny you mention it looks like a Chieftec Dragon(I've got one as well), I think they come from the same factory.