Specification Check Please

teufel · 21 Mar 2007 at 10:07

Hi,

It's been a while (3 years or more) since I built a PC and I would like your opinion on the following equipment:

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz (£146.86)
MB-061-GI Gigabyte Motherboard GA965P-DS3 (£82.24)
MY-058-GL GeIL Memory 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz (£123.36)
GX-033-BG BFG Geforce 7900 GS OC 256MB (£119.84)
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VB1000BNS Case (£49.34)
CA-005-CS Corsair HX 520W PSU (£70.49)
CD-044-PO Pioneer DVR-112DBK DVD ReWriter (£21.14)

Total cost is £630.83 (inc delivery) and my budget is around £600. I already have HDD (WD Raptor) and screen (Samsung TFT).

Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Teufel

1332 Updated specification in light of recommendations

kmistry · 21 Mar 2007 at 10:14

I have the same GFX card and it doesn't require a lot of power, so to be honest, I would maybe knock down the PSU to the Corsair 520w and then use the extra money to get 2Gb of RAM - What do you use your system for? If it's for gaming then I would say get 2Gb

masslac · 21 Mar 2007 at 11:06

kmistry said:
I would maybe knock down the PSU to the Corsair 520w and then use the extra money to get 2Gb of RAM

Agreed.

Also think about downgrading the CPU to an E6300 and upping the graphics card to something like the 1950PRO. Much better use of the cash tbh.

teufel · 21 Mar 2007 at 13:34

Updated specification following recommendations.

Thank you for your comments so far.

Teufel

masslac · 21 Mar 2007 at 15:58

please post your revised list for a once-over before you press Buy