super quick question...

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my mate is building up a pc now, and he just wanted me to ask you guys if this will go toghether ok, I think it will (its for a cheap, but good, gaming etc pc...~he will want to upgrade to quad later, so this is just kinda a stop gap~)

Gigabyte GA 945P-S3, i945P, S775

- £65.44 inc VAT

e6300 oem

- £115 inc VAT

2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15

- £140.45 inc VAT

I just really wanted to check, so i can tell him to order it or not.

thanks guys..

 

[kmistry]

tbh if he is going to go quad core, he may as well get a ds3 as that board is compatible with the kentsfield (quad core) (I've got one and so have many others on this forum) and is a good clocker, so in terms of it being a stopgap, it would be wise to get a good board now perhaps? Just an opinion

Kiz

 

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think the appeal of the s3 is the price..once the quad cores are in his price range then i think he'd be looking for a new CPU&mobo.

Much like everyone else, hes skint and just wants to get up and running quickly (and cheaply)

Thanks for the feedback tho...am glad it will all fit. ill let him know.

 

[kmistry]

Dont forget the processor he has chosen is OEM, so he will need to get a CPU fan as well, as it won't come with one I'd say freezer 7 pro, or schtye ninja

 

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freezer 7 pro

cheers man, thats what i have read is one of the best...so i had already said that to him.

I wasnt sure if he would really save that much cash if he waited till after xmas, but he rekons hed only save 20-30£ which aint really worth the wait..

 

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heres his full spec....will this fit all toghether and run ok?


_2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15 £119.53 £140.45

_Gigabyte GA 945P-S3, i945P, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 400/533/667, SATA II, ATX £55.69 £65.44

_Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 OEM, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, OEM £97.49 £114.55

_Sony AW-G170AB2 Black 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM £17.24 £20.26

_Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £14.49 £17.03

_160 Gb Seagate ST3160811AS Barracuda 7200.9, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.0 ms, NCQ £34.71 £40.78

_530W Hiper HPU-4M530 SLi Ready Black ATX2.2/BTX SATAx2 PCI-Ex2 £39.89 £46.87

_256MB BFG Tech 7600GT PCI-E (x16), Mem 1450MHz, GPU 580MHz, 12Pipes, Dual Link DVI-I/DVI-I/HDTV SLI £89.76 £105.47




Net Total £468.80

Carriage £11.75

V.A.T. £84.10

TOTAL £564.64

 

[kmistry]

Yeah that all looks goods to me, only thing I would say is change the DVD-writer for a pioneer, and perhaps change the HDD. I would say get a 7200.10 Seagate, but the recent batch have been noisy (I know because I have one ) So maybe get a Samsung Spinpoint as I have read that they are also quiet and fast.

Kiz

 

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thanks man....i think the dvd and HDD are just random buys! lol

He has a plan like me to use a seperate HDD to store all the music files etc, and just leave the first HDD to run games/OS.