Time for a new PC

shiner

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I've been putting this off for 6 months now but really need to get an upgrade, my current PC is close to 3 years old now :eek:.

I really don't know where to start and what is going to suit my needs. I will only be using it for; web browsing, Itunes, loading my vid's from my camera and encoding them to DVD and not a great deal else other than that. A quieter case would be good I bought a cheapy last time round.

All I will retain from my set up is my 22" tft. My budget is flexible £400ish obviously I won't need to top end piece of kit and can't decide if it will be easier this time to buy an assembled system or self build?

Any idea's please
 
I'm assuming here that you need an OS but if not you could either get 4gb Ram, a better graphics card or a larger hard drive with the money saved. :)

Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Sub Total : £348.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £62.98
Total : £422.84
 
I can get XP Pro through work for free forgot to mention that..

Will that CPU be ok when encoding DVD's? thats where my current system starts to struggle.
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £10.99
(£12.91) £10.99
(£12.91)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 512MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11117-02-10R) £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Sub Total : £346.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £62.63
Total : £420.49

can save money if you can salvage a DVD drive from your current PC

went for the 2600 pro as i was thinking you will not be gaming, if you do then that card will be fine for some light gaming.

you will most likely have to overclock the CPU to get the best performance.

no OS as i assume you have one already

also no mouse and keyboard and speakers as i assume you are using the ones from your current pc or you have put money aside for those
 
shiner said:
Will that CPU be ok when encoding DVD's? thats where my current system starts to struggle.
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The CPU will be fine, even at stock but if you want you can certainly overclock it very easily and it would almost be a shame not to since they take so well to it. The IP35 that jak731 suggests would be better for that task though. :)
 
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