Wiser heads than mine for spec

[lemop]

Hi Guys some help if you can.

A mate pointed me in this direction for decent budget specs, and lurking around the board and through the posts he seems to have it right.

Not a gamer or oclocker ( yet?) so working on a 750incl budget would the following be anyway decent for general use and A/Cad,Office docs,Sketchup with the odd graphic design in psp /ps thrown in.


Reading past posts it seems the MB and CPU combo are relatively easy to oc so this might be my virgin entry to the black art.

Video Cards I have not a clue so its purely mid range I think.
The Usb drive is needed for other things

Any pointers/pull to bits/start again suggestions would be appreciated as
the offer on the board and mem ends this week. ??when??





Monitor:Belinea 1925S1W 19"Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver - MO-005-BE - 106.99

Case:Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU - OcPno_CA-020-AK - 24.99

Psup:FSP Sparkle Blue Storm 2 500W ATX2.0 PSU - OcPno_CA-005-SK - 49.99
(8 x 4pin Molex - 1 x 6pin PCI-E Power - 1 x FDD Power - 2 x SATA Power (HD & DVDRW))

Mboard:Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 MB - OcPno_MB-061-GI - 69.99
(IDE Cable x 1 - FDD Cable x 1 - SATA 3Gb/s Cable x 4 - I/O Shield x 1 ( 6 SATA II conn)

CPU:Intel Core2 DUO E6300 LGA775 Allendale 1.86GHz (1066FSB)-Retail
OcPno_CP-126-IN - 107.99

Cooler:With Retail CPU 0.00

Mem:GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC)
OcPno_MY-046-GL - 89.99

Video Card:HIS ATI Radeon X1650 Pro ICEQ Turbo 256MB GDDR3
AVIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1650P-256ICEQT)
OcPno_GX-062-HT - 64.99

Hard Disk:Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
OcPno_HD-070-WD - 51.99

DVD RW:Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVDñRW
Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
OcPno_CD-076-SA 19.99

DVD ROM:Asus E616A3T Serial ATA 16x DVD-ROM
Black & Beige Bezel Included - Retail
OcPno_CD-027-AS - 12.99

Floppy Disk:Sony Floppy Drive - Black - OcPno_HD-001-OK - 4.99

USB Drive:Corsair Flash Voyager 1GB USB2.0 Flash Drives (CMFUSB2.0-1GB)
OcPno_MY-075-CS - 9.99

KB:Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM - OcPno_KB-088-LG - 5.49

Mouse:Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM - OcPno_KB-046-LG - 4.49

Cables Int:Akasa Serial ATA PSU Converter * 2 of (DVD-Rom + Spare)- 3.98
Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - Blue * 1 of CB-046-GE - 1.99

Delivery,Next Day City Link:8.95

639.78 - 751.74

Cheers for any help

 

[CHUDS]

you are better getting an after market if you want any chance of o/cing so get e6300 oem. and the ds4 is only slightly more expensive but better lol

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, in your specification you need to change the DDR for DDR2 otherwise it won't work. The specification below might be suitable, it keeps some of the parts but replaces many with higher quality alternatives.

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Logitech B58 Optical Wheel Mouse (Black) - OEM £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM £5.49
(£6.45) £5.49
(£6.45)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79) £95.99
(£112.79)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Corsair Flash Voyager 1GB USB2.0 Flash Drives (CMFUSB2.0-1GB) £9.99
(£11.74) £9.99
(£11.74)
BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £616.37
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £110.13
Total : £739.45

 

[fester]

If he's using it for CAD a big monitor is the most important part of the whole spec .Start with this and work the other components round it Belinea 2225S1W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £210.31 inc VAT.

 

[lemop]

Thanks guys for the quick reponses,

@CHUDS
O/C still a black art to me at the mo, and while I can search, read and ask on
this great resource its not my no 1 requirement just now, maybe later after I wade through the nfo in here

@fester
I've been with A/cad since Dos 3.2 on a 14" CGA monitor, Oli M24 (shows my age) and slowly seen the net stations improve until you can
now pay 7 grand a seat easy, which is all singing and all dancing.

At home 19" Flat is still a change from a 17" CRT or the Philips 21" CRT brute
(re-inforce the desk) I've had for a while (low price cast off's from work),
When the Philips is turned on the thump rocks the street
Winding down on work at home so I've no need to go large, I'll leave that to the work.

@semi-pro waster

Cheers mate that DDR DDR2 save was worth its weight in gold to blind old me.
Is there some simple thing to do apart from vatted fiver to use the

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB)
over the
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB)
??memory??

The rest of your suggestions are now basically my buy now set

Cheers

 

[Aelred89]

Wouldn't the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB @ £56.99 (£66.96) be a better option? or is this perpendicular recording not all its cracked up to be? Just a suggestion

 

[carlazai]

personal opnion on 1650 gfx card is that it's very limited in power. The more you pay on gfx the more enjoyment you iwll have.

The rest as the guy above states is great for you

 

[lemop]

@Aelred89

For the small diff in price I went and had a browse for some reviews out there and they all seem good but its a pretty new technology so maybe version .11

Although 5yr warranty against 3yr mmm...

@carlazai

My knowledge of V/cards is about -10 but I'm not into gaming so after
checking semi-pro waster's suggestion the reviews
and comments out there, it seems to make a pretty good compromise
for my needs and budget, but I understand your view from a gamers side.
The bang bang will have to stay at bang for now I'm afraid.