Yet another newb spec thread

Spuds

Spuds

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Hi guys, I'm planning on getting a new PC once my exams finish next week, I've a budget of around £750 inc VAT and delivery (To Northern Ireland which is always a bugger). I mostly need it for batch processing several hundred 10MB RAW files in PhotoShop as well as some gaming, err... I mean revision and writing my dissertation ;)

Here's what I'm thinking at the minute:

PSU
Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU
£56.39

GPU
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£155.09

CPU
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£149.21

Motherboard
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
£99.86

RAM
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£152.74

HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache
£50.51

DVD
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black)
£19.96

Case
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
£31.71

Delivery
£18.45

Total
£733.93 inc VAT & Delivery

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
 
Syk3 said:
As your not overclocking:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB ST3400620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache

Total : £763.60 inc. Delivery
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Looks good although it's only another £20 for the 512MB X1950 so I might stretch my budget slightly and go for it instead...
 
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