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Asus P5B Skt 775 Intel P965 Core2 Extreme / Core2 Duo 1066FSB PCI-E x16 SATA RAID Giga LAN 8 ch. Audio ATX Motherboard
250GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive oem
2 x Kingston® Value Ram 512MB 667MHz DDR2 PC5300 memory
Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 1066FSB LGA775 2MB cache Retail inc.Fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty)
Sapphire Radeon X1950PRO 256MB DDR3, PCI-E, Dual DVI, VIVO, Retail
Gigabyte Triton Black Midi Case No PSU ATX
Coolermaster iGreen 500W PSU ATX Form Factor 12V V2.2 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.91
£420+vat www.microdirect.co.uk
250GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive oem
2 x Kingston® Value Ram 512MB 667MHz DDR2 PC5300 memory
Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 1066FSB LGA775 2MB cache Retail inc.Fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty)
Sapphire Radeon X1950PRO 256MB DDR3, PCI-E, Dual DVI, VIVO, Retail
Gigabyte Triton Black Midi Case No PSU ATX
Coolermaster iGreen 500W PSU ATX Form Factor 12V V2.2 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.91
£420+vat www.microdirect.co.uk
Ultra 197 ex 172 Cup
also try novatech, they sell some quite good barebone systems, or motherboard, cpu & memory bundles,
^^^ make sure your case comes with a psu, as some don't now a days
^^^ make sure your case comes with a psu, as some don't now a days
seb
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yeah cheers^^^
The PC would only be used for internet and some old skool games like Max Payne 2.
I would like to be able to play something like the new spore game i tihkn it is called and simcity and the new command and conquer one. Nothing majorly graphic intense. Would the spec be ok for the casual gamer?
I have had my current PC since about 2001 and i have only added a graphics card in 2002 and 1 gig of ram last year. So i tihkn any new PC i make or buy will be a massive improvement.
The PC would only be used for internet and some old skool games like Max Payne 2.
I would like to be able to play something like the new spore game i tihkn it is called and simcity and the new command and conquer one. Nothing majorly graphic intense. Would the spec be ok for the casual gamer?
I have had my current PC since about 2001 and i have only added a graphics card in 2002 and 1 gig of ram last year. So i tihkn any new PC i make or buy will be a massive improvement.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2802
Good read about the CPU your looking at... im probs gonna get the same or the E6400.
If you want to save some more money the E4300 is a decent buy at £100 inc vat at ebuyer.co.uk
It can also be overclocked to over 3ghz... not to shabby
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=8
Good read about the CPU your looking at... im probs gonna get the same or the E6400.
If you want to save some more money the E4300 is a decent buy at £100 inc vat at ebuyer.co.uk
It can also be overclocked to over 3ghz... not to shabby
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=8
seb
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Ok peopel, i rekcon i may well be biting the bullet and ordering the parts.
Just got fuckedoff wit hthe gheyness of my current PC. It totally sucks tbh.
Roy Munso called his 'the beast2' when he built his a while back.
Mine is gonig ot be called 'the sloth'!!
lol
So if i buy all i need as highlighted above, i will have all i need to put it together? yes or no?
Since i am still having trouble with my netgear wireless router via the usb thing. should i get a wireless card to put in the back of it? Save wit the s**t USB as i have heard people have many problems connecting with the USB.
Should i also stick with XP with this system? I don't want to slow it down with vista unnecessarily.
Can someone who has the PC experience of putting in soem ram and a graphics card build one?
Please remember rasclart and Roymunson call me the 'pc leper' lol
Just got fuckedoff wit hthe gheyness of my current PC. It totally sucks tbh.
Roy Munso called his 'the beast2' when he built his a while back.
Mine is gonig ot be called 'the sloth'!!
lol So if i buy all i need as highlighted above, i will have all i need to put it together? yes or no?
Since i am still having trouble with my netgear wireless router via the usb thing. should i get a wireless card to put in the back of it? Save wit the s**t USB as i have heard people have many problems connecting with the USB.
Should i also stick with XP with this system? I don't want to slow it down with vista unnecessarily.
Can someone who has the PC experience of putting in soem ram and a graphics card build one?
Please remember rasclart and Roymunson call me the 'pc leper' lol
It should be easy to do - just like lego! Look on the internet for guides and print them out just incase.
Add CPU to mobo add HS&Fan (plug in CPU fan to CPU fan power on mobo).
Add memory to board.
Screw board into case using the correct mountings and back plate.
Screw PSU into place.
Plug in 2 x power connectors into board.
Slot in graphics card. plug in power lead for graphics card.
Plug in the case wires into the correct pins on the mobo.
Add drives to case
Plug in power to drives and use your sata/ide cables plug into mobo and drives.
Plug in case fans into mobo.
Power on
Also use Cat5 for your router? if not wireless.
Stick with XP for now is my personal opinion but thats up to you. Or dual boot vista and xp.
Add CPU to mobo add HS&Fan (plug in CPU fan to CPU fan power on mobo).
Add memory to board.
Screw board into case using the correct mountings and back plate.
Screw PSU into place.
Plug in 2 x power connectors into board.
Slot in graphics card. plug in power lead for graphics card.
Plug in the case wires into the correct pins on the mobo.
Add drives to case
Plug in power to drives and use your sata/ide cables plug into mobo and drives.
Plug in case fans into mobo.
Power on
Also use Cat5 for your router? if not wireless.
Stick with XP for now is my personal opinion but thats up to you. Or dual boot vista and xp.
seb
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ok.... been playing about a bit with different specs.... decided on AMD due to the cost implication is quite a bit of difference.
Firstly, i am a noob with PC's. Are these products an ok choice? I tihkn they will all plug together... but advice needed if they are appropriate. Looking at the MOBO it says it is a microaatx. i presume thta is a compact mobo?
Should i be looking at a larger mobo?
Also the memory. THere was no kingston in stock, so is this memory ok?
advice please!!!!!!
Firstly, i am a noob with PC's. Are these products an ok choice? I tihkn they will all plug together... but advice needed if they are appropriate. Looking at the MOBO it says it is a microaatx. i presume thta is a compact mobo?
Should i be looking at a larger mobo?
Also the memory. THere was no kingston in stock, so is this memory ok?
advice please!!!!!!
seb
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Ok, tweaked my spec a bit from the above as i accidently put in a mini atx...
sitting at £549 including VAT for this rig... bumped up quite a bit by the uber grpahics card. Raclart recommended pushing a bit more for thta so what do you guys reckon???
the above rpices are without VAT. that equates to circa £460ish iirc.
sitting at £549 including VAT for this rig... bumped up quite a bit by the uber grpahics card. Raclart recommended pushing a bit more for thta so what do you guys reckon???
the above rpices are without VAT. that equates to circa £460ish iirc.
Its the mobo that does the dual channeling as long as its the same memory in each channel.
Clio 1.4 16v
Two sticks that run in dual-channel mode such as :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-059-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144
Corsair are a lot less likely to fail than OCZ as well, OCZ are good for highly overclockable memory, but Corsair rule for value memory, I always use XMS 2 in my builds for value PC's, never have any problems.
Dual channel means both sticks a matched so the will work in harmony, more efficiently
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-059-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144
Corsair are a lot less likely to fail than OCZ as well, OCZ are good for highly overclockable memory, but Corsair rule for value memory, I always use XMS 2 in my builds for value PC's, never have any problems.
Dual channel means both sticks a matched so the will work in harmony, more efficiently
Clio 1.4 16v
True, but by getting a matched pair, they have almost certainly come from the same batch, instead of getting two completely different ones
Revels Mum & Sister
Get on and order it you ghey
If you are planning to upgrade the Memory to 2GB anytime soon then stick with a 1GB stick. If not then 2 sticks running dual channel will do fine
As for OCZ and Corsair, there isnt a difference between then. We use OCZ on the mid range builds at work for clients. We have used probably about 100 sticks over the past 4 months and had one fail which was down to the customer not the product.
But saying that we have not had any problems with the Corsair. But the OCZ isnt the bottom bottom, its the next step up.
If you are planning to upgrade the Memory to 2GB anytime soon then stick with a 1GB stick. If not then 2 sticks running dual channel will do fine
As for OCZ and Corsair, there isnt a difference between then. We use OCZ on the mid range builds at work for clients. We have used probably about 100 sticks over the past 4 months and had one fail which was down to the customer not the product.
But saying that we have not had any problems with the Corsair. But the OCZ isnt the bottom bottom, its the next step up.
