new pc help

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zombie

zombie

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lo :)
iv now sold my old pc for £250 so now planing to get a new one with in the week, hope to order it today, and get it del on sat.
but b4 i do so, i would like a little bit of help.
im planing to get pc parts from http://www.novatech.co.uk
Barebone Bundle AMD X2 AM2 4200 Dual Core 1GB 667Mhz Dual Channel DDR Hiper PSU nForce 570 Motherboard
 £257.32 Inc VAT
BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI HDCP Capable PCI-E
£137.47 Inc VAT
Samsung Lightscribe 18xDVD+/-R/RW/RAM Retail with Black Beige and Silver Bezel
£22.20 Inc VAT
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATAII 250GB 16Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm - OEM
£55.28 Inc VAT
400MHz 184Pin 1GB PC3200 DDR RAM DIMM 2.5V 3.2Gb/Sec
£43.48 Inc VAT

With sat del totel price come to £535.73

Is this set up ok? if not what would u change and to what?
did not know about the gfx card?

when i get this pc i dont want to buy another one for about 2years ish, cause my last one lasted me about 3 years.
thx for any help :)
lee
 
Well I'd consider a Core2 setup if I was you. Also I'd spend £15 more on the Hard disc and get one over double the size...

Tim
 
Stiffler said:
Well I'd consider a Core2 setup if I was you. Also I'd spend £15 more on the Hard disc and get one over double the size...

Tim
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something like..
Barebones Bundles Intel E6320 Core2Duo Heatsink and Fan, 1024mb DDR2 667 Ram, Intel 965X PCI Express Motherboard
£233.82 Inc VAT
OR
Barebones Bundles Intel E6420 Core2Duo Heatsink and Fan, 2048mb DDR2 667 Ram, Intel 965X PCI Express Motherboard
£280.82 Inc VAT

(with the 2nd one i would not buy the extra 1g of ram) cause i was planing to have 2g
 
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Thats a cracking processor and the E6420 gives you the best bang for the buck. I think it would be worth it over the AMD system.

Tim
 
thx tim :)
so if i was to go with the E6420, which gfx card would go nice with it?

ALSO would i need a bigger psu cause it only comes with a 400w would i need to get a 500w? or 550w psu?
 
all parts from http://www.novatech.co.uk
Barebones Bundles Intel E6420 Core2Duo Heatsink and Fan, 2048mb DDR2 667 Ram, Intel 965X PCI Express Motherboard
£280.82 Inc VAT
XFX GeForce 8600GTS XT 256MB DDR3 2x DVI HDCP (720MHz Core Clock) (2.18GHz Memory Clock)
£139.82 Inc VAT
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA II 7200rpm 16Mb Cache 11ms 300Mb/s
£48.72 Inc VAT
 Samsung Lightscribe 18xDVD+/-R/RW/RAM Retail with Black Beige and Silver Bezel
£22.20 Inc VAT

£511.54 with sat del

after a chat with gazz, this is what me syster is going to look like (PSU still looking tho)
550W ATX Power Supply for AMD, P3 and P4 mainboards 24Pin
£18.80 Inc VAT
OR
ThermalTake TR2 Value 470W

£34.08 Inc VAT

or if i cant get one from here, theni will just use a computer shop in town.got my last psu there and that worked very well
 
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the system is ok in performance terms, however I would avoid all this no-name stuff, e.g. with the mainboard n that. ASUS P5B Deluxe comes to mind. also the DVD writer, get an LG H10N one, they're cheap but offer the best quality atm. They're not as fast as that samsung one but so arent the CDs you burn on usually, anyway. (edit: didn't find one on the novatech site.. well, then stick with samsung, should still be alright)
I'd not get a no-name PSU for a system like that, try looking for Enermax Liberty series or at least some proper brand model. (novatech got the 400W model for under 50 quid)
the seagate HD is a good pick, so is the C2D CPU.
also one major mistake regarding the very first post in this thread: don't mix DDR2 with DDR1 RAM... (look at the bundle and then at your 1 GB additional RAM)
 
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changed all that again, mym helped me out last night. ordered the things he helped me with :)

thx for all the help on this :D
 
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