| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 18:24 | |
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Building a PC for the first time, going to order the parts when I get paid. Here's what I have for £320: Case Enermax 3030 ATX Case PSU Aria 500w ATX Motherboard Abit 754 Athlon support Memory Generic DDR 333 1024MB Processor AMD Sempron 64 bit 3000+ 1.8GHZ DVD Writer Pioneer 40x16x8 Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 250GB Graphics Card GeForce 256mb DDR3 RAM 6200 GPM Is this alright or can I get better for the money? I thought that was a good system for the price. --- Post edited by Cobain_94 on 1/11 18:24 --- | |
| Jonny_ov_boro Posted on 1/11 18:34 | |
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No soundcard? | |
| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 18:36 | |
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Built into the motherboard. Plus if I had a good soundcard I'd have to buy good speakers and that'd bump a fair price on it. --- Post edited by Cobain_94 on 1/11 18:37 --- | |
| coheadboro Posted on 1/11 18:44 | |
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that's not bad for the price but for £400 my mate bought a similar spec pc but with a 2.6 GHZ dual processor (5.2GHZ) and got a 17 inch monitor with it. | |
| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 18:47 | |
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I'll see if I can get a duo system for under £350 then, thought that'd be a bit on the pricey side. Still keeping the monitor, keyboard and mouse from this computer as they're good enough. | |
| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 19:19 | |
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Just had a look, cheapest motherboard that supports the Pentium D is £50, cheapest Pentium D chip about £75. Think i'll stick with this. | |
| UnWookie Posted on 1/11 19:52 | |
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How much is the Power supply ? Is it £17 ish. Buying a cheap PSU is a false economy, as when they blow, they have a nasty habit of taking components with them. (Ask Get_Your_Rat_Out) For a system of that nature you want to be spending in the region of £30 - £40 for a decent quality PSU. | |
| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 20:30 | |
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In terms of amount of watts or just quality? Taking your advice onboard I looked around and found this: | |
| Link: PSU | |
| UnWookie Posted on 1/11 20:41 | |
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That one's a vast improvement over the generic 500watt jobbie. And should be more than adequate for the PC you are building Size is'nt everything as they say. 
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| Cobain_94 Posted on 1/11 20:59 | |
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Thanks for the help. "Size doesn't matter" I've been telling girls that for years. | |
