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08-28-2006, 01:44 PM
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Building my first PC - Please advise :)
Hi. Am about to build my first computer and would like to just check that everything is going to work nicely together.
I am going to buy from www.ebuyer.com and here is the list of parts. -------------------------------------- Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=87128 Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113841 Graphics card - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101494 Hard Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=94403 Ram - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=64183 Optical Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=115242 ---------------------------------------- Besides the obvious keyboard, mouse, speakers, fans etc is there anything that I am missing? Is this going to add up to be a nice gaming system while also being good for work and stuff? Also, could somone please explain the cases and power supplies to me? I read the "Building computers 101" sticky and it suggested an ampage of about 18-20 or 26-32, yet on ebuyer they only display the Wattage of the power supplies. So what am I supposed to be looking for in terms of wattage? Thanks for any replies 
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08-28-2006, 02:48 PM
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This is a much better processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 You'll need to get a Core 2 Duo motherboard for it. However, I am lost as it comes to Ebuyer and prices in Pounds...Maybe someone else can help you there. It also doesn't look like they have the greatest selection of motherboards avalible.
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08-28-2006, 07:10 PM
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08-28-2006, 07:12 PM
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Yeah the E6300 is able to do infinitely times more work than the pentium 4 per cycle and obviously has the advantage of being dual core to boot. Also it's a very nice power saving cpu
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09-01-2006, 11:34 AM
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Thanks for your help. I have decided on all the parts and here is my final list.
At the bottom I have put the original budget and the total spent. I dont think the pc is bad for the price ----------------------------------- Processor- E6300 Core 2 Duo *OEM* 1.86GHz 1066FSB 2MB Cache http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=114212 ----------------------------------- Motherboard- ASUS P5B Pentium 4/Celeron/Pentium D/PentiumEE/65nm dual-core/Core2Duo/Core2EE http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113965 ----------------------------------- Graphics Card- Connect3d X1600 XT 256mb DDR VGA DVI-I TV PCI-E http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101498 ----------------------------------- Hard Drive- Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=94403 ----------------------------------- Ram- Corsair 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667MHz 2x64Mx64 non-ECC 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered CL5 Lifetime Warranty http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=92877 ----------------------------------- Keyboard/Mouse- MLK Slim Office Wireless Keyboard & Rechargeable Optical Mouse http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=90793 ----------------------------------- Optical Drive- Sony CRX230E 52x32x52 CD-RW Internal IDE (Black) - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/56142/rb/21438871577 ----------------------------------- Power Supply- Antec TruePower II 480W PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/90615/rb/21405859599 ----------------------------------- Keyboard and Mouse- MLK Slim Office Wireless Keyboard & Rechargeable Optical Mouse http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=90793 ----------------------------------- Speakers- Peak Bay Black/Silver 2.1 Speaker System - 8W RMS http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/105737/rb/21438875843 ----------------------------------- Case- I-Cute 0314TL-BB ATX Gaming Case and 350w PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/91831/rb/21438868900 ----------------------------------- Original budget - £500 / $950 Final Total - £563.75 / $1,073.00 Amount over budget - £63.75 / $123 Everything is scheduled to arrive on wednesday september the 6th so I might be back with some assembly questions bye for now |
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09-01-2006, 11:49 AM
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looks nice, but since you got the OEM cpu, you'll need a heatsink fan and thermal paste.
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