Build me a pc

[Dutcho]

I want a quad core coz it sounds cool, lol. My main needs are networking files and encoding dvd's ect.

Sooo, what sort of price ranges am I looking at.

 

[MFCGMFC]

depend what u want in it?

high end budget etc digicol will be along in a minute he is the man for all this carry on

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[Dutcho]

Cheap but effective

 

[Dutcho]

Looking at the prices of quad core I think it would be better dual core, lol.

 

[digicol]

Give me a budget mate and I will see what I can dig up in between dominoe games.

You say networking files, as many PC's I have built I still am a bit of a noob when it comes to torrents and file sharing etc as I never bother with that kind of thing.

So what does this entail?

 

[hobogobo]

just got myself one of these Acer ASM5100 for £357 should do all you need and saved me building it myself and a legit operating system

 

[Dutcho]

say 350 and it needs to be quick at encoding ect Games I play on ps3

 

[MFCGMFC]

wot bout this

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1260989#post1260989

and expand on it mabye?

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[digicol]

Motherbaord - massive 1200mhz RAM, massive 1600mhz OC BUS, this thing will handle anything, and mega price!!
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143226
£75

CPU - Intels latest 1333mhz Core 2 8200 2.66ghz, a little overclock will see this hit mega speeds even with the stock fan!!
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Socket 775 (2.66GHz) FSB1333 6MB Cache Retail Boxed
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139967
£119

RAM - get this stuff from here, 1066mhz, lightning fast with massive room for overclocking, will touch that 1200mhz that the board will take easy if you wish.
Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series 4GB 2 x 2GB DDR2 PC2-8500 1066Mhz
http://www.awd-it.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=3787
£67

Hard Drive - wow just seen this at an amazing price, my fav hard drive to tell you the truth AND it has come down in price due to the new releases of 32mb cache hard drives, trust me you will not see any difference between this 16mb cache drive and a 32mb one and these are blumming quiet and reliable drives!!!
Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130454
£48 BARGAIN!!!!

DVD Burner - well anything you want really for about £16ish

PSU - this will be more than ample to run the setup.
OCZ StealthXtream 500W PSU - 1x PCI-E 6/8pin, 2x SATA 12cm Fan
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159
£33

Case - again your choice for about £15 or so depending on how fussy you are.

Oops nearly forgot you need a crap cheap card also:
Point Of View 8400GS 256MB GDDR2 DVI VGA HDCP ready PCI-E Graphics Card
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129802
£23

Unfortunately I have gone about £50 over budget as this lot comes in about £400.

Now down to this video encoding thing, it is true that the quad cores will perform better in this task, but the Q6600 is now using older technology, is a little dated and costs £30 more than this e8200. Navigating the desktop, opening apps and gaming this e8200 will beat the Q6600. The newer 9 series of Quads are costing close to £200 and the lower end scale is not looking as good as the Q6600 due to the low multiplier and cache, although it does run at 1333mhz but costs about £180 or so.

So I would say your choice of processors are the one listed above or the Q6600.

The Q6600 will be better for your encoding but it really kills me to use older technology, and to save a few seconds in encoding only to lose it again during normal navigation, is it worth it?

At the end of the day there is no really bad choice between the 2, both are great processors so I will leave it up to you.

 

[Dutcho]

How about with a amd board and cpu ? LOL. Always been a amd man myself.

I did a rough system last night on ebuyer.



Qty Product QuickFind Stock Price Line Total
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (3.2 GHz) Socket AM2 L2 2MB (2x1MB) Retail Boxed Processor 140714 41 in stock £102.85 £87.53 £102.85 £87.53

Gigabyte GA M57SLI-S4 SKT AM2 Nvidia MCP55P PCI-E 8Channel audio ATX 113844 175 in stock £54.04 £45.99 £54.04 £45.99

Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5 Unbuffered 1.8V 129954 212 in stock £26.03 £22.15 £26.03 £22.15

Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache - OEM 131214 727 in stock £32.79 £27.90 £32.79 £27.90

Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM 139414 853 in stock £16.49 £14.03 £16.49 £14.03

MSI 7300 256MB GDDR2 (512MB TurboCache) DVI VGA TVO PCI-E Graphics Card 133004 130 in stock

Casecom KG-868 Black Mid Tower Windowed Gaming Case 350W PSU - 20+4 Pin USB2.0 Audio 8cm Fan 088477 57 in stock £28.32 £24.10 £28.32 £24.10


Cooler Master Hyper 212 All-in-one Processor Cooler for Intel LGA775, AMD AM2, 754, 939, 940 136638 106 in stock £19.99 £17.01 £19.99 £17.01
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£45.08
£302.49

Need a bigger psu me thinks though.

 

[Dutcho]

I've also just added that psu and hard drive to my bundle see what it comes out at.

£361.75

 

[digicol]

Lol, Dutcho I think I will apply for one of the Quashqai jobs at Nissan and pull your head off when I get there lol, I spent 30 minutes speccing that up, in your wage terms that would be £17 for minutes work, you get paid close to that at Nissan don't you?

Speaking of Nissan, I have a few mates that work there who you will almost certainly know. (Please tell me you work at Nissan lol, I am just going off what I think I read ages ago).

Seriously mate, do you really want to stick with AMD, as much as I like them they are just not cutting the mustard yet. If you really do then forget that X2 and get a quad core Phenom, they are only about £130 and will do you perfect.

And yes put the 500gb hard drive in, for that price you would be silly not to and that OCZ PSU is fantastic and extremely stable for just over £30.

I thought you wanted an ubber system? Go on put that 4gb Patriot ram in there, you know you want to!!! If not then get some of this:
OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116755
£30

Also get this motherboard, it has awesome onbaord graphics, one of the best ever implemented into a motherboard and also uses a nice audio chipset:
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142347
£55

Processor will slot nicely into that board and is cheaper than I thought:
AMD Phenom Quad Core 9550 Socket AM2+ 2.2GHz 4MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143261
£120

Then add £48 for the Samsung 500gb hard drive., £33 for the PSU, £16 for a DVD burner and about £15 for a case.

Total cost is less than £320, and if you feel the need for more RAM you can add another matched pair at a later date.

Also regarding an OS just PM me if needed.

 

[Dutcho]

What shift are your friends on ? I work at Kaizan No a line monkey.

Add that up again ? £320 for a quad ?

 

[Dutcho]

Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM 139414 837 in stock £16.49 £14.03 £16.49 £14.03

Casecom KG-868 Black Mid Tower Windowed Gaming Case 350W PSU - 20+4 Pin USB2.0 Audio 8cm Fan 088477 57 in stock £28.32 £24.10 £28.32 £24.10

Extra Value 12" Purple Dual Cathode Light Kit 125793 1057 in stock £2.99 £2.54 £2.99 £2.54

OCZ StealthXtream 500W PSU - 1x PCI-E 6/8pin, 2x SATA 12cm Fan 135159 35 in stock £32.66 £27.79 £32.66 £27.79

Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache - OEM 130454 462 in stock £47.99 £40.84 £47.99 £40.84

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard 142347 40 in stock £54.47 £46.35 £54.47 £46.35

OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY 116755 555 in stock £29.99 £25.52 £29.99 £25.52

AMD Phenom 9550 Socket AM2+ 2.2GHz 4MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor 143261 74 in stock £119.90 £102.04 £119.90 £102.04

Enlight Black 26-in-1 Internal 3.5" Card Reader - Retail Boxed 125247 346 in stock £8.98 £7.64 £8.98 £7.64

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[digicol]

That seems perfect mate.

No idea where abouts the lads work in Nissan, but do you know the Harkers, Ian and Neil, I think they are supervisors or line leaders or something.

Paul Grimes - AKA Gippa, also my other mate just took his redundancy last year, Lee Charlton - AKA Charlie.

All Ferryhill lads.

Ah don't forget a kettle lead power cable if you need one.

 

[Dutcho]

Gippa lol Grizzler more like, know them all very well mate, give that big eared useless foooker grizler a clip from me

 

[countryboy]

www.banddistribution.co.uk
try there m8 ask for michele .see if they can beat the price
arge enough in a nice way and they usally do

 

[digicol]

Xbox live codes

Lol I meant to make my own post, ignore this!!!

 

[Dutcho]

All ordered

 

[countryboy]

you get a good price m8