build me a computer
 

so my piece of shit is on the fritz. i think the cpu just went out and i just feel like there's no point in trying ot keep this ancient machine alive. i'm looking to spend around a grand canadian or so on a whole new system. i've got plenty of harddrives and a 420w i can transfer over (that's enough right)? i just want it to handle photoshop and whatever heavy load programs i throw at it; don't care aobut gaming.

Shouldnt be hard :D

Asus p35 mobo (p5k)
Antec p182
Q6600 g0 (SLACR) stepping
Antec Ea 650w psu
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2gig (pc 800mhz) Can probably get it a bit cheaper without the led's on it.
AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card (not big into sound but see these reccomended over creative soundblasters a lot lately)
Asus EN8800GT/HTDP/256M nVidia GeForce 8800GT Chipset (600MHz) Shader Clock (1500MHz) 256MB (1.8GHz) PCI-Express 2.0 Graphic Card

Having second thoughts about the gt now, just noticed its the 256mb version, could get a 512mb board for $50 more though.

DéjÃ* vu

thats gonna haunt me

lmao wtf

Eric Prydz - Pjanoo

wrong thread

Did you upgrade your shit Anti?

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Gerv, what would be the best processor/mobo/RAM combo for around the £200 mark? I had lined up the following for around £184.

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX

I haven't been paying attention to the latest developments in PC components, so I thought I'd ask for your advice. :D (I'm not interested in overclocking; looking for something stable and reliable)

I might ask over at OcUK as there seems to be a metric ton of people over there who like nothing more than pricing up new systems for people.

Any intel p35 chipset mobo should be good for that, for ram id say stick to crucial\corsair or OCZ. Cpu wise for dual core might be worthwhile looking at a wolfdale E8200 or e8400.

yessir. bought everything except i got a evga 8800gt oc, 2 gigs of corsair ddr1066 dominator, and an m-audio soundcard that allows me to do keyboard shit itno my computing device.
check this fly nerd shit out
http://taitk.com/other/DSC_1720.jpg

I'll keep that in mind sir! Ta!



That's some mighty fine cable management!:goodjob: That power supply looks like it'd be struggling for air.:surrender:

under the psu the case is nicely chopped up like you see on it's roof, allowing the psu fan to function freely. i was a bit worried at first but i've seen others do it so i figured i was ok.

Thank goodness for that! I had visions of it blowing up and turning your entire neighbourhood into this...

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/...b__430x323.jpg

I went for....

e8200, with a Thermalright HR-01 PLUS
Asus p5k
2GB Corsair RAMMSTEIN
500 GIGADUDE Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 (No games obviously, looking for something quiet to compliment the HR-01)


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

All arriving soon or already got it?

It should be here on Tuesday*.










* depending on the mood of the City Link delivery driver.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/CL.jpg

Ha! :D

For the hundreds upon hundreds of forumites that care....

Everything's running sweetly so far, but one of the sticks of RAM was fucked so I'm trundling along on 1GB until new stuff arrives. :mad: It was the first time I'd installed a bolt-on heatsink and I was a little bit :eek:, but nothing got squished. I'm running it passively so my PC is lovely and quiet; if a mouse farted in the room right now I'm sure I'd be able to hear it. :goodjob:

Buttocks, I don't mean to pry, but how much did you pay for a system like that?

I keep having these little after thoughts of whether or not to invest in one.

It cost....

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200...............................£94.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450.....................£21.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II...........£39.99
Asus P5K Motherboard................................£59.99
Corsair 2GB DDR2.......................................£31.99
Antec Three Hundred Case.........................£31.99
Thermalright HR-01 PLUS heatsink................£26.99

.................................................. ..Total: £307.93

That works out at $607.66, but I'd say it'd be a lot cheaper than that over there.

Twas a pretty good buy. :goodjob: With the new 4850 thats out you could add an even better vid card and play all the top games for maybe £450. But wait..don't gaming pc's cost THOUSANDS>???!!?!?! zomg