Hi,
I am going to be making a new PC for general home use (not gaming), mainly gonna be used for office/internet/some video encoding.
I will be using XP on the system for a while, then switching to Windows7 hopefully.
I am on a tight budget (under £400) so have opted for a motherboard with onboard graphics, but if it's not gonna be enough for ocassional video encoding, can add a 512Mb graphics card for about £30.
I have the following requirements for the system;
1. Intel Quadcore
2. 4GB RAM
3. 2 HDs (small one for OS/ big one for storage)
4. DVD-RW drive
I have had a look on ebuyer.com and made the following list:
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Socket 775 1333FSB 4MB Cache £139.98
Motherboard ASUS P5N-EM HDMI GeForce 7100 Socket 775 onboard graphics 8 channel audio mAT £51.58
RAM OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC6400 Titanium Memory CL4(4-4-4-15) £44.99
PSU Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors £41.66
Case Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - No PSU £28.98
DVD Drive Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA £16.00
Hard Drive 1 Seagate ST380815AS 80GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache £26.98
Hard Drive 2 Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache £67.49
TOTAL £417.66
I would appreciate your opinions on whether;
1. there are any problems with the parts I've chosen
2. you can recommend a better system meeting the requirements (preferably reducing the price)
Thanks for any help.
I am going to be making a new PC for general home use (not gaming), mainly gonna be used for office/internet/some video encoding.
I will be using XP on the system for a while, then switching to Windows7 hopefully.
I am on a tight budget (under £400) so have opted for a motherboard with onboard graphics, but if it's not gonna be enough for ocassional video encoding, can add a 512Mb graphics card for about £30.
I have the following requirements for the system;
1. Intel Quadcore
2. 4GB RAM
3. 2 HDs (small one for OS/ big one for storage)
4. DVD-RW drive
I have had a look on ebuyer.com and made the following list:
Motherboard ASUS P5N-EM HDMI GeForce 7100 Socket 775 onboard graphics 8 channel audio mAT £51.58
RAM OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC6400 Titanium Memory CL4(4-4-4-15) £44.99
PSU Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors £41.66
Case Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - No PSU £28.98
DVD Drive Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA £16.00
Hard Drive 1 Seagate ST380815AS 80GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache £26.98
Hard Drive 2 Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache £67.49
TOTAL £417.66
I would appreciate your opinions on whether;
1. there are any problems with the parts I've chosen
2. you can recommend a better system meeting the requirements (preferably reducing the price)
Thanks for any help.