Hardware to buy

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by mlawton40, Jun 8, 2006.

  1. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    Right, I have £250 to spend to upgrade a computer, the new parts I will need are:

    - CPU + Heatsink/Fan
    - Motherboard with integrated sound card
    - Ram
    - Case
    - Network Card (If on motherboard then not needed seperate)
    - Graphics Card

    I want the computer to be as fast as I can with this budget, the computer will just be used for downloading (little amounts), watching videos from Internet etc, just the average use.
    I would like it to be as quiet as possible and if any of my budget left maybe have extra cooling.

    Anyone give any advice on the hardware stated above to purchase?

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Here's some suggestions off eBuyer:

    Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 £52.30 inc VAT
    Athlon64 3000+ Retail £61.63 inc VAT
    Crucial 2x512MB PC3200 £56.77 inc VAT
    Antec NeoHE 430 £45.31 inc VAT
    Casecom KB-7720BK £9.99 inc VAT

    Total w VAT: £226

    The motherboard has integrated video, LAN, and sound...the last two are standard features on motherboards these days.

    I know you didn't request it, but I did put in a suggested power supply. These days, it's become a much more critical component, so it is worth the money to have a good unit.

    While 512MB is probably going to do you just fine, most on-board memory solutions make use of the system RAM, and given how relatively inexpensive 1GB is these days, it's not going to hurt.

    The CPU is retail, which includes a CPU cooling fan.
     
  3. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    Has anyone got any alternative recommendations they could share?
     
  4. Matt

    Matt Oblivion Junky

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    Big B's system is fine. And for what you gonna be doing thats a really good setup.
     
  5. rike17

    rike17 Geek Trainee

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    for watching videos and dowloading some stuff that rig should be good. If you wanna do some gaming and spend some more money you should probably get a 7300GT, its one of the best budget cards around.
     
  6. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    Ok, thanks very much for all your replies. Just one more question, I currently have a 20GB hard drive in the system and the computer was bought in 1997 so it will be pretty old, will this still be ok to use, once its obviously been reformatted?
     
  7. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    No problems that I can think of. But, you are smart to do a clean install of Windows.
     

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