I've never built my own pc before, and have had a look on ebuyer.com for components. I want to stay around the same price; are there any issues with/alternatives to this combo?
Thank you!
Processor - 135650 - £53.36
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Socket AM2 2.3GHz Energy Efficient Socket AM2 L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Graphics card - 126985 - £66.99
MSI 8600GT Silent edition 256MB DVI HDTV PCI-E Graphics Card
Motherboard - 131187 - £39.65
MSI K9N Neo-F V3 Socket AM2 nForce560 7.1channel audio ATX Motherboard
Hard drive - 124228 - £62.24
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
Case - 128045 - £70.99
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower Case - With 500W EarthWatts PSU
Memory - 98708 - £27.01
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 675MHz/PC2-5400 XMS Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL4(4-4-4-12) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty
DVD RW - 127410 - £17.97
LiteOn LH-20A1S 20X SATA DVD±RW/DL Black Bare Drive - OEM
2007-12-14 11:02:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Geforce 8600GTS is better, I think 320GB HDD is enough.
2007-12-14 14:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Scientist has Retired. Bye!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you plan on using the computer for.
If it's for gaming, then no. The Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 8600GT, and Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 675MHz are on the low-end side for performance.
But, if it's for general home usage, then Yes, it would make a really good PC.
2007-12-14 11:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by WReX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The processor is pretty weak, a 2.3Ghz dual core in a desktop is not very efficient. I suggest you put a little more money into the processor and get atleast a 2.8Ghz+. The Geforce 8600Gt is a pretty good graphics card and has decent clock speeds on it.
2007-12-14 11:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are such programmes available that can copy a hard drive .ONE CARE is one that I subsribe to, and use it to create a backup and system recovery disc, this can be down loaded from Microsoft over the net and is updated daily for a year or as long as you subscribe.(See their site) Another good method is to purchase an external drive and upload the programme contents of your present drive onto it... once verified that you do indeed have a copy of your stuff on the new drive, go back to the old drive and reinstall windows from the backup help dept, then once everything is back on track move forward from there by choosing the programmes awaiting on the external drive that you wish to be reinstated back onto the original drive. Dump or keep the rest it is up to you,I WOULD KEEP IT JUST IN CASE THERE WAS SOMETHING i HAD OVERLOOKED. then create a recovery disc for windows. One-care is a good programme to create this. as it can deal with system copies, programme backup and malware plus viral removal in realtime as it emerges. good luck.
2016-05-24 00:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not bad, but I'd be tempted to cut down on the case, and hard drive, and go for the Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe mainboard.
I also prefer LG DVD/RW drives.
2007-12-14 11:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by compyshop 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks Good but i would get 512mb Graphic card and max the memory to 4 gb if your pc has the capacity
2007-12-14 11:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by Johnny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋