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uacat360

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Hi guys,
New to the forum, but am looking for a some help. I'm trying to put together a system for my buddy, and need some help with it. Ive been out of scene for a while, so im a tad bit lost. He needs to run just simple business software (quick books etc) some photoshop, and that kind of stuff. No fancy gaming or anything. He's trying to get parts under 300 but i can probably get to about 400, heres what i've thought so far

ASUS/AMD Phenom 2.20 Combo
Corsair ram-2 gig DDR2 800
OCZ 550W PSU
EVGA 9400GT 1GB
What do you guys think?
 
mpilchfamily

mpilchfamily

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Your video card link takes us to the PSU.

Now i assume your using drives from another system as well as the case. It may be a good idea to get a new HDD since you don't want the age of the old one being its deaath an loosing data. You'll also have to factor in an OS which will run you about $99 for an OEM copy of Vista. Remeber you won't be able to use the install of the OS from the original HDD.

Considering all of this i think your best bet is to suggest a Dell or HP. He'll get more for his money that way and have a warenty to boot.
 
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uacat360

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Just fixed it. I have a oem copy of xp lying around and a new hdd already im going to give him that i dont use anymore. He had a dell and doesnt like it anymore, and cant really find one in the price range.
 
Fayd

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you can do a lot better on the video card. you may not be planning on fancy gaming, but that'll struggle with games from several generations ago.

a 9600GT goes on special for about that price nowadays. watch for hot deals in.. hot deals.. for anything over 9600GT/3870GTish. so 4670/4830 for ATI, and 9600GT or above for nvidia.
 
Fayd

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if he's not gonna game at all (as in at all...) then it'd make more sense to go with a mobo with onboard video, and save yourself the wattage and price of using a real video card.

a good chipset for AMD is the 780G.

what's he gonna be using this comp for?

if it's just office work/photoshop and maybe video playback and such, then a 780G mobo with a 45 watt chip would be a good cheap combo, both in terms of upfront cost and longterm power consumption. it'd still be able to play some games, but they'd be relatively old games. (i think anandtech did some benchmarks on the 780G chipset, review them for an idea of GPU performance with it.)

when you say photoshop, i'm gonna assume thatg you're not talking about the photoshop guru type stuff, like 30kx30k resolution pics and such. if it's just stuff us mere mortals do, then go with onboard video.
 
Fayd

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FWIW, you're vastly overspeccing the PSU. the comp i just priced out wont use more than 100 watts. getting more than a 200w psu is a waste... unfortunately, they dont make them very cheaply at that wattage point.

so i recommend one that comes with the case. the case i listed is a good solid case, and the PSU that comes with it is also solid.
 
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uacat360

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I kind of forgot to ask him, and just did. He does want to go dual monitor which isnt a big deal, they are both 19inchs so nothing crazy. And no crazy photoshop, just minor stuff. I went with a rather high PSU cuz he wants to have multiple HDD and a dvd drive and burner you know the normal stuff. Figured for 60 bucks. Is the deadl with mobo and cpu a good deal at all?
 
Schmide

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Hard drives eat little power, you're talking single digits 7w or so.

Your processor is a bit more power hungry as phenoms go. Still 70w

In the end your build is really in the low wattage park with that video card and such.

If you're really intent on getting a high end PSU the

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W $50 AR

is cheaper and much quieter. Still total overkill for your level of build. I'd go with the case and PSU Fayd pointed out. Spend that money or 4gb ram, a bigger HD, or a better video card. Maybe a Ati 4670 or 4830 on nvidia 9600gt or gso.

This CPU/MB combo looks more appropriate towards you're level of build.

E5200 + ASRock Mobo $103
 
Fayd

Fayd

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looks good. it'd make a decent gaming box if he wanted to try that as well.

the storage controller on the G31 is pretty old, but whatever. if you arent trying fun stuff with it, then it's not a big deal.

anyways, yeah, you'd have to REALLY load that comp down with drives before it even starts giving issues. (like 8-10 HDD's with their spinup reqs might push it. but if you got a storage controller that supported staggered spinup, that wouldnt even be a problem.)

anyways, yeah, there's no sense in getting a 550 watt PS for a comp that will consume less than 200.
 
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Originally posted by: uacat360
I kind of forgot to ask him, and just did. He does want to go dual monitor which isnt a big deal, they are both 19inchs so nothing crazy. And no crazy photoshop, just minor stuff. I went with a rather high PSU cuz he wants to have multiple HDD and a dvd drive and burner you know the normal stuff. Figured for 60 bucks. Is the deadl with mobo and cpu a good deal at all?
Click to expand...

The AMD 780g/790gx on-board IGP will push dual monitors. Here is a Phenom 9600BE / Asus M4A78 pro combo for $180.

The Biostar 790gx and Gigabyte 780g combos look good, too, but the best bang for your buddy's buck is the Phenom II 720BE / Biostar 790gx combo for $212.

Corsair 400w power supply for $50 AR.

Throw in 2x2Gb of DDR2 800 for less than $40 and off you go ...

 
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