£300 desktop needed to handle light design work

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  1. rowin4kicks

    rowin4kicks a man walked into a bar ...

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    Hey you guys i need some help on some hardware i need to get
    i need your advise on what i should get
    first off im talking about the bare minimum just;
    Processor
    Motherboard
    PSU
    HDD
    Graphics card
    Memory

    i only need it so i can finally upgrade from my p4 celeron 1.8ghz 256mb and no graphics card! Its needs to run on some light photoshop tasks and light CAD programs not much, and i will not be upgrading to vista untill another hardware upgrade anyways
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    heres a list i made up of my own from ocuk but anyadvise u would like to give would be great thanks
     
    rowin4kicks, 12 Dec 2006
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  2. tolis86

    tolis86 What's a Dremel?

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    with the same money you can buy:
    INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6300 124 pounds
    GIGABYTE GA-8I945GZME-RH 47 pounds
    TWINMOS DDR2 CL4 1GB PC4300 (533MHZ) 67 pounds
    ASUS EAX1600PRO/TD 256MB 53 pounds
    WESTERN DIGITAL 200GB 50 pounds
    COOLERMASTER RS-430-PCA EXTREME POWER 430W 38 pounds
    sum 379 pounds (VAT included)
    i think its a loooot beter the prices are from a greek shop converted from euros to pounds (1 pound = 1,5 euro)

    edit: 430watt are more than enough for thit system
     
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  3. Sloth

    Sloth #yolo #swag

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    Yes, the above setup w/ the core 2 is well worth the £70 and will leave you more future proofed, 70 more now saves you 100 later
     
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  4. tolis86

    tolis86 What's a Dremel?

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    no no! its 379 WITH VAT so, its only 13 pounds more expensive...
     
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  5. Ryszvaldo

    Ryszvaldo Banned

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    IMHO, go with an ATI card over nVidia as they tend to be better for CAD work, my 9500 pro gave "cleaner" Autocad displays over my old 6600 GT.
     
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  6. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    If you are a special Hexus (bleh) member you get free shipping aswell.
     
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  7. rowin4kicks

    rowin4kicks a man walked into a bar ...

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    wow thanks guys for all ur replies
    i was thinking about core2duo but thought it would be a bit pricey and i could overclock the hell out of the 805d with a good cooler

    i will head over to scan for a quick look see
    thanks
     
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  8. mattthegamer463

    mattthegamer463 What's a Dremel?

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    But you see, you can overclock the hell out of the Core 2 duo (or so I've heard) and you'd end up with better performance overall.
     
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  10. ry@n

    ry@n Minimodder

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  11. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    sempron is significantally better than a celeron, hell id say they are better than p4's.
     
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  12. Boswell

    Boswell Minimodder

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    Still its totally nothing compared to the E6300!! The core 2 duo system is by far the best option in this case.
     
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  13. drag

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    What about:

    AOpen QF50A 300 Watt Beige,blue € 47,81
    AMD Sempron 64, 2800+, Socket AM2, Boxed € 39,16
    TwinMos Memory, 512 MB, DDR2, PC4200, 533 MHz, 1 x € 47,80
    10, 80 GB, 7200 rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA300 € 40,54
    Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA € 54,89
    Samsung SH-D162C, ATAPI/E-IDE, Wit, OEM € 15,59

    Total € 245 - £165 pounds
     
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  14. ry@n

    ry@n Minimodder

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    mayby so, but its not worth thinking about if he has a highly overclockable C2D in his reach...
     
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  15. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    never said that tho, i was replying to the fact you said a sempron is like a celeron which it isnt.

    youd be mad not to buy a core2, but in all honesty maybe wait for the E4300?
     
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  17. Stompy

    Stompy What's a Dremel?

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    Uhm the E6300 is a hell of a lot faster than a Sempron 2800+...
     
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  18. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    I'd say that if he can afford that extra £100 then go C2D.

    If he can't get two of the £165 units and network their powa!
     
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  19. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    lol


    thats all there is too say

    i had a 3100 overclocked to 2.5ghz and the stock e6300 blows it out of teh water, never mind clock for clock
     
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  20. Mighty Yoshimi

    Mighty Yoshimi Motormouth

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    With a zalman cooler the cpu he suggested intially D 805 costs just about half that of the core 2 duo, and when overclocked will keep up with E6300 in some benchmarks te D805 Beat the Fx-60 CPU. He can save 60 quid ish.
     
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