quick spec check choice of 2

adbp1 · 30 May 2010 at 15:18

My brothers pc jsut died on him, so i said i would help get him a new one, all we need is motherboard,cpu/cooling & memory.

ive put together 2 specs within his/our budget of £200.

spec 1 is pretty basic but better cooling.

spec 2 better but not so good cooling ( can be upgraded later date)

hes currently on XP but want to move him over to win7, but that will come at later date too!
which of the 2 would be better? he uses would be watch few films, play mw2 online with me! and browsing web

thanks for looking, tips and suggestions
Ali

stulid · 30 May 2010 at 15:19

spec2, newer=better?

adbp1 · 30 May 2010 at 15:32

thats what i was leaning towards, the stock cooler will be fine for now, hes not gonna overclock at all.

PermaBanned · 30 May 2010 at 15:39

Athlon II X4 630 - £78
ASUS M4A77 - £55
PNY 2GB DDR3 - £43
Zalman CNPS10X - £27

Total - £203

All with free delivery. Change the cooler if you want (like, to a Coolermaster TX3), there's tons of options. CPU could be a PII 555 if they're gaming with it, but then i guess you would have wanted a graphics card?

adbp1 · 30 May 2010 at 15:52

he done fine on his athlon 3400 x2 sckt 939 on asus a8n-sli!
i think even the basic of newer setups with whip his old set up !!
again leaning towards less of processor but more ram so when he upgrades to win7.

PermaBanned · 30 May 2010 at 15:59

adbp1 said:
he done fine on his athlon 3400 x2 sckt 939 on asus a8n-sli!
i think even the basic of newer setups with whip his old set up !!
again leaning towards less of processor but more ram so when he upgrades to win7.

You really don't need 4GB for everyday tasks and casual gaming. Hell, you don't need 1GB really but for Windows 7 2GB is easily enough, money would be far better spent on a better CPU.

What graphics card will you be using?

Big.Wayne · 30 May 2010 at 16:47

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adbp1 · 30 May 2010 at 20:23

already signed up long time ago!!
not sure how much we would get for his old stuff, either the board or the memory has gone but testing it seems like mix of both!