Looks like he has blown up his motherboard and probably melted his CPU. His system is over 6 years old. He needs the following stuff. He's not bothered about a decent graphics card. Only uses it for the net and music and films really. Quiet, stable and longlasting is better Motherboard Processor RAM Graphics card Case Power Soundcard - (he has an audigy 1 atm to output to amp and speakers, not sure what onboard sound is up to) Hard drives would need a converter from IDE > SATA (how much are these?)
thanks. i was just looking at that. Can you buy converts for it to allow him to use his current IDE drives?
Is this alright for £280? Intel Core2 Duo E7500 (skt 775) 2.93ghz 3mb cache 2GB Kingston 800mhz DDR2 Memory 400GB SATA II Hard Drive Geforce 9500GT 512Mb Video Card 5.1 Channel Sound 10/100 Network DVD-ROM DVD-RW 500W psu Silver/black ATX Case
Not unless he will be using the system for sound production or have a gazillion speakers. Spec on the way.
This tbh. Hard drive and DVD drive are both sata, so the IDE port will be free for im to hook up 1 or 2 of his old IDE drives Product Name Qty Price Line Total Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.99 (£50.43) £57.99 (£50.43) Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C) £49.99 (£43.47) £49.99 (£43.47) AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £47.99 (£41.73) £47.99 (£41.73) Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £42.99 (£37.38) £42.99 (£37.38) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.98 (£32.16) £36.98 (£32.16) Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case- Black (No PSU) £28.99 (£25.21) £28.99 (£25.21) Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£14.77) £16.99 (£14.77) Sub Total : £245.15 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with: DPD Next Day Parcel (This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £38.46 Total : £294.86
Whats the point in everyone getting Xonar DX2 cards to use with their 5.1 pc speaker setups then? He uses a technics amp, wharfdale speakers and a sub (all cost around £200) Thanks for spec - Is onbaord going to be better than the Geforce 9500GT 512Mb Video Card? (not that he will really use it much anyway)
1 - Beats me tbh. More money than sence. 2 - For the use of the system, i doubt you would even notice the difference with the graphics power.
Thanks guys. He went with this yesterday http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-187-OK&tool=3 very similar spec as the one kenny posted
