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Re: kits

ollie — Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:42 am

Author: ollie

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:42 am

That's great news, and I'm sure you have ended up with a much better PC than the first option. It really is amazing what a major upgrade brings to your computing experience.

Re: kits

heiowge — Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:03 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:03 pm

The last time I had an up-to-date ish computer, I spent �1250 on a sony laptop (my eeepcs don't count as they were low spec compared with a laptop anyway). Athelon 1400 processor, 256 MB RAM, 20Gb hd, 14" 4:3 screen, XP home.

I deserve something not second hand for once.

Thanks for everyone who helped me choose. I'm waiting for the paypal address to pay and then he's gonna order the bits. He's also gonna transfer my 4 port USB 2.0 card to the new PC.

Re: kits

PCNetSpec — Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:59 pm

Author: PCNetSpec

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:59 pm

Lucky git .. Can I borrow it, just for testing purposes? .. I promise I'll give it back

Re: kits

heiowge — Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:51 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:51 pm

Your thoughts reflect mine and another friend of mine in the know. So I've ordered the Phenom II X6 PC.

Re: kits

PCNetSpec — Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:33 pm

Author: PCNetSpec

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:33 pm

In my opinion...

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, every time

As well as the extra cores (i5-2300 doesn't have hyperthreading), it's Average CPU Mark (according to PassMark) is higher -

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T = 6043
Intel core i5-2300 @ 2.8ghz = 5351

These scores are only for comparison, and are fairly meaningless unless taken in context.

Not to mention as it's a Black Edition, it's an overclockers dream.

Re: kits

heiowge — Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:40 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:40 am

What I mean is that I can stretch the budget. What should I get? The i5 box or the Phenom II X6 one?

Re: kits

nelz — Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:58 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:58 am

Rhakios wrote:

heiowge wrote:

Opinions?

I want one!

An opinion? You have plenty of those already

Re: kits

Rhakios — Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:44 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:44 am

heiowge wrote:

Opinions?

I want one!

Re: kits

heiowge — Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:22 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:22 am

Opening up AMD as an option, he offers:

PHENOM II X4 955 SKT AM3 3.2GHZ BLK ED
4Gb DDR3
ASRock M3A 770de (16gb Ram/ 4x sata/ 4x usb rear)
500gb sata hdd
DVD-RW
Card Reader
Nvidia GT430 1GB Graphics
Case + 500w PSU

�399

Or... for �455

PHENOM II X6 1090t SKT AM3 3.2GHZ BLK ED
4Gb DDR3
ASRock M3A 770de (16gb Ram/ 4x sata/ 4x usb rear)
500gb sata hdd
DVD-RW
Card Reader
Nvidia GT430 1GB Graphics
Case + 500w PSU

Opinions?

Re: kits

Marrea — Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:55 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:55 pm

heiowge wrote:

I can afford i3, I may be able to stretch to i5. Any compatability issues?

My main desktop, which I bought last May, has an Asus P7H55D-M Pro motherboard with an Intel Core i5 650 3.20 GHz CPU. I�m running Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit on it and haven�t come across any compatibility problems as yet.

Re: kits

nordle — Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:35 pm

Author: nordle

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:35 pm

Sandy Bridge is out...ish, you have to make sure you get a de-bugged chipset.

But for the price, the 2.8 i5 quoted by your contact is going to take some beating.

As for compatibility, there are a few H55 mobo's in the Asrock range:

http://www.asrock.com/microsite/IntelH55/index.asp?c=Models

Re: kits

heiowge — Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:32 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:32 am

Update... He replied to my quote for i processor spec...

To build a comparable system using �I� Processors would be as follows:

ASROCK H55 S1156 DDR3 GbE DVI/HDMI XFIRE
4GB DDR3 1333mhz
500GB Sata HDD
DVD-RW
Front Mounted Card Reader
Nvidia GT430 1GB PCI-E Graphics Card
ATX Case 500w PSU

Intel i3 3.2Ghz Dual Core 4mb Cache : �395

Intel i5 2.8Ghz Quad Core 8mb Cahce: �469
I can afford i3, I may be able to stretch to i5. Any compatability issues? Thoughts on my option? I|s the i3 better than the last spec pc?

Re: kits

heiowge — Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:54 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:54 am

I've asked him about a faster processor. I'm also upgrading to a 500GB hd for an extra �6.

****edit****

While I was typing that, he sent me this...

The top processor for that board that I can get is the next model up from that, the Q8400- 2.66ghz / 4mb cache, that would add about �11 to the total.... beyond that you�re getting up into intel�s I range (i3/5/7) which would require a different board and I don�t know how they handle unix systems....

Re: kits

heiowge — Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:13 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:13 am

I'll have to ask. Maybe not on my budget. Plus I need at least one IDE socket. Maybe a more up to date motherboard doesn't have one...

Re: kits

ollie — Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:23 am

Author: ollie

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:23 am

heiowge wrote:

Intel Q8300 CORE2QUAD 2.5 GHZ 4mb Cache
ASRock P45 Motherboard (16gb Total DDR3/6 SATA Ports/ 6Rear USB +3 Front Panel)
4GB DDR3 1333mhz
250GB Sata HDD
DVD-RW
Front Mounted Card Reader
Nvidia GT430 1GB PCI-E Graphics Card
ATX Case 450w PSU

�395 built and ready to go...

Opinions?

Can they offer a more up to date CPU? i5 Quad Core or i7? The Q8300 is 2 years old now. An i7 has an effective 8 CPUs because of hyperthreading which isn't available in the older CPUs. It will also need a motherboard update for the newer CPU socket but this also allows for CPU updates, whereas the older socket doesn't support the newer CPU.