Which PC? Help please :)
10 January 2004, 01:44 PM
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I need a new PC, these are the two options i have thought off -
TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit (MY-007-TM) £93.75
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-017-SP)£185.95
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-026-IN) £136.95
Samsung SP1213C 120GB - OEM (HD-011-SA) £59.95
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SB75G2 Serial ATA Aluminium Barebones System - Intel P4 (FS-022-SH) £199.95
Sony DWU-14A 4x DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-010-SO) £72.00
Total £879.55
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 Aluminium Barebones System (FS-020-SH) £129.00
AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail (CP-040-AM) £56.95
TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit (MY-007-TM) £93.75
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-017-SP) £185.95
Samsung SP1203N 120GB - OEM (HD-005-SA) £57.50
Sony DWU-14A 4x DVD±RW ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-013-SO) £72.00
Total £699.31
Any suggestions?
[Edited by DavidHill - 1/10/2004 1:45:22 PM]
TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit (MY-007-TM) £93.75
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-017-SP)£185.95
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-026-IN) £136.95
Samsung SP1213C 120GB - OEM (HD-011-SA) £59.95
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SB75G2 Serial ATA Aluminium Barebones System - Intel P4 (FS-022-SH) £199.95
Sony DWU-14A 4x DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-010-SO) £72.00
Total £879.55
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 Aluminium Barebones System (FS-020-SH) £129.00
AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail (CP-040-AM) £56.95
TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit (MY-007-TM) £93.75
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-017-SP) £185.95
Samsung SP1203N 120GB - OEM (HD-005-SA) £57.50
Sony DWU-14A 4x DVD±RW ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-013-SO) £72.00
Total £699.31
Any suggestions?
[Edited by DavidHill - 1/10/2004 1:45:22 PM]
10 January 2004, 06:29 PM
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isn't there a problem with cooling fast cpu's in those shuttle cases?
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/forums/fo...?s=&forumid=24
these are the best chaps to ask, dedicated forum for them...
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/forums/fo...?s=&forumid=24
these are the best chaps to ask, dedicated forum for them...
11 January 2004, 02:50 AM
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Depends on what you're using it for! I plan to build 2 maybe 3 Shuttle PC's for some audio apps I want to run, and I will only go with Intel cpus. AMD used to have problems with their motherboards and drivers conflicting with high end sound cards. All resolved now, but I like to play safe.
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Lo Dave, if price isn't an issue I'd got for the Intel based one. I've always been an Intel man since experimenting with a Cyrix chip. Anyhow, I'm now running a AMD and I initially had LOTS of compatablity problems with it and the money I spent sorting it out I could have brought an Intel based system for the same amount! 
Both of the specs you've done there will go like stink
Both of the specs you've done there will go like stink
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If you into alot of gaming drop the twinmoss ram and instead go for the Kingston HyperX 1gb (2x512) PC3200 dual channel ram! it's more expensive (£185 inc vat on dabs.com) but it's superior quality!