Hello all
I would really love your opinion about this system I set up and plan to order soon.
Price budget is around 725 euro (not sure how much dollar that is
) so I definately won't go above 725 euro. I live in the Netherlands so prices are in euro.
The PC will be used for Photoshop, Programming, DVDs (watching, encoding, making etc using DVD It), Internet, Music, and of course some gaming (World of Warcraft mostly, maybe some shooters).
Here is the list of components:
Case: Xion Black Pearl, Black + Green lights. €64,95
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/cases/Xion/xion2/index.htm
Case looks awesome,nice review, won't change this
PSU: Coolermaster RS-430 eXtreme Power (black) €42,95
Good brand, I think 430 watt should be enough.
Motherboard: ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 € 79.50
http://www.asrock.com/product/ConRoeXFire-eSATA2.htm
Has all I need, no firewire though, might buy a seperate firewire PCI card when I really need it. This is one of the cheapest Core 2 Duo motherboards I found.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Box € 225.50
On some other forums I was recommended to buy the Core 2 Duo 6400 instead of an AMD AM2 4200+ X2. So ye, I went with that one. Dual Core seems a huge upgrade from my current PC (single core, crappy 2.6ghz, very old rly).
Memo: Corsair 2x512MB DDR2 SDRAM PC4200 € 106.00
Corsair, good brand, 2x512MB for Dual Channel. Buying 2x1gb goes over my price budget...Chose PC4200 cause my mobo is 533mhz too.
Video kaart: Asus Videokaart PCI-e GeForce 7600GT Silent € 175.50
Read some reviews, nice GFX card they said. Its Silent (no fan) so thats a big plus too.
So, what do you think guys? I already got a monitor, DVD burner, and 2 HDDs (Sata and Raid), which is enough for now.
I would really love your opinion about this system I set up and plan to order soon.
Price budget is around 725 euro (not sure how much dollar that is
) so I definately won't go above 725 euro. I live in the Netherlands so prices are in euro.The PC will be used for Photoshop, Programming, DVDs (watching, encoding, making etc using DVD It), Internet, Music, and of course some gaming (World of Warcraft mostly, maybe some shooters).
Here is the list of components:
Case: Xion Black Pearl, Black + Green lights. €64,95
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/cases/Xion/xion2/index.htm
Case looks awesome,nice review, won't change this
PSU: Coolermaster RS-430 eXtreme Power (black) €42,95
Good brand, I think 430 watt should be enough.
Motherboard: ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 € 79.50
http://www.asrock.com/product/ConRoeXFire-eSATA2.htm
Has all I need, no firewire though, might buy a seperate firewire PCI card when I really need it. This is one of the cheapest Core 2 Duo motherboards I found.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Box € 225.50
On some other forums I was recommended to buy the Core 2 Duo 6400 instead of an AMD AM2 4200+ X2. So ye, I went with that one. Dual Core seems a huge upgrade from my current PC (single core, crappy 2.6ghz, very old rly).
Memo: Corsair 2x512MB DDR2 SDRAM PC4200 € 106.00
Corsair, good brand, 2x512MB for Dual Channel. Buying 2x1gb goes over my price budget...Chose PC4200 cause my mobo is 533mhz too.
Video kaart: Asus Videokaart PCI-e GeForce 7600GT Silent € 175.50
Read some reviews, nice GFX card they said. Its Silent (no fan) so thats a big plus too.
So, what do you think guys? I already got a monitor, DVD burner, and 2 HDDs (Sata and Raid), which is enough for now.
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