Our current Dell computer is dying (I think it's the PSU. It shuts off randomly, has a "fuzzy" screen, won't start up sometimes est.) Anyways my dad wants to buy a Dell or HP, one of the $500 "value" systems. It has a AMD sempron, 256 RAM, integrated video card aka all crap. So here is my build. Any suggestions (I need to keep it under $700 including shipping). I have a mouse, speakers, sound card, monitor, so all I need is the tower.
(Price not including shipping)
Linkworld 3210-04-C2628 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $24.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811164040
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $142.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012
POWERCOLOR X800GTO256MBDDR3 Radeon X800GTO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $87.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814131007
Thermaltake TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply 115/230 V - Retail - $39.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153023
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail - $183.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115005
CORSAIR XMS2 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Desktop Memory - Retail - $78.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145538
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160811AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $56.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148149
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM - $28.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151133
Total without shipping $671.93
I really want the Core 2 Duo and plan on overclocking it. I'm going to buy another stick of memory at a later time when we have more money.
How much faster will this system be than our old Dell? (1.6 GHZ P4, 512 MB ram) It got around 2:45 on 1 million for Super Pi. And how fast will this be compared to the Dell or HP "value system" he wants to buy?
He plans on ordering what ever we get tomorrow night so I need a quick response please.
Thank you all very much.
(Price not including shipping)
Linkworld 3210-04-C2628 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $24.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811164040
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $142.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012
POWERCOLOR X800GTO256MBDDR3 Radeon X800GTO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $87.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814131007
Thermaltake TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply 115/230 V - Retail - $39.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153023
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail - $183.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115005
CORSAIR XMS2 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Desktop Memory - Retail - $78.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145538
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160811AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $56.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148149
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM - $28.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151133
Total without shipping $671.93
I really want the Core 2 Duo and plan on overclocking it. I'm going to buy another stick of memory at a later time when we have more money.
How much faster will this system be than our old Dell? (1.6 GHZ P4, 512 MB ram) It got around 2:45 on 1 million for Super Pi. And how fast will this be compared to the Dell or HP "value system" he wants to buy?
He plans on ordering what ever we get tomorrow night so I need a quick response please.
Thank you all very much.