New Build Help

[Nashirk]

Hello,

I need some help with my new build

I've tried to make some builds but i keep going over the budget or making some stupid mistakes

The budget is somewhere between 600 and 800 Euro's so in dollars: $880 and $1173.


Its not for gaming, so no next-gen vid card or sound card is required. It has to be fast though, I was thinking of a Core 2 Duo e8400 or maybe something a lillte less. 2 - 4 GB of RAM, 250 - 500 GB HDD or so it depends on the other costs.


Can you help me a little ?


Kind Regards

Nashirk

 

[yomamafor1]

You can get a really good system for less than 800 USD.

Here are some off the top spec:

E8400: 250USD
Gigabyte P35 DSL: 100USD
4Gb Crucial DDR2-800 : 80USD
Nvidia 6200LE / ATi 2400Pro: 50USD
Case: 50~80USD
Seasonic 430W: 120USD

Total is 680USD, and should be very capable of running any modern softwares. Hope this helps.

 

[mlaporta]

I think this will be a great build and well within your range:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
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GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
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EVGA GeForce 8600GT 512MB
or
XFX GeForce 8600GT 512MB
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Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
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Antec Sonata III 500 Black ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply
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Seagate Barracuda ST3250310NS ES.2 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
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Samsung SH-S203B SATA

(Get the "Retail" version of the optical drive in order to get software with it. This will include the decoder you'll need to watch movies on it.)
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[Nashirk]

Thank you for your reply's

Only a few qeustions to you mlaporta

The mainboard is it compatible with the e8400 (45nm) cause I can't find that anywhere.
And i've read some bad reviews on the tower. But overall thanks for the build suggestion it'll help me out big time