I am building my first system in about 3 1/2 years, moving up from a Pentium 4, no gaming and probably no overclocking, comments and suggestions welcome.
I am ready to hit the buy button after a week of tiring research.
Prices before rebates.
Suppliers: Newegg, Amazon, ZipZoomFly
I am still undecided between E8400 and Q6600, not much difference in price.
This system should last me awhile.
I am 64 years old, my computing interests are website development with Microsoft Visual Web Express, digital photography with Adobe Lightroom, music and general computing.
Thanks for your time and comments, not adverse to saving some $.
Case: Inwin F430 Mid Tower Red, I know, I just like it. but still open to suggestions.
$91.66
COOLER MASTER SAF-B83-E1 80mm Case Fan
$3.99
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0
$59.99
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45
$184.00
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
$209.99
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$109.00
Video: Existing GeForce 8500 GT for now
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
$69.99
Optical Drive: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T $34.99
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit English 1pk for System Builders
$99.99
I am ready to hit the buy button after a week of tiring research.
Prices before rebates.
Suppliers: Newegg, Amazon, ZipZoomFly
I am still undecided between E8400 and Q6600, not much difference in price.
This system should last me awhile.
I am 64 years old, my computing interests are website development with Microsoft Visual Web Express, digital photography with Adobe Lightroom, music and general computing.
Thanks for your time and comments, not adverse to saving some $.
Case: Inwin F430 Mid Tower Red, I know, I just like it. but still open to suggestions.
$91.66
COOLER MASTER SAF-B83-E1 80mm Case Fan
$3.99
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0
$59.99
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45
$184.00
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
$209.99
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$109.00
Video: Existing GeForce 8500 GT for now
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
$69.99
Optical Drive: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T $34.99
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit English 1pk for System Builders
$99.99