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Albert G   06-25-2009 at 09:25:13 AM

I do not "game" but I like my music and photos and of course surf...I heve been looking at a hp e9150t....i7-920..8gb DDR3...640GB(2x320GB SATA HDDs)...1GB NVIDIA GTS 250...from hp. I have no idea about the MOBO, cooling system,fans,Power -Supply. I have a friend that works at FRYS and he suggested building (he will not me ) build my own here is his suggestion.....Tower Antec nine hundred two,MOBO...ASUS P6T,i7-920,DDR3_6G memory. HX620W (corsair) power supply, Seagate 750GB hard drive with a GTS 250 graphics card.They both cost about the same BUT which would be best foe me...?

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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   06-25-2009 at 09:53:00 AM
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His proposed PC is much better, despite 2G less memory that you will not miss. It's a lot of machine for music, photos, and surfing. Actually, it will game pretty well lol. All the parts are quite good - the vid card is fine but its one of the only things a gamer might spend more money on.

If budget is an issue, and if you don't expect your usage to change, you could save several hundred dollars building a Core 2 Duo machine or (gasp) even an AMD system (though your friend might prefer to build Intel/nVidia because he's familiar with those parts) :)

If he has done this before, you could have some fun watching him build it . . . and maybe help. You'll have a fine machine.

Enjoy!


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TonCharr28   06-25-2009 at 09:54:41 AM
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Hey Albert G, welcome! I suggest you post this on the Homebuilt section of this forum. I also suggest you read this before posting, thanks!

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mi1ez   06-25-2009 at 10:36:06 AM
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Complete overkill for a non-gamer!

Pentium DC / C2D, P45 motherboard, AMD HD4650 would be sufficient and much, much cheaper!

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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   06-25-2009 at 10:57:02 AM
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Keep in mind that the regulars here (me, too :D) are enthusiastic builders. But the main thing you give up as a builder is the factory warranty.

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baddad   06-25-2009 at 12:26:03 PM
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From one old man to another go with tour friends build.

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outlw6669   06-25-2009 at 01:04:23 PM
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For music, Internet and light photo processing, get the cheapest prebuilt system you can locate.
This level of computing does not require very much power and the builds you are looking at are all way overkill.
A cheap box with a good warranty will surf the net and listen to music exactly the same as an expensive custom build.

My 0.02€


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jaydeejohn   06-25-2009 at 02:26:51 PM
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Agrred. If you arent crunching tons of numbers, playing the newest games at high resolutions with high framerates, you dont need all that. A decent cpu, a sound card is all you really need, and 2 gigs of ram at most even


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moricon   06-25-2009 at 06:59:19 PM
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I would go with your friends build, it is a better mobo to be sure, but if you will never game the gt250 is not needed, save your money and throw in a 9400gt or 4350/4550 and spend more on storage like 1tb samsung f1

Overall the i7 build is never going to be used to its true potential here, but it will last a good few years in the future.

Dont forget the Manufactuer warranty on the Hp, although all parts are at least 12months protected, so if anything breaks you can speak to part maker direct for RMA.

Also what is your budget?

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PsychoSaysDie   06-25-2009 at 07:03:15 PM
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Albert,

We'd be glad to suggest a pc that would fit your needs perfectly. That's just plain overkill

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loneninja   06-25-2009 at 08:21:12 PM
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I agree with others, your building an expensive high end machine for simple tasks that even a netbook will handle flawlessly. Personally for the tasks you've mentioned I keep my processor downclocked to 800mhz and I don't feel any slow down.

Either way it's your money, if you want to build that monster PC go for it, if you'd like to save money we can help in that regard too.

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Devastator_uk   06-25-2009 at 08:36:49 PM
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I would go for something like a dual-core as the i7 is overkill for your needs, something like a PhenomII X2 550 or similar Intel would do just fine.

The GTS 250 is also a complete waste if you don't play games you could pretty much get away with onboard graphics or a cheap AMD 4650.

Other than that aim for about 4GB RAM and a decent size hard drive, like 750GB.

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