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Name: AlwaysWillingToLearn
Date: April 14, 2008 at 01:05:37 Pacific
OS: Winxp pro sp2
CPU/Ram: none
Product: none
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Hi a friend is building a pc and i just wanted to run the spec past you to see what you thought, he mainly needs it for programming, a bit of gaming and learning sharepoint, also he will be using Windows 2003 Server. Thanks,

CPU: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...

Hard Drive: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...

RAM: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...

Motherboard:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...

Thanks,




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Response Number 1
Name: AlwaysWillingToLearn
Date: April 14, 2008 at 02:18:10 Pacific
Reply:

Oh the PSU will be

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...

Thanks,


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Response Number 2
Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: April 14, 2008 at 03:43:16 Pacific
Reply:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...

hehe for a few quid more!


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Response Number 3
Name: Bakers
Date: April 14, 2008 at 04:40:16 Pacific
Reply:

Use:

http://www.aria.co.uk

http://www.ebuyer.co.uk

..both are better value you can get a Quad Core at Aria for £140.00 + VAT

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...

Please can you change your handle to NEVERLEARN !!


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Response Number 4
Name: jam
Date: April 14, 2008 at 04:59:25 Pacific
Reply:

Even if the CPU is overclocked to the extreme, there's no chance of it running at 533MHz Freq (2133MHz FSB) to match PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066). So if you were to get PC2-8500, it would have to be underclocked. If the CPU is run at the default FSB speed of 1333MHz, the RAM *should* be run as DDR2-667.


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Response Number 5
Name: skyroom701
Date: April 14, 2008 at 20:28:03 Pacific
Reply:

Sounds reasonable.


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Response Number 6
Name: AlwaysWillingToLearn
Date: April 15, 2008 at 00:44:12 Pacific
Reply:

Excellent, thanks for that everyone, Jam thanks for the advice shall do what you said.

Thanks,


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Response Number 7
Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: April 15, 2008 at 03:04:54 Pacific
Reply:

(edited) ok confused now lol
i couldnt remember why i thought id seen E8400 at 1066 till i went past the local shop
but their spec is (ok not E8400) but an E8500 on a asus p5kc mobo with ddr3 1066 ram so there saying it does work
its a full hit gamer pc ati 3870x2 fancy case etc etc

so i take it they are running mem/cpu async?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...


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Response Number 8
Name: jam
Date: April 15, 2008 at 15:10:31 Pacific
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"so i take it they are running mem/cpu async?"

Have no idea. I do know that DDR3 RAM & boards that support it are a waste of money at this time. DDR3 currently has no advantage over DDR2, plus it costs more.


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