Friend building pc

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Name: AlwaysWillingToLearn
Date: April 14, 2008 at 01:05:37 Pacific
Subject: Friend building pc
OS: Winxp pro sp2
CPU/Ram: none
Model/Manufacturer: none

Comment:

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
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

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
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

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
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

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
Subject: Friend building pc

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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
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

Sounds reasonable.

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Response Number 6

Name: AlwaysWillingToLearn
Date: April 15, 2008 at 00:44:12 Pacific
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

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
Subject: Friend building pc

Reply: (edit)

(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
Subject: Friend building pc

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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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