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Offline Sandra

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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #30 on: April 14, 2008, 20:00 »
What a silly move if they are all going that way  :dunno:

If voice commands worked like they do in the Star Trek movies then I could understand it but for basic setting up and fault fixing I like to have a standard wired PS2 mouse and keyboard and even a floppy.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #31 on: April 14, 2008, 20:08 »
I couldn't believe Scan were cheaper than Ebuyer!  I'll have a look though.

What about this mobo?  http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=605524
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #32 on: April 14, 2008, 20:09 »
Quote from: Simon on April 14, 2008, 20:08
I couldn't believe Scan were cheaper than Ebuyer!  I'll have a look though.

What about this mobo?  http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=605524

Yeah that seems a good one. And Abit are a very good mobo maker.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #33 on: April 14, 2008, 20:11 »
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E6750 has a 10% faster clock speed.
The Q6600 has 4 cores running at 2.40GHz and the E6750 has 2 cores running at 2.66GHz. So would the Q6600 not be the faster or does it not work like that?
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #34 on: April 14, 2008, 20:20 »
Quote from: jester212 on April 14, 2008, 20:09
Yeah that seems a good one. And Abit are a very good mobo maker.

Right, so just to be certain, is that compatible with the rest of the list so far?

Sony DRU-190S 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8 / -RW x 6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Retail (Black/beige)   £19.96    
500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ   £59.91    

80 GB Seagate ST380815AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms   £25.60    

4GB(2x2GB) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC2-5300(667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15    £56.39

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2b (Release 2) OEM - Single Pack   £51.98    

256MB Gainward 8600GT SilentFx, PCI-E Mem 1400MHz GDDR3, GPU 540MHz, 32 Streams, DL DVI-I/D-Sub/HDMI   £67.02    

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, Conroe Core, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB Cache, Retail   £119.60    

Abit IP-35, Dark Raider, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX   £67.79    
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #35 on: April 14, 2008, 20:23 »
Quote from: Sandra on April 14, 2008, 20:00
What a silly move if they are all going that way  :dunno:

If voice commands worked like they do in the Star Trek movies then I could understand it but for basic setting up and fault fixing I like to have a standard wired PS2 mouse and keyboard and even a floppy.

Oh, I hadn't thought of a floppy - yes, best get one.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #36 on: April 14, 2008, 20:25 »
Yeah your safe with that board. I see no issues! Can take up too DDR2 800 (yours is 667), has PCI-E so your Graphics card is fine, and the FSB is 1333 along with your CPU so no problems there.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #37 on: April 14, 2008, 20:42 »
Just went to Overclockers and duplicated the Scan basket - £50 more!!  They do have some bundle deals, but all, it seems, with 2Gb Ram.  Might as well go the whole hog, eh?   :D
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #38 on: April 14, 2008, 20:44 »
Quote from: Simon on April 14, 2008, 20:42
Just went to Overclockers and duplicated the Scan basket - £50 more!!  They do have some bundle deals, but all, it seems, with 2Gb Ram.  Might as well go the whole hog, eh?   :D

Sorry is Scan more do you mean? Yeah there bundles are mainly on 2GB. Yet again though if you don't use CPU and memory heavy Apps or games then there is no need for 4GB is there?

I mean This is very good value.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #39 on: April 14, 2008, 20:55 »
Quote from: jester212 on April 14, 2008, 20:44
Sorry is Scan more do you mean? Yeah there bundles are mainly on 2GB. Yet again though if you don't use CPU and memory heavy Apps or games then there is no need for 4GB is there?

I mean This is very good value.

Yes, I did look at that one.  I do use audio editing programs, such as Sony Soundforge, and Adobe Audition, and they use a hell of a lot of resources when you're editing a large .wav file.  My current 1Gb of RAM struggles with that, so would 2Gb be enough to make a significant difference?  I suppose, with the other upgrades as well, it probably would.

Sorry, yes Overclockers were more, but I'd made a mistake, and it was only by about £16, not £50.  Will try again with the bundle.  ;)
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #40 on: April 14, 2008, 21:06 »
Right, with the bundle, it comes to £479.24 with Overclockers, and for the same with Scan, but with the 4Gb of RAM, it comes to £483.44, so if you look at in VFM terms, Scan wins.

Not sure if I need another copy of WinXP.  Trouble is, if I use the my current license, I won't be able to use the old PC, and I wanted to take my time with this, and have them both running for a while, so as to transfer stuff from the old one.  Or can I?  I presume I could load XP onto the new machine, with the existing license, and it would be OK until I went online with it, by which time, I should have been able to transfer everything I need over.  OTOH, I might be able to sell my old PC, even if just for the price of the new XP license, so it might be sensible to buy it again anyway.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #41 on: April 14, 2008, 21:10 »
Quote from: Simon on April 14, 2008, 20:55
Yes, I did look at that one.  I do use audio editing programs, such as Sony Soundforge, and Adobe Audition, and they use a hell of a lot of resources when you're editing a large .wav file.  My current 1Gb of RAM struggles with that, so would 2Gb be enough to make a significant difference?  I suppose, with the other upgrades as well, it probably would.

Sorry, yes Overclockers were more, but I'd made a mistake, and it was only by about £16, not £50.  Will try again with the bundle.  ;)

Well I would think with the addition of the Dual Core CPU and the faster 2GB Ram it would make a marked improvement. Saying that it might be worthwhile giving the Q6600 a second thought then. On your licensing dilemma I haven't the foggiest. I would think once you buy WinXP you could use it as many times on how many computers as you want, but i may be wrong. Well looks like this time round Scan wins. :P
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #42 on: April 14, 2008, 21:20 »
Simon I just did this for you. See what you think. Bearing in mind it's Q6600 and no WinXP.
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #43 on: April 14, 2008, 21:23 »
Quote from: jester212 on April 14, 2008, 21:20
Simon I just did this for you. See what you think. Bearing in mind it's Q6600 and no WinXP.

Sorry, all I'm getting is my own basket.   :-\
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Re: Thinking of a new build...
« Reply #44 on: April 14, 2008, 21:25 »
Quote from: Simon on April 14, 2008, 21:23
Sorry, all I'm getting is my own basket.   :-\

Dam could you trying clearing your basket if it has items in it? If that doesn't work I'll take a pic for you.
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