Help build a mid range pc

[STIR]

Ja, I know....another one but your advice will be appreciated

i'm trying to keep it at about R8000 and will use it for normal home use and to play the odd game at reasonable settings

Intel C2D E7500 processor.....................................................R1463
Asus P5K SE/EPU mobo.........................................................R1025
Asus HD 4850 1GB gfx..........................................................R1931
Gigabyte GE-P470A power supply 470W...................................R413
Corsair DDR2-800 2GB XMS2 Xtreme perf. (x2) mem...................R612
Gigabyte X6 case................................................................R313
Samsung 2033SWN20” LCD...................................................R1841

Hard drives DVD etc will be transplanted from existing rig

Thanks

[djwez]

Ja, I know....another one but your advice will be appreciated

i'm trying to keep it at about R8000 and will use it for normal home use and to play the odd game at reasonable settings

Intel C2D E7500 processor.....................................................R1463
Asus P5K SE/EPU mobo.........................................................R1025
Asus HD 4850 1GB gfx..........................................................R1931
Gigabyte GE-P470A power supply 470W...................................R413
Corsair DDR2-800 2GB XMS2 Xtreme perf. (x2) mem...................R612
Gigabyte X6 case................................................................R313
Samsung 2033SWN20” LCD...................................................R1841

Hard drives DVD etc will be transplanted from existing rig

Thanks

looks okayish but i would get maybe a litle more ram eg 4gb because you will see an improvement on speed (correct me if im wrong)

also im not sure on the gpus power rating but you might want to get something like 550w

[Prime]

4850 has a 500W minimum if i remember correctly.

4 gigs of ram is plenty for a 32bit OS which is what I assume you'll put on

Mobo is a P35 I think, little on the dated side but should be fine.

[djwez]

STIR, what os are you going to use? like prime says 4gb is plenty but on a 32bit os you only pick up 3.5gb but it still gives the pc a boost!

[Frozenfireside]

I would honestly replace the P5K with a Biostar Tpower I45 @ R1500.

I know you want to keep the price under 8K but it's R500 more for the dogs gonads and it will out pace the P5K really easily.

[Prime]

The only difference between the p45 and p35 is more flexibility for the ram speed and processor options.

[TheComet]

The HD4850 is listed as needing at least a 450W PSU. (Sapphire), however, not all 470W PSUs are equal.

What is really important for systems is the 12V rail/s. Actual power consumption tests on a system similar to yours idicate that the peak power draw for your system is likely to be around 14A (Running Prime95+Furmark) (Link).

Your supply you listed has two rails at 14A and 15A (GE-P470A). Now while the above mentioned 14A load would likey be spread over the two rails if you get the cabling correct, I don't know how you tell which cable runs off which rail on a PSU. So I would be wary of possibly running so close to the limit.

I might recommend the cooler master eXtreme Power Plus 460W (link), which has two rails at 18A.

You would probably be fine with that PSU, because more general workloads (3DMark'06) yieled loads of closer to 12A at peak, but I think you could find the cooler master around the same price.

Otherwise, nice choices, I'm sure you won't be disapointed.

[STIR]

Thank you all for your input

Prime and djwez: I will be installing win xp pro 32bit and will be putting two sticks of 2 gb ram.

TheComet: I was especially unsure of the power supply so will take your advice and go for the Coolermaster RS-460-PCAR eXtreme power plus 460w at R518.54

Frozenfireside: I dont plan on any overclocking – would you still consider the change in mobo worthwhile?

Thanks again

[djwez]

Thank you all for your input

Prime and djwez: I will be installing win xp pro 32bit and will be putting two sticks of 2 gb ram.

TheComet: I was especially unsure of the power supply so will take your advice and go for the Coolermaster RS-460-PCAR eXtreme power plus 460w at R518.54

Frozenfireside: I dont plan on any overclocking – would you still consider the change in mobo worthwhile?

Thanks again

i dont think the change in mobo will make a really big difference

[Puento]

get a ATI HD 4870 - R 1900 here. and go for a Gigabyte odin 585watt psu!

[KALSTER]

+1 on the 4870 and the bigger PSU. 2Gig ram should be ok for XP. If I were you, I'd consider buying from PCInt. You can for instance get an E8200 for the same price as you are paying for the E7500.

[Puento]

That shop PCInt, how do you shop from it??? i cant view a products information?

[KALSTER]

That shop PCInt, how do you shop from it??? i cant view a products information?

Yeah, you have to visit the product web pages and match up the model numbers of the products in question. A bit extra work, but worth it for the savings IMO. I have never actually shopped from them personally, though I know quite a few other members have done so successfully. Were you looking at something in particular?