Comments on This System . . .

tak

Thoughts on proposed system below.
It's for engineering calcs/CAD/DBase/general office use :-



PC Home Build Specifications Cost (€)
ITEM Description Komplett Cost
Hardware
Case 43
Power Supply 500 W 95
Motherboard ATX 130
CPU AMD AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GHz Socket AM2 2MB 135
RAM 2 x 2048 MB ( Space for 8 GB) 170
HD1 Internal. 83
HD2 External. 130
DVD-RW Decent brand 40
Graphics Card 256 MB 62
Network Router Linksys 60
Monitor 17" LCD 200
Keyboard & Mouse Wireless 30
Speakers Basic 30


Software
OS Vista 183
Utility Software Office 2007 Home 150


Any views on the CPU chosen ?
Ought I wait for a newer AMD CPU ?

white_falcon

dunno what a .xls file is in your attachment, but I cant view it. You only wrote down how much each component costs - u didnt write down the names or the model numbers etc. so cud be any old crap ur putting in.

U kinda need more detail on what the components are.
I would advise you to get an Intel quad core tho instead of that AMD, cuz the Quad Core would out perform it by miles especially if you're using it for engineering cals and stuff.

8T8

.xls = Excel document

You don't really need the KIS 6 software unless you are in the line of fire with viruses on daily basis or need a firewall without outbound control, the default firewall in Windows will suffice if sitting behind a NAT router and Avast as anti-viruses works well plus it's free.

Everything else looks okay the monitor is a little low on resolution I thought for that kind of work you'd want something with a high enough resolution. If you don't mind it being VGA only you can get a 20" widescreen with 1680x1050 display for €200 same price as the 17".

tak

Whitey,

Is it that one that you mean ?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=330169

It's €255. €120 more than the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 2 MB cache.
Is the performance increment worth that much more ?
Was looking for a benchmarking page on Anand and Tom's Hardware but failed to find it.

white_falcon

thats the one. its just the 2mb cache slows down the other processor - the quad core has 8mb cache. even if u were to go for a dual core rather than quad core, it wud still be better I wud have thought

like this one (only 40 squid more and ud defo notice the difference)

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338082

Inquitus

buy the OEM copy of Vista and save yerself a few bob.