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Hi there, Just about to start my second build and wanted a second oppinion on the components building for a University student (UK) whom wants to be able to do their school work (an art course) and play a mix of Steam games (Left 4 dead, counterstrike) and Sims 3. Heres the list (Im in the UK so we cant use newegg) Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174312 Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183979 RAM/Memory http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130432 Power Supply Unit http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159 Harddrive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228 Graphics Card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182100 Optical Drive (cd/dvd combi) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190671 Case http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160915 Case fans http://www.ebuyer.com/product/185160 (getting two of these - front and back) Total build cost = £370.73 GBP Specs would look like this CPU - Dual core 2.9GHz OS - XP pro 32bit Memory - 2gb HDD - 500gb Graphics - HD 5750 (Asus) Thinking of whacking in a wireless card too as the dorm they'll be living in definintely has wireless - but we dont know if it has a wired port (or if there is one if its in a convinient location). Wireless card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/50127 Thanks anyone :-) ** Please give credentials in your sources box - helps me trust you ;-) **
Hi there, Just about to start my second build and wanted a second oppinion on the components building for a University student (UK) whom wants to be able to do their school work (an art course) and play a mix of Steam games (Left 4 dead, counterstrike) and Sims 3. Heres the list (Im in the UK so we cant use newegg) Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174312 Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183979 RAM/Memory http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130432 Power Supply Unit http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159 Harddrive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228 Graphics Card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182100 Optical Drive (cd/dvd combi) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190671 Case http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160915 Case fans http://www.ebuyer.com/product/185160 (getting two of these - front and back) Total build cost = £370.73 GBP Specs would look like this CPU - Dual core 2.9GHz OS - XP pro 32bit Memory - 2gb HDD - 500gb Graphics - HD 5750 (Asus) Thinking of whacking in a wireless card too as the dorm they'll be living in definintely has wireless - but we dont know if it has a wired port (or if there is one if its in a convinient location). Wireless card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/50127 Thanks anyone :-) ** Please give credentials in your sources box - helps me trust you ;-) **
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Man that processor is WEAK! Jk, yeah it's all compatible. Took me a bit to look at everything and to double check. I didn't really check to make sure the power supply will definitely be enough to power up it all. It should be fine, but I'd do some calculations for it. You have some pretty high end components so I'd make sure. *Added* Your motherboard supports up to 8 Gb of RAM, so you might want to go ahead and consider adding a bit more. Just a thought Hope it helps. Geoff C
Man that processor is WEAK! Jk, yeah it's all compatible. Took me a bit to look at everything and to double check. I didn't really check to make sure the power supply will definitely be enough to power up it all. It should be fine, but I'd do some calculations for it. You have some pretty high end components so I'd make sure. *Added* Your motherboard supports up to 8 Gb of RAM, so you might want to go ahead and consider adding a bit more. Just a thought Hope it helps. Geoff C
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