Hi Guys,

 

Finally got some spare cash and need to get a pc together. Been advised to go for an Intel based machine with a dual core processor. Can anyone recomemend an ATX board that has on board VGA to go for? I've been told Gigabyte boards are good but they only have MATX with on baord VGA which isn't a major problem as I don't really use any PCI boards.

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

Check thid board out, I bought it this week , instant boot (3 seconds into windows) Full hd, Dual on board Vga......I bought from Ginger6.com If you buy today postage is free....

 

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=G41M-LE&s=

My new build is:

 

asrock g41m-le skt lga775 mobo

intel Q6600 2.4ghz, quad core (g0 stepping/Slacr)

Akasa AK-965 Lga Cooler

2gb DDR2 OCZ Platinum PC2 6400 (800mhz)

OCz Modstream-pro 600w power supply

Samsung SH-s223q 22xdvd+- SAta dual layer Lightscribe Rewriter.

TP-link TL-WN951N - Draft N wireless PCi-e adater

Maxtor 160gb Ide ata100 HDD....

OCz CPu freeze compound.

 

 

I reasearched this lot for a good 2 weeks before i went for it, I think i got the absolute best value for money hands down, I read many review and had recommendations on some of these parts...and i am extremely happy with it, Im just waiting for my new case to arrive so i can get building....

Vijay, Here is the link to ginger6 asrock g41m-le...

 

http://www.ginger6.com/components-motherboards-asrock-skt775-g41mle-matx-1333fsb-p-31794.html

My new build is:

 

asrock g41m-le skt lga775 mobo

intel Q6600 2.4ghz, quad core (g0 stepping/Slacr)

Akasa AK-965 Lga Cooler

2gb DDR2 OCZ Platinum PC2 6400 (800mhz)

OCz Modstream-pro 600w power supply

Samsung SH-s223q 22xdvd+- SAta dual layer Lightscribe Rewriter.

TP-link TL-WN951N - Draft N wireless PCi-e adater

Maxtor 160gb Ide ata100 HDD....

OCz CPu freeze compound.

 

 

I reasearched this lot for a good 2 weeks before i went for it, I think i got the absolute best value for money hands down, I read many review and had recommendations on some of these parts...and i am extremely happy with it, Im just waiting for my new case to arrive so i can get building....

 

I've just bought one with asus mobo aswell apparently good overclockin potential and a bargain.

Hello bud,

 

Is that not just sleep mode??

 

Vijay

Morning,

 

ANy comments on this spec?

 

Case - Coolmaster Elite 333 with 460watt PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161317 - £59.98

Mainboard - Gigabyte GA 73PVM S2H - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139780/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended - £48.89

Processor - Intel Core Duo E7400 2.8GHZ 1066MHZ - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152177 £91.91

Memory - OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) - http://ebuyer.com/product/146049/ £34.99

 

And will be looking at a Western Digital STAT drive

All is ok, I would still go for my mobo, Comes with overclocking software form manufacturer 3 second boot dual vga, It virtually same board a ggabyte, But with extras...and you dont have to use th instant boot if you dont want,,,,

 

Proccessor is ok...

 

Case and powersupply is ok, but if you are going to be over clocking or hard gaming etc i would recmmend a decent 500w psu +.

 

Memory is ok if you are using 64 bit OS, If using 4gb with 32bit Os it will only see about 3.2gb of it....

All depends what you want to use it for? I bought mine because I needed at least 2 PCIe x1 slots.

Q6600 are recomended as they're easy to overclock as long as they're cooled properly plus they have 4 processor cores instead of measly 2 like the duo. :p

Also as said 3 gig memory is max for 32 bit windows but also consider that many programs are fussy with 64 bit.

But isn't that 3 second boot just sleep mode???

 

Won't be gaming, just normal internet, word/excel, msuic and videos.

 

I'll be loading XP, not even sure whether I want to go to Vista ;)

 

Vijay

Dont know what you mean by 3 sec boot...sleep...

Your XP is either 32bit or 64bit but more than likely 32.

If you're going to be using it just for the internet etc. then duo is more than enough.

Do not buy vista! stick with XP and wait for Windows7 ;)

Dont know what you mean by 3 sec boot...sleep...

Your XP is either 32bit or 64bit but more than likely 32.

If you're going to be using it just for the internet etc. then duo is more than enough.

 

My bad, missed snoopys post.

keep up man!! lol

for what you have said you want the pc for thats ok but XP 32bit will only use 3gb of you ram you need 64bit OS to use more but alot of programmes dont work with it, if you do go into gaming you PSU will be the first thing to upgrade

try here for parts too

http://www.aria.co.uk/

I doubt very much I 'll do any gaming, don't have the patience for them!! lol I had a Nintendo Wii and got fed up with it after a couple of weeks.

 

Looked at the prices on Aria and it's roughly the same as Ebuyer ;)

http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.asp

 

Click link to read about instant boot.... watch the video at bottom of the screen......you'll see what i mean.....