During our recent dinner over at Noem’s new home, she consulted me about getting a new desktop PC for her study/library. She already has a gorgeous white Macbook but she thought it would be better to get a desktop for those long-haul usage in the house. That should help ease the stress on the laptop battery too (since you won’t be using it that much when at home).
I saw her budget worth just over 50k and I thought I’d give her another option to look at. Here’s my recommended set up for the stay-at-home problogger and entrepreneur mom:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Dual Core (2.0 GHz) – Php4,250
MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550 – Php 4,110
(Socket AM2, 4 SATA slots, 4 DIMMs, 1 PCI-E 16X; 2 PCI-E X1; 3 PCI; 10 USB, Gigabit LAN; RAID (0, 1 & 0+1); SATA2; ATA133, Realtek 7.1 CH HD audio)
2 x 1GB Corsair 667MHz DDR2 RAM – Php 3,840
320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA – Php4,520
Lite-On 20x DVDRW w/ Lightscribe – Php 1,920
PowerColor X1550 256MB GDDR2 128-bit Dual DVI/TV – Php 3,430
2 x 19″ Samsung 940BW (1440 x 900) – Php 19,990 (Php 9,995 x 2)
Mars 722 Thermal Advantage 500 watts casing (with A4tech mouse & KB) – Php 1,720
Powercom Ace UPS 650 volt-amps – Php 1,770
Total — Php 45,550
The final set up should look like this:
The original quote to her by PCExpress was an Intel Pentium 925 3.0GHz and a 22″ AOC LCD screen. We skipped the Core 2 Duos entirely and I think the AMD Athlon x2 3800 still has the best bang for the buck. The dual monitor set up needed the x1550 for dual DVI support. Prices were taken from several sources including PCX and RSun Computers. I just love the mobo too — 10 USB 2.0 ports, 4 SATA2 slots and 4 DIMM slots of up to 4GB of RAM — lots of room for upgrades and add-ons.
Oops, I forgot the OS. You can get Windows XP Pro Home Edition for Php 4,580 or Windows Vista Home Basic at Php 5,250. Again, there’s always Ubuntu for free.
Price to performance ratio… Intel C2D or even Quad Core processor range out performs any AMD parts out there at this time.
It would pull a long haul and power savings over time too.
Twitter: hapuzi
says:
this February, you might go for my setup.
AMD X2 6000+. Reviews:(Bought from Known Supplier)
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/amd-athlon-64-x2-6000.html
AM2+ Crossfire mobo:(Bought from Known Supplier)
Northbridge ATI RD790 rev. 00
Southbridge ATI SB600 rev. 00
MSI or Gigabyte (I’ve bought the MSI platinum) coz is cheap/value/performance all solid caps
2gb dual channel OCZ (Bought @ Best Buy – U.S. – much cheaper)
ATI HD2600+ 512DDR3(tested and runs most direct X10 games. [crysis/gears of war]) test it here: (Bought @ PC Options – Gilmore Aurora)
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
500GB Western Digital HD Sata (Bought at Best Buy – U.S. – much cheaper
Case(H-990B) with a bit good generic 550W PSU(Top Silent) (Bought at PC-Chain SM North carpark)
http://www.jsp-tech.com/_english/2_products/2_detail.php?hMainTypeID=1&hSubTypeID=10&hProdID=171
you might also like PC Cases here:
http://www.czechcomputer.cz/
be sure you had a PSU which is safe:
http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29248
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/11/stress_test/page30.html
22″ Acer P223w (bought at Trinoma – Silicon Valley) reviewed so much against HP and Samsung’s model for Price/Performance/Quality
Logitech Speaker/Subs, Delux Keyboard and Logitech Scroll Mouse
you might also like adding a review for this gadget available at Circle-C Congressional Ave. “Ring Mouse”
http://cgi.ebay.ph/Finger-Ring-Optical-Mouse-Scroll-Click-and-Zoom_W0QQitemZ120228958001QQihZ002QQcategoryZ23160QQcmdZViewItem
My set-up ..,,, intel q6600 w/zalman cpu fan,4 gb ram,600w psu,p5k deluxe wi-fi,8800gt graphics card w/twin turbo artic cooler.,500 gb hard drive,.windows vista home premium,..
Games…
One of the themes……
HI THERE MY I DEAL GAMING DESK TOP WOULD WOULD BE A QUAD CORE 24 INCH MAC WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND VOICE ACTUVATION AND WOULD USE A 128 OR 256 GB SOLID STATE FLASH DRIVE OR SSD.