Is this spec considered good?

karhoe · 23rd Apr 2007, 10:23 PM

i plan to buy 5 units of the following specs, what do you think?

Core 2 Duo E6420
1GB Kingston DDR2 667 Ram PC5400
Western Digital SATA2 8MB buffer 160GB
Gigabyte 965P-S3
ACBEL PS2 450W Intelligent Power
Colorful 8600GT 256 DDR3
Cooler Master Centurion 530
Logitech Multimedia Keyboard
LG DVD Burner - or other reliable brand, SATA preferable
Samsung 932B+

Adrian Wong · 23rd Apr 2007, 11:22 PM

Hmm.. Looks good, although if you do not need DirectX 10 support, you will do better with a GeForce 7950 GT.

Also, 320GB hard drives currently have the best price-capacity ratio.

Papercut · 24th Apr 2007, 01:45 AM

I'd suggest going with 2GB RAM.

Adrian Wong · 24th Apr 2007, 02:55 AM

Yeah, especially since DDR2 is so cheap now. 2GB rules!

PsYkHoTiK · 24th Apr 2007, 02:57 AM

And some DDR2-800 at that.

peaz · 24th Apr 2007, 08:28 AM

2GB Ram man. minimum. and 160GB of hard disk ain't going to be enough. like adrian said. 320GB is the best price point now.

Chai · 24th Apr 2007, 08:35 AM

Get E4300 instead if you don't need the speed.

peaz · 24th Apr 2007, 08:39 AM

Haha. like me! ... well it's overclockable too if you intend to. 2-3GHz should not be a problem

The_YongGrand · 24th Apr 2007, 12:49 PM

Yeah, E4300 all the way!

The price drop will go further until 3rd Quarter. Maybe the E21xx series are there too.

karhoe · 24th Apr 2007, 08:03 PM

The budget is limited, RM3200++

The reason i chose E6420 is because I think a bigger cache would be handy, or when E6320 comes out, I would go for it

23rd Apr 2007, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
karhoe I'm a regular Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Reputation: 11 Rep Power: 2	Is this spec considered good? i plan to buy 5 units of the following specs, what do you think? Core 2 Duo E6420 1GB Kingston DDR2 667 Ram PC5400 Western Digital SATA2 8MB buffer 160GB Gigabyte 965P-S3 ACBEL PS2 450W Intelligent Power Colorful 8600GT 256 DDR3 Cooler Master Centurion 530 Logitech Multimedia Keyboard LG DVD Burner - or other reliable brand, SATA preferable Samsung 932B+

23rd Apr 2007, 11:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,961 Reputation: 2958 Rep Power: 65	Hmm.. Looks good, although if you do not need DirectX 10 support, you will do better with a GeForce 7950 GT. Also, 320GB hard drives currently have the best price-capacity ratio. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

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peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,500 Reputation: 1633 Rep Power: 31	2GB Ram man. minimum. and 160GB of hard disk ain't going to be enough. like adrian said. 320GB is the best price point now. __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Visit my web gallery - Ken's Digital Canvas Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography Sterling@PJ Community Forums

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,669 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	Get E4300 instead if you don't need the speed. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,500 Reputation: 1633 Rep Power: 31	Haha. like me! ... well it's overclockable too if you intend to. 2-3GHz should not be a problem __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Visit my web gallery - Ken's Digital Canvas Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography Sterling@PJ Community Forums

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The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,281 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	Yeah, E4300 all the way! The price drop will go further until 3rd Quarter. Maybe the E21xx series are there too. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 2nd pc under construction! Wolfdale baby!

24th Apr 2007, 08:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
karhoe I'm a regular Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Reputation: 11 Rep Power: 2	The budget is limited, RM3200++ The reason i chose E6420 is because I think a bigger cache would be handy, or when E6320 comes out, I would go for it Last edited by karhoe : 24th Apr 2007 at 08:09 PM.