New Build Work Station

[PADDY666]

Hi,

I'm looking to build a new PC, but I’m NOT using it for gaming, or wanting to have fantastic sound, i want to use it for multitasking but not having to wait for programmes to open (i get board easily). I want to run Vista 64bit and would like about 8gig ram. I'm wanting to edit videos so i don’t want it to be sluggish.

Onboard graphics will be fine

I have always use AMD but thinking of building the machine around the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4.

So what motherboard would you recommend, i don’t want anything top end or **** ether but something middle.

Also I would like a decent case but look classy workstation like.

Thanks for your help.


Paddy

[PeterStoba]

You're editing videos using onboard VGA? strange

what's your budget anyhow?

[PADDY666]

£500, what you think i need a graphics card?

[PeterStoba]

It'd be better even if you got a 8600 or something

[PADDY666]

Right so what motherboard would you sugest?

[cleggypdc]

Try this for size:

CPU - 1 x Intel Core 2 Quad - Q6600 - 95W G0 stepping - OEM (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+-+Q6600++-+95W+G0+stepping+-+OEM+?productId=28805)
CPU Cooler - 1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+775/Arctic+Cooling+Freezer+7+PRO+?productId=20729)
Motherboard - 1 x Asus P5KPL-VM, iG31 LGA775 Core2 Quad / Extreme / Core2 Duo (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Asus+P5KPL-VM%2C+iG31+LGA775+Core2+Quad+%2F+Extreme+%2F+Core2 +Duo+?productId=28610)
Memory - 2 x OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 Vista Performance Gold (2x2GB) (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+Vista+Performance+Gold+%282x2GB%29+?productId =29106)
Case - 1 x Arianet Xen MIDI case (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Arianet+Xen+MIDI+case+?productId=27725)
Hard Drives - 2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 32MB ST3500320AS 7200RPM (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/500GB+Seagate+Barracuda+SATA2+32MB+ST3500320AS+720 0RPM?productId=29640)
Graphics Card - 1 x ATI Radeon X1050 128MB PCI-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+X1000+Series/ATI+Radeon+X1050+128MB+PCI-E+?productId=30082)

Comes to 524.68

Intel Q6600
1000Gb Storage
8Gb RAM

As long as your not planning on overclocking the cooler should be fine :)

[cleggypdc]

And before anyone askes, yes the motherboard has onboard VGA, but at the time of looking for some items there was no mobos without VGA in stock lol