I'm a very happy owner of a Vadim pc - just fantastic: and while I'm here, let me say what superb customer service I have always received from Vadim :-)
I'm busy spreading the gospel of Vadim pc's and a friend of mine is in the market for a new pc. He has a budget of about 1200gbp (inc VAT) or a 1000 ex vat. He's big into graphic design, so a darned good graphics card is a must; plenty of memory (4gb) min. And a good sound card, preferably with a box for plug in options. This is probably a big ask - but can any one help me configure a system for him?
I ask because he's pretty sold on a competitor's rig and I think Vadim are a far better long term option for him. The whole glowing lights thing isn't his scene, so we're looking at no frills set up. Plenty of disk space a must, two drives, one data, one for programmes. No monitor needed. Any help and advice gratefully received. He wants to order this week if possible, but I've been stalling him till I had a chance to get your advice.
Any suggestions gratefully received. I hope you don't mind my asking.
Anyway, with that budget and wanting a supper dupper graphics card for graphic design and most likely some decent amount of RAM is not an easy task.. and if the competiotion has it Vadim can do as well... but will it meet your friend's expectations?
This was the closest.. but there are better people than me doing these
Case: Coolermaster Dominator 690 Black
Cabling: Standard Cable Management
Cooling: Cool and Quiet Cooling System (2-3 Fans with controller)
Fans type: Non-LED fans
PSU: Coolermaster Real Power M620W Modular PSU
Motherboard: Asus P5K (Intel P35 - 1333 FSB Conroe/Penryn)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Retail (4x2.40GHz 1066FSB 8Mb) 95W
CPU Cooling: Scythe Infinity Heatpipe Cooler (all CPUs)
Memory: (2x) OCZ DDR2-800 2x2048MB Vista Upgrade 4GB Dual Channel Kit
Graphics: BFG Nvidia 9600GT OC 512Mb PCIe 2
Hard Drive: 500Gb Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ 7200 16mb Cache SATA II
Storage HD: 500Gb Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ 7200 16mb Cache SATA II
Optical Drive: Pioneer 115DBK DVDRW Black OEM
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI Fatal1ty FPS
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit DVD OEM
Building: Saver Build (10-20 working days)
Overclocking: none selected
£1264.75
£64 over budget, but that's a quad-core processor, 8GB memory, a terrabyte of storage on two drives, a high-end soundcard with an internal bay control, and a powerful (if not extremely powerful) graphics card.
Wow! I really can't thank you all enough. So much to think about - and wonderful configurations. I'll print these off and give them to him tomorrow - and I will be sure to report back on the conclusion.
Custom Nucleus-Intel-775HS2 system 42636
Preinstalled: PSU: Quiet and efficient FSP 350-500W (depending on configuration)
Case Cooling: Akasa Quiet Fans
CPU fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro or alternative (depending on the configuration)
Case: CoolerMaster Silver Centurion 534 Case (No PSU)
Motherboard: Asus P5K (Intel P35 - 1333 FSB Conroe/Penryn)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Retail (4x2.40GHz 1066FSB 8Mb) 95W
Memory: (2x) OCZ DDR2-800 2x2048MB Vista Upgrade 4GB Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: (2x) 750Gb Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD753LJ 7200 32mb Cache SATA II
Graphics: BFG Nvidia 9600GT OC 512Mb PCIe 2
Optical Drive: SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203A 20x DVDRW Black OEM
Optical Drive 2: none selected
Floppy Drive: none selected
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI ExtremeGamer
PCI card: none selected
PCIe Device: none selected
Building: Standard Build (5-10 Working Days)
Warranty: Deluxe 1 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty (+1 year RTB)
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit DVD OEM
£1113!!
And you could always upgrade the gfx and stay in budget. )
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