Which of these processors would you recommend

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  1. Posts : 1,241
    Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
       #11

    kersey said:
    Thanks for all the advice and info guys.

    The spec I'm probably going to go for is below...not building myself though.
    The price is £339:

    AMD Athlon II X4 635 (4x 2.9GHz) 4000MT, 2mb
    Standard AMD CPU Cooler
    Case Fans - Standard case fans
    Power Supply - 400w Standard
    Memory - 2gb Kingston DDR3 1333mhz
    Hard Drive - 500gb SATA2 Hard Drive
    Dual Layer DVDRW Drive
    512mb Nvidia GeForce GT240


    What do you reckon??
    If it's within your budget you may want to go for more RAM to future proof it for future OSes (or to go 64 bit) but other than that I can see that being a good PC for your purposes.

    Do you plan on running Windows 7 32bit or 64bit?

    Oli
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  2. Posts : 44
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #12

    I can't really go for any more RAM at the moment but will add in future when the coin allows.
    I'll be putting 32bit Win XP on it as I have an original disc that I've bought for the pc that died, so wouldn't get the most out of it if I bought more RAM now.
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  3. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #13

    Can you afford a 500W power supply? It will give you a little more breathing room.
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  4. Posts : 45
    windows 7
       #14

    That is not a bad build. My only question is what manufactures power supply are you going with?
    The best advice I can give is do not skimp on the power supply. A good 400w PS will do. But a cheep one will be you worst enemy. As Mellon Head as said 500 or 550 would be better.
    Hope this helps.
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  5. Posts : 44
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #15

    I have a choice of upgrading the power supply to either '450w Powercool 80 + Dual Rail' or a '550w Thermaltake' at a small extra cost.
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  6. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #16

    I'd go for the Thermaltake. More Wattage.
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  7. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #17

    Of the two, Thermaltake all the way. Those Powercool PSU's are nothing more than some POS no-name things that get passed off as the house brand by most of the UK retailers, with the only reviews on any of them on said retailers websites.
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