Switching from Macbook Pro to a Tower and a Netbook. Need help building!

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by Metroid Kirby, Sep 16, 2009.

  1. Metroid Kirby

    Metroid Kirby Geek Trainee

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    I'm unhappy with my macbook pro and have decided to sell it and get a home PC along with a netbook. My brother is building a computer for me, and I wanted to get an opinion on what he put together. Price is my main concern, but speed is important- I won't likely be gaming much at all on it either.

    Here's what he's got for me-

    HannsĀ·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor- $115

    Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7500- $120

    Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7" Power Supply- $75

    EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card- $65

    ASUS P5QL/EPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard- $80

    (2x) Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive- $130

    G.SKILL 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5Q-4GBNQ- $70

    I'm sure I have an extra case somewhere.

    So what do you think? Also, any netbook suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!
     
  2. 0mega9401

    0mega9401 Geek Trainee

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    i would go to the e8400 off the top of my head its a better processor if not excuse the suggestion and get a better video card and psu the 280 are not super expensive as far as notebooks look into toshiba any of their mid range stuff is awesome
     

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