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TerryTense

TerryTense

TerryTense

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Hi There

I'm building a SFF PC for my Mum & Dad.
My mum's visualy impaired so I've gone with as large a monitor as possible for the budget (£500 ish).
They need to browse the net, e-mail, listen to music, office and a bit of scanning and Photoshop.
Here's what I reckon is good for them, hopefully last a couple of years.

Case
Antec NSK1300 ATX Cube Case - 300W PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160
£58.74

Although this looks rather nice too...
Antec NSK 2480 Desktop Case - 380W Earth Watts PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-092-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160
£68.14

Motherboard
Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-145-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=807
£56.39

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-201-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803
£65.79

RAM
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL
£39.34

Hard Disk
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=
£64.61

DVD RW
Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-SA
£19.96

Monitor
LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-045-LG&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat=
£187.99

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-109-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=54
£33.99

Speakers
Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 Speakers - OEM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-092-CL&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=
£23.49

£507.51

What do you think?

All The best
Terry:)
 
It looks pretty good but I'd make a few changes. I'd swap the ODD for the Samsung SH-S203NBEBN. It's SATA which should make it nicer to install and it's the same price. I have that motherboard and it's quite good. I recommend the ADA3800CUBOX processor, the low-power version of the 3800+ X2. It's plenty fast for those tasks and is extremely power efficient. That means it'll cost less to run and will emit less heat for your small case to evacuate. I think it's a great thing.
 
well loooks good to me :) hard choice on the case i like the cube shape one best. but its very subjective. and may depends on what you thnk will fit in best with were its going.

do you do overclocking at all or you like to keep things standard ?
 
BillytheImpaler said:
It looks pretty good but I'd make a few changes. I'd swap the ODD for the Samsung SH-S203NBEBN. It's SATA which should make it nicer to install and it's the same price. I have that motherboard and it's quite good. I recommend the ADA3800CUBOX processor, the low-power version of the 3800+ X2. It's plenty fast for those tasks and is extremely power efficient. That means it'll cost less to run and will emit less heat for your small case to evacuate. I think it's a great thing.
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Hi Billy, thanks for the advice, i'll get the SATA ODD, much better. I think I'll go for the 3800 too, as you say it'll help with the heat and cost less to run.

I can't wait to build it, my own pc is 4 years old, i know this'll blow it away speed wise.

Thanks

Terry
 
thefishdude said:
well loooks good to me :) hard choice on the case i like the cube shape one best. but its very subjective. and may depends on what you thnk will fit in best with were its going.

do you do overclocking at all or you like to keep things standard ?
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Hi thefishdude, I doubt I'll overclock this one as it's for my folks, they don't even have a graphics card. Also I think they might like a quiet machine.

If it was mine, then yes, I would for sure.

All the best

Terry
 
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