New non gaming build

[FrostFox]

Hi every1

Im looking for a basic build for a friend. The build is only for basic word processing, spreadsheets etc. But the thing is i need everything from mouse to monitor, case to psu(im sure u get my drift ) and incl OS and office if its cheap enough .

Thanks for any help in advance, at this stage im just looking for price ranges to get back to him with and after this build im looking to update my own build(happy days)

 

[95thrifles]

id suggest you look at the thread on system builds, unless he has a set budget in which case we can then recomend specifics, also look at open office, its free

 

[Guzzidom]

P5Q-VM with an E5200 a 250 gig drive and 2gb of generic ram, should be able to build the whole thing for about £280 inc OS
Cheaper options would be an AM2+ board with onboard GPU with a dual core 5600, probably get under £250.00.
You could save a fortune using Ubuntu and Openoffice.

 

[Geckovich]

P5Q-VM with an E5200 a 250 gig drive and 2gb of generic ram, should be able to build the whole thing for about £280 inc OS
Cheaper options would be an AM2+ board with onboard GPU with a dual core 5600, probably get under £250.00.
You could save a fortune using Ubuntu and Openoffice.

+1 for open office. I used to use office '03 then '07. After installing a linux distro on my laptop and experiencing open office I became a convert. It's now what I prefer.

Spec wise basically any modern hardware will run office and web browsing with ease.

If I were building a PC like that now I'd be looking at a mini tower or some other small build.

 

[FrostFox]

How does this look?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus VW195S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £94.99
(£109.24) £94.99
(£109.24)
Asus P5Q-VM Intel G45 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £76.99
(£88.54) £76.99
(£88.54)
Antec NSK 3480 Micro ATX Case - Black/Silver (380W Earth Watts PSU) £69.99
(£80.49) £69.99
(£80.49)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 - OEM (N09-02215) £61.99
(£71.29) £61.99
(£71.29)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £59.99
(£68.99) £59.99
(£68.99)
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (3 User) - Retail (79G-00007) £46.99
(£54.04) £46.99
(£54.04)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £33.99
(£39.09) £33.99
(£39.09)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £22.99
(£26.44) £22.99
(£26.44)
Logitech LX6 Cordless Optical Mouse (910-000488) £14.99
(£17.24) £14.99
(£17.24)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09)
Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black £11.99
(£13.79) £11.99
(£13.79)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.74) £4.99
(£5.74)


£513.88 ex VAt , £590.96inc vat

Soz not sure how to put like a basket pic in post like i see some people do.

 

[FrostFox]

Anyone else have there 2 cents to add to this build? I know i can save about £54 by getting him to use Open office. But what u guys think of the general build?