Spec Me: Cheapest Possible

swinnie

swinnie

swinnie

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Hi Guys,

I've got a friend who needs a new computer as soon as, but doesn't want to spend a lot of money. Could you put together a spec for her, including OS and Monitor, and also a wireless PCI Card.

Use is basic, it'll be for college work and internet mainly.

Thanks
 
Here's one I've posted before: some of the components are fairly generic (RAM, DVD drive) so you can swap them to any other similar item easily enough.

One big change is to swap the E2200 for an E5200 - I originally specced this for a competitor site and the E5200 was more expensive there.

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Then just add in this monitor for £90 and either vista home basic or home premium for £76 or £92 and either this usb wireless dongle for £12 or this pci card for £13

Total price:
£434 to £451
You could save a little by getting a £17 montor frome somewhere else for perhaps £65, or if you use linux as the OS (obviously if she's willing)
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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LG W1952TQ 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor £133.39
(£115.99) £133.39
(£115.99)
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
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Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)
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Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £36.79
(£31.99) £36.79
(£31.99)
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Antec Basic 350W Power Supply £33.98
(£29.55) £33.98
(£29.55)
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Edimax EW-7728IN nMax 300Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £28.74
(£24.99) £28.74
(£24.99)
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Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £21.84
(£18.99) £21.84
(£18.99)
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Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
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OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel £17.24
(£14.99) £17.24
(£14.99) Sub Total : £329.73 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.45 Total : £394.43
 
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Your basket

Product NameQtyPriceLine Total
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)£91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)
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Hyundai H95W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor£89.69
(£77.99) £89.69
(£77.99)
CA-003-AM_60.jpg
Antec NSK 3480 Micro ATX Case - Black/Silver (380W Earth Watts PSU)£80.49
(£69.99) £80.49
(£69.99)
CP-251-IN_60.jpg
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail£62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)
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Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HE322HJ)£56.34
(£48.99) £56.34
(£48.99)
MB-114-MS_60.jpg
MSI M3-F Intel G31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£42.54
(£36.99) £42.54
(£36.99)
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Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X2048-6400)£23.99
(£20.86) £23.99
(£20.86)
CD-090-LG_60.jpg
LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM£18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
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Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter£16.09
(£13.99) £16.09
(£13.99) Sub Total : £419.30Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £13.25VAT is being charged at 15%VAT : £64.88 Total : £497.43

My offering :)
 
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That's about as cheap and dirty as you'll get with stuff that's in stock, and without dropping down to Vista basic.

You could always work upwards from there.

EDIT: Silly me, forgot a hard drive. It's in now.
 
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Kennysevenfold said:
yeas but this is the same price and is better quality...not Hiper :)
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*Shrug* some people don't seem to mind Hiper. Personal preference I guess, I've never had a Hiper so I wouldn't know.

That spec was pretty much built using the first thing in each category after sorting by price and checking for stock, The price might go sideways but it shouldn't go down without dipping into the B-Grade. I'm sure swinnie will want to tinker with all of the offers anyway, if this ladyfriend of his doesn't like the case, etc.
 
There's cheap, and too cheap :-)

I went for the Corsair PSU because it's about the first one I'd trust - the Antec Basic I'd guess would be okay, but it's too close to being an "included with case" for my liking.

Get home basic, not home premium - there's not enough of a difference to care: does your friend really give a crap whether the title bar of her windows are translucent and that the windows sort of "slide" to the start bar, or would she appreciate a £20 note more?

Nice range of £400-450 builds there - not bad at all and it's nice to see a thread where every other post doesn't contain "but you should spent some more on this, it's so leet" :-P
 
an alternative
Acer Aspire 6530G AMD Turion X2 RM-70 2.00GHz 16.0" Blu-Ray Laptop - Vista Home Premium (LX.AUS0X.142)


£499.99 inc VAT
 
well for college its probably more likely to be useful to have something that can be carried around, I suppose you could add a hostess trolley and she can cart the PC to classes :)
 
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