Cheapest computer you can make?

riddler · 3 Jul 2013 at 21:56

Without a graphics card or power supply!

RJC · 3 Jul 2013 at 22:30

Without looking at Ocuk bare bones systems and doing self build:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
(£33.29) £39.95
(£33.29)
Foxconn H67M Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Intel Celeron G550 2.60GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £157.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £33.48
Total : £200.90

Kosmiche · 3 Jul 2013 at 23:17

forgot the power supply ^^

oh nvm. DUH

chris182008 · 3 Jul 2013 at 23:35

Really not any good but cheapest I could make. I'll post a more serious one in a minute. No disk drive but could install an os through usb.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GA-E350N AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £47.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £30
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x Corsair Value 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single Channel Module (VS2GB1333D3) £14.99
Total : £118.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

chris182008 · 3 Jul 2013 at 23:36

What graphics card have you got? Is this to use or just to see who can spec the cheapest pc?

riddler · 3 Jul 2013 at 23:41

chris182008 said:
What graphics card have you got? Is this to use or just to see who can spec the cheapest pc?

My friends PC is bust and I can't work out if it's the motherboard or the cpu as I'm out of parts to test it, initially I was just looking to buy a motherboard and see if that works but it's becoming really tiresome trying to find such old models.

He's got a working PSU, HDD, Graphics card & DDR2 RAM. So ideally I need a DDR2 motherboard and cpu.

Jonod2977 · 3 Jul 2013 at 23:45

riddler said:
My friends PC is bust and I can't work out if it's the motherboard or the cpu as I'm out of parts to test it, initially I was just looking to buy a motherboard and see if that works but it's becoming really tiresome trying to find such old models.

He's got a working PSU, HDD, Graphics card & DDR2 RAM. So ideally I need a DDR2 motherboard and cpu.

Hey, do you know what cpu he has?

OliverDavis · 4 Jul 2013 at 08:50

riddler said:
My friends PC is bust and I can't work out if it's the motherboard or the cpu as I'm out of parts to test it, initially I was just looking to buy a motherboard and see if that works but it's becoming really tiresome trying to find such old models.

He's got a working PSU, HDD, Graphics card & DDR2 RAM. So ideally I need a DDR2 motherboard and cpu.

Its more likely that DDR3 + Motherboard + Ram comes to a similar cost than DDR2 Supported Board + CPU, and why spend money to be a few gens behind, for a little extra your friend could be current gen

Sliver · 4 Jul 2013 at 08:55

Estimated cost = £9

danclivo · 4 Jul 2013 at 09:10

^ Great build, but will it run Crysis?

OliverDavis · 4 Jul 2013 at 09:30

Sliver said:
Estimated cost = £9

danclivo said:
^ Great build, but will it run Crysis?

Yes. Yes it will.

Audigex · 4 Jul 2013 at 10:34

Not really relevant to your problem, but my cheapest PC is my HP Microserver. £190 delivered, with £100 cashback, giving me a £90 brand new "PC". Added a graphics card for £30 et voila, works perfectly for web browsing and media type work.

In your case, you could do with at least getting the same technologies and CPU socket etc.

dogbert · 4 Jul 2013 at 10:43

Why make a PC? When you can buy a Raspberry Pi for ~£20

...I'll get me coat

DaleTheWhale · 4 Jul 2013 at 12:44

+ Accessories! £55 = ultimate media streaming.

Skynet5 · 4 Jul 2013 at 17:41

In all honesty I'm fairly impressed with my raspberry pi. For surfing and video it's just superb. I run it as a web server now, but its a great PC. Just add screen mouse and keyboard.

FatRakoon · 4 Jul 2013 at 21:46

OliverDavis said:
Yes. Yes it will.

OFFS... It does too! LOL

medseven · 4 Jul 2013 at 21:59

I bought this for £85 the other week...

Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel E2200 Dual Core 2.20GHz, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 80GB HDD, DVDRW, 90 Day Warranty (Refurb)

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Jumper118 · 4 Jul 2013 at 23:11

i'm pretty sure you could get one for free if you know where to look

FatRakoon · 5 Jul 2013 at 01:03

There is always a cheap PC just around the corner no matter where you are.

My latest build or rather builds, cos I have ended up with 3 of the buggers, is a Media Center PC for as little money as possible.

The first PC was given to me, I upped it as much as I could, GFX,Sound and CPU all for under a tenner but it was still iffy.

Few extra bits and I ended up with an AMD x2 4800 with 4GB RAM, GT210 GFX, Asus Xonar DG Audio, and 400GBHD and its cost me around £50 in total.

Im actually fairly chuffed with it. i might even use it properly too... I only knocked it up cos Im bored but the idea is a better one than I thought.