£250 spec (without monitor)

[Cheekykid]

Could you list me a spec for this amount? Am looking for 2nd hand components. I'll be using the onboard sound card.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Do you need an operating system? Also, do you have any components you wish to carry over to it(eg hard drives, case, dvd drive, power supply)?

 

[siumatfung]

 

[batchelord]

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £75.99
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £62.09
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £37.94
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 6400C4 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X2048-6400C4G) £25.99
**B Grade** Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 (MB-242-AS) £34.49
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Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No PSU) £36.00
Hiper 425W HPU-4S425 Silent ATX2.01 Power Supply £33.98
Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer Rewriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

£323.46 ic vat +Delivery

But if you already have a suitable case/PSU/DVD-rom drive then it comes to £236.50 inc vat+delivery

 

[Cheekykid]

is 350w of PSU enough for the above specs?

 

[RJC]

Yes, be more than enough
I have GTX 8800 and a overclocked E8600 with watercooling at full load I reach 330w~

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)

Seasonic Silverpower 400W Power Supply £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLk2/4G) £39.09
(£33.99) £39.09
(£33.99)

Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £36.79
(£31.99) £36.79
(£31.99)

Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £21.84
(£18.99) £21.84
(£18.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £219.06 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £34.62 Total : £253.43

 

[Cheekykid]

Thanks!!

My only problem is the graphic card then. I need one which is fanless however the best I've found is the ATI 3650 or geforce 9500 both of which are pretty weak. Am looking for something with the perfomance level of a Geforce 8800.

 

[Audigex]

What's your budget?

I just got an 8800GT 512mb from a well known auction site for £55 delivered, and that was after about 5 minutes of looking: they're definately around!

Edit: Ah, missed the "fanless".

You can get an ATI 4650 or 4670 with passive only - you just have to sift through the ones with fans to find them
The 4650 sits just under the 9500 in performance, and the 4670 a little over - they don't quite match up to an 8800; but then I think that once you get to that level fans are a neessity. I've certainly never seen one without a fan or watercooling block, anyway.

 

[cmndr_andi]

8800/9800 gt is a truly great card. If you want passive cooling have a look at this add on passive cooler. Will cool new cards passively (or with small, quiet fan) for around £25