£300 Challenge

[moid]

Been given a £300 budget to build a machine. No need for monitor but everything else needed. Wont be used for gaming or anything too intensive.

Was thinking about a AMD XP3500+ system maybe

Any ideas?

 

[semi-pro waster]

This might do, it is a bit over the budget but you do get dual core and 1gb Ram.

Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) ( £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £260.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
Vat : £47.41
Total : £318.30

 

[moid]

Cheers - sounds good.

Whats the onboard VGA like on that mobo?

Is it worth getting a cheap Geforce 7100GS or something to give the system some graphical capabilities?

 

[this_is_gav]

If there's no gaming going to be happening, then the 945G will be fine. I believe it'll be fine for Vista Aero too, if that's a concern for the future. Don't hold me to that, but I've just built a HTPC based around a 945G and intending to run Vista, so I'm hoping it'll be fine.