£350 spec

Begbie · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:26

Friends decided she wants a PC, doubt she'll use any games altough be nice to play them when i go up.

Only got £350 as just moved into flat. Already managed to aquire monitor so just tower.

Cheers

t31os · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:33

If you don't want to build it, check here....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Full_Systems.html

If you really want to build the system decide what the PC's uses will be primarily and focus the money in that area, if its general web browsing and chatting online you don't need a monster PC.

The full systems OCuk offer should give you a good template to work from if you want to do the building...

chris06 · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:42

MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
£36.95 £36.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-002-OK OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£23.95 £23.95
CA-051-AN Antec SLK2650BQE Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-051-AN)
£32.95 £32.95
GX-054-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH Extreme Edition GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-LT)
£74.95 £74.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£26.95 £26.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
Subtotal £280.65
VAT £49.12
Total £329.77

Thats the best I can come up with for the money. 20 quid change if you need a mouse and keyboard

Defcon5 · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:53

maybe use a sempy and get 1gb ram?

chris06 · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:57

Defcon5 said:
maybe use a sempy and get 1gb ram?

Was thinking of doing that but as its not really going to be used for games is 1gb necessary?

EDIT: yay 100 posts

Defcon5 · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:06

but then again if its not going to be used for games does it really need a 6600gt?

Swap it for a passivley cooled 6600 and get a quiet freezer pro or something

GAMEfreak · 19 Jun 2006 at 04:11

also check b grade and clearance section. i swear i saw a 6600gt 256 in there for £50

Dark_Angel · 19 Jun 2006 at 11:07

going for a venice is a better idea . The problem is that 939 uses dual channel so you wont be getting full performance out of the RAM.

Graphics make no difference if you arent gaming. Grab something really low end like a 6200 or a x300 or something. That will save some cash and then you can try to squeze in an extra 512MB of ram. Failing that, 2x256 sticks would be ok, but not very future proof.

Begbie · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:29

Cheers guys, mite just keep the 6600 and get 1gb ram dual channel of course and just spend extra bit.

Should be worth it, she doesn't game but not wanting something thats ultra slow and not going to last too long.

Dureth · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:58

CP-162-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM)
£53.95 £53.95
MB-056-GI Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-056-GI)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£26.95 £26.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-051-AN Antec SLK2650BQE Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-051-AN)
£32.95 £32.95
Subtotal £238.70
VAT £41.78
Total £280.48

Integrated graphics (although its a 6200 basically so not that bad) but AM2 and with 1GB of RAM. The budget also has room for a graphics card if you want.

Energize · 19 Jun 2006 at 22:35

Completley Overspecced

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM)
£53.95
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit
£49.95
Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2
£49.95
MSI ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
£69.95
OcUK Value Estar 7799 Case With 400W PSU (CA-012-OK)
£25.30
NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£28.50

Subtotal £297.55
VAT £52.08
Total £349.63

Dureth · 19 Jun 2006 at 22:59

Energize, that RAM wont work with an AM2 CPU. Also that Hard drive is more expensive than the Samsung 80GB. Also the case has a pretty naff PSU.

Energize · 19 Jun 2006 at 23:35

It is going to be used for casual stuff so psu doesnt really matter, western digital drives are worth the extra £2, just change the ram to ddr2.

trojan698 · 19 Jun 2006 at 23:43

of course the psu still matters, go for chris's spec, although I'd personally swap the 1 x 512mb stick for the geil value 1gb kit.

Energize · 20 Jun 2006 at 00:10

trojan698 said:
of course the psu still matters, go for chris's spec, although I'd personally swap the 1 x 512mb stick for the geil value 1gb kit.

Hardly, you dont need perfect rails when your not overclocking and barely doing anything with it. Theres nothing wrong with the psu its just not a brand name thats all.

Dureth · 20 Jun 2006 at 11:40

Energize even under no load and non-overclocking conditions a bad PSU can No disguised swearing! your system up. What if they upgrade in the future? For the sake of less than £10 now they can get a case that looks nicer and has a far better PSU.

Also the samsung drives are very good. The western digital has no advantage over it.

Energize · 20 Jun 2006 at 17:28

Dureth said:
Energize even under no load and non-overclocking conditions a bad PSU can **** your system up. What if they upgrade in the future? For the sake of less than £10 now they can get a case that looks nicer and has a far better PSU.

Also the samsung drives are very good. The western digital has no advantage over it.

Ocuk psus arent known the explode, I just prefer wd thats all, if they upgrade in the future theyre going to need a bigger than 350watt psu anyway, im not sure what psus ocuk use, but whenever I have got a psu in a case it has always been fsp, which are a fantastic brand.

Begbie · 25 Jun 2006 at 15:52

cheers guys, goina buy it next month, when she gets pay slip. Think ill go for a decent psu and decent case. Might swap cases round for ma cheap one she'll never know