£500 spec for gf's dad please

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ok guys wondered if you could give me a hand here. the gf's old man has asked me to sort him out a pc. all he needs it for is web surfing, riping/burning cd's/dvds, something to help him use his mp3 player, and office tasks (word, excel etc)

his budget is £500 but this must include everything, even a 17" flat pannel/ cheap speakers, mouse and kb, pref a gig of ram: - the lot.

now bear in mind he wont be touching games on this thing so feel free to skimp on the gfx card, and we are talking basic pc functions here.

one more thing:- for this price and the functions he wants to use it for would i be better going for an off the chelf system from a retailer? thanks guys
 
Check out the cpu/mobo/ram bundles, you know they'll be compatible, and thats half the PC already decided.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Bundles_339.html

Toughest decisions will be the case and PSU really.

Plenty of 17" LCD monitors at around £150, cheaper if you're willing to go B-Grade.




My friend had whole system built for under £500, only thing he didnt buy were headphones. **** system with the crappiest PCIe card on the market then, but it runs fine for him since he only plays ancient games.

No swearing, read the FAQ.

Otacon
 
Try this:

CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£65.95 £65.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£47.95 £47.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-014-OK OcUK Gamer 178QP 17" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£19.95 £19.95
SP-038-LG Logitech S200 2.1 Black/Silver Stereo Speakers - OEM (SP-038-LG)
£11.95 £11.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-051-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£30.95 £30.95
Subtotal £438.50
VAT £76.74
Total £515.24

A tiny bit over but you get a very good system for your money.
 
Dureth's specification seems pretty good, I can't see any areas that could really be cut down without compromising performance. You could go for a Sempron 64 based system if the budget is really important which would be fine for most tasks but the specification above offers upgrade potential as well.

Artheas, could you edit the swearing out of your post as well please :)
 
Here you go....Build this:

MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£65.95 £65.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£41.95 £41.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-014-OK OcUK Gamer 178QP 17" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £369.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £66.61
Total £447.21
 
Was considering this earlier for a sibling:
  • Asus K8N-VM nForce4 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-133-AS) £39.95
  • OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) £47.95
  • Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD) £40.95
  • NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)£20.95
  • Asus TA-212 Series Midi Tower (Silver) - 360W PSU (CA-005-AS) £34.95
  • Logitech Cordless Internet Desktop Pro Black - OEM (KB-052-LG) 1 £19.95
  • Creative I-Trigue 2.1 3400 Speakers - Retail (SP-050-CL) £45.95
  • BenQ FP71G+ 17" LCD Monitor (MO-015-BQ) £119.95
  • AMD Sempron 64 3100+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-136-AM) £53.95
  • Subtotal £424.55
  • Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
  • VAT £76.92
  • Total £516.42

Warning: Might make father really want you as a son-in-law :D
 
Monstermunch said:
Here you go....Build this:

MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£65.95 £65.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£41.95 £41.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-014-OK OcUK Gamer 178QP 17" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £369.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £66.61
Total £447.21
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^^ :cool:
 
Er Monstermunchs spec has no Windows XP, no speakers, no keyboard, no mouse. Apart from that its the same as mine but with a bigger hard drive.

The difference being my spec' will actually function as a PC.
 
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