A friend has a £500 budget. What are the options?

[Butters]

A friend of mine has received a £500 grant from the government as part of her nursing bursary to buy a computer to help with her studies, etc.

The £500 must include everything including software and printer, keyb, mouse and monitor. She ideally wants a TFT.

Windows XP home is adequate but the computer should be future proof in as much as adding some memory changing the processor and adding a GFX card will make it Vista proof in 12-18months time.

Onboard GFX are fine at the moment. Only software needed is OS.

Thanks

 

[semi-pro waster]

With the budget it is pretty tight but I think this is just about suitable, it is slightly under budget in fact so you can change to a better mouse/keyboard if required. The printer is just the cheapest I could find. :0

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
LiteON DH-20A1P-45C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM £5.49
(£6.45) £5.49
(£6.45)
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM £4.49
(£5.28) £4.49
(£5.28)
Canon Pixma iP1300 Printer £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW173D 17" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £401.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £72.95
Total : £489.79