Advice needed on a sub £400 PC

stulid · 13 Aug 2011 at 19:23

Reaper 392 said:
get your girlfriend to download a program called CPU-Z. it will tell you everything about the PC (except for the case and power supply obviously)

Going to have to say it, but just start from scratch like the OP said

using IDE cables in late 2011

And then delivery prices for some item from somewhere else etc?

But finding out what the drives are will be useful.

Reaper 392 · 13 Aug 2011 at 19:26

stulid said:
And then delivery prices for some item from somewhere else etc?

what delivery price

bozokka · 13 Aug 2011 at 19:37

Still waiting to hear from her about the HD.

As she will probably need a Win7 o/s as well, the AMD Llano A8-3850 system seems the best value at the moment.

stulid · 13 Aug 2011 at 19:40

bozokka said:
As she will probably need a Win7 o/s as well, the AMD Llano A8-3850 system seems the best value at the moment.

You can do this,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £339.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £70.63
Total : £423.80

All new parts.

Reaper 392 · 13 Aug 2011 at 19:45

if she needa an OS and is buying from OcUK then your not going to make much of a saving with the IDE card i found because of that windows + HDD bundle stulid has used.

i'd go with stulids latest build but use the coolermaster elite 430 case + PSU bundle to save a few pennies if you prefer the coolermaster case

jennidc · 13 Aug 2011 at 20:35

Linking Accounts

Don't forget to link your accounts for free delivery (if you have over 250 posts)

Just checked you only have 240 to go!!

Reaper 392 · 13 Aug 2011 at 21:01

jennidc said:
Don't forget to link your accounts for free delivery (if you have over 250 posts)

Just checked you only have 240 to go!!

nope, he's got 90 to go. you get free delivery for 250 posts and 3 months membership, or 100 posts and 1 year membership.

if you wander round the general discussion forum and other 'life' forums you'll get your 90 posts in no time