Any chance of a £500 spec??

[MonkeyHutch]

Hello,

Am looking to replace my ageing desktop with something to use as a media centre for the old XBOX 360...

I'm looking to spend a maximum of £500 and do not need a keyboard, mouse or monitor or case.

I will be using it for the internet, and to stream to the XBOX mainly so a top notch graphics card is not necessary, although would obviously be nice to have something half decent. (i currently have a 9800pro which has seemed to do OK up to now.) Will obviously need Windows MCE too and TV tuner etc, although i know nothing about such things.

If all this isnt possible for £500 then I'll have to rethink the budget.

Thanks for your ideas in advance.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, I don't know what colour case you have so you may wish to change the DVDRW for a more suitable colour. I don't know anything about TV cards either but I've left a little in the budget to get one. I included a PSU as well as you will probably need a new one.

CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£65.95 £65.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
£69.95 £69.95
CD-029-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-029-NE)
£20.95 £20.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-026-EN Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN)
£40.95 £40.95
SW-008-MS Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £396.60
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £71.15
Total £477.70

 

[MonkeyHutch]

Many thanks for replying!

looks like the sort of thing I am after. I might stick a larger HDD in there though.

Case is silver.