Barebones systems: What exactly comes with them?

Pilky01 said:
Integrated graphics by the looks of it as well.

I think you would just need cpu, ram and a hdd
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Yup i had that particular barebone system, you need to add a cpu, memory, hdd and optical drive, the gfx are intergrated.

You can add in a GFX card but be aware the PSU is only 250w, and it dosent have a pci-e connector.

Having said that i ran a 6800GT using an adapter and it was fine :)
 
MeatLoaf said:
Yup i had that particular barebone system, you need to add a cpu, memory, hdd and optical drive, the gfx are intergrated.

You can add in a GFX card but be aware the PSU is only 250w, and it dosent have a pci-e connector.

Having said that i ran a 6800GT using an adapter and it was fine :)
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I haven't used integrated graphics in a long time; is it beefy enough to handle 1440x900?
 
Pilky01 said:
Should be fine for anything but games.

And your sig is to big.
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I don't know what's wrong with it. 90% of the time it's only 4 lines, and sometimes it's 5.

I'll go fix now.

And thanks.

Also, 300W for:

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Yay or nay?

(you can scrap the 3450 out of there now)
 
I think that might be pushing it a little, maybe not though.

And i would check to see if the mobo supports the 45nm intels.

And for the extra tenner or whatever i would get 4gb of ram for vista.
 
Pilky01 said:
And for the extra tenner or whatever i would get 4gb of ram for vista.
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It's literally going to be doing office work 24/7.

No need whatsoever for 4GB.

and I'll check about the CPU.

Dammit. I wish there was just some sensible cases on OCUK, because I much prefer getting the motherboard etc myself - but the only way of getting one seems to be barebones.
 
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If your looking to spend near £500 I would get the Antec Three Hundred case and buy a bettert psu. Hiper - M 580W..
 
Celeron E1200 ... costs about £35.

Basically a dual core, core 2 with only 512MB cache

Not great for games, fine for office

Simply change the board FSB to 1333Mhz and you have a 2.66Ghz CPU no sweat and £20+ cheaper

OCUK PC6400 is a couple of £ cheaper but you are pretty much at minimum budget unless you go for the previous bare bone system with E1200 and a smaller HDD.

Otherwise for a real budget office machine

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value Hannspree XM New York 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Asus Vintage V3-P5945GC Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66G-02141) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz Dual-Core Processor (LGA775) - Retail £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A35399) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-5200A 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Sub Total : £289.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £52.30
Total : £351.18


Smaller HD ... for an office 80GB would be fine... Vista .. Premium includes aero and TV software.... not needed , save £20 and go basic. Onboard graphics unlikely to do vista aero anyway... cheaper mem, basic but ok CPU for office apps. Just a question of how much you want to spend

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