Big trouble in little London

chakib · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:23

So last week my Estate agents went bust and pretty much ran off. A lot of people at my uni are now suffering because it seems they just up went and gone. the landlord did not want us to compensate but he had no choice but for us to pay early rent or he can't let us stay. So me and house mates had no choice. here's the problem. now I don't have enough cash to finish my build (which I was really looking forward to!)

Now I don't have a computer at all and my course relies heavily on computer use.

I have a few parts but I'm in need of Mobo (matx) Ram, Processor, GPU and power supply. most important and expensive parts really.

does anyone know of any EXTREMELY cheap build which will pull me through till the next academic term? I'm talking extremely cheap here. I truly cant afford it even with me working.

Anyone have any spare old parts lying about or suggest a bundle from ebay. I'm talking pentium 4 here..or Athlon if available.

I've got a fair bit of Uni work to get through and I'm stuck for what to do!

I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you.

Edit: If this is posted in wrong place..mods please move it if possible. thanks again

caithomas44 · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:27

If you go to your uni's finance section they will most likley set you up witha free uni laptop if you explain the situation

Caseh · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:28

Iv'e got 2 x 512mb sticks of pap DDR2 RAM doing nothing, if you want it.

chakib · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:38

caithomas44 said:
If you go to your uni's finance section they will most likley set you up witha free uni laptop if you explain the situation

I've tried. Most of them are out and pre-booked due to exams.

[Cas];13587005 said:
Iv'e got 2 x 512mb sticks of pap DDR2 RAM doing nothing, if you want it.

Seriously!! that would be incredible.

Caseh · 27 Feb 2009 at 22:09

No problem, i will try and get it sent out tomorrow - But i will be struggling, as my friend is leaving for ireland tomorrow. My email/MSN is in trust

bremen1874 · 27 Feb 2009 at 22:11

if you've got a screen keyboard and mouse then HP D530 SFF desktops are good solid machines and should be sufficient for coursework needs. They're far better built than the Dell equivalents and use ASUS motherboards. If you do have a look avoid the USFF versions as they suffered from faulty capacitors.

On a certain well known auction site you can pick one with a 2.8GHz P4, 1GB of memory, a 40GB drive and an XP license for £65 delivered. When you're done you should be able to sell it on without losing much.