Budget Media PC Spec

[Nitrojan]

Ok, a friend wants a standard home theatre PC at a budget of.. £250 >_< eek..
So yeah.. Best to ask here for a range of different specs He basically needs everything but a case, keyboard, mouse and monitor..

I know the budget is low but it's not my money so I can't budge it up any higher heh..

His quote to me was "I only want a media center to watch TV and record"

See what you got OCUK'ers

 

[jak731]

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Gigabyte SUPERB 460w PSU £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI - Retail £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Sub Total : £201.93
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Total : £247.78


not sure how good the tv card is, so if you know of a better one get that instead

only 160GB but i expect him to either burn things onto dvd, delete things he's finished with or get a bigger hdd at a later date.

if you know the psu is bad, get a better one.

should be ready for HD playback btw through the 780G chipset on the MB

if amd coolers are loud, get a 3rd party cooler that is quiet

also drop some ram if 2GB isnt needed for a media pc

 

[Nitrojan]

Thanks