Budget PC Spec

fozzybear · 7 Mar 2007 at 16:06

I'm shortly to build a PC for my sister and am after a spec for a system around £110 to £160.

She has monitor, case and keyboard and mouse so will require everything else. Computer is just to be used for internet and the odd DVD so a motherboard with onboard VGA and sound is sufficient.

Is it possible for the price?

Tetras · 7 Mar 2007 at 17:50

Bit crap but fits the criteria (board supports Core 2 Duo and has a full 16X slot, which may be handy if an upgrade is needed one day, only 2 memory slots though so that'd have to be sold):

Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£31.99(£37.59)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800BD SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM
£23.99(£28.19)
Intel Celeron D 326 2.53GHz (LGA775) - Retail
£26.99(£31.71)
Crucial 512MB (2x256MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit
£29.99(£35.24)
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM
£12.99(£15.26)

Sub Total : £125.95
Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £23.48
Total : £157.68

semi-pro waster · 7 Mar 2007 at 18:00

I don't think I can do any better than Tetras here, do you already have a PSU? If not then I'd look at picking one up secondhand or if any more is needed, I'd look at buying most secondhand since someone else will have taken the hit of depreciation.

fozzybear · 9 Mar 2007 at 13:29

Cheers guys. It was a tough ask!

No, I don't have a PSU. That'll knock the price up considerably.

I'll have to try and get my sister to put the budget up a bit.

Tetras · 9 Mar 2007 at 13:49

Could go for something like this if you wanted a new case too:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160

Prolly not a lot of upgrade potential though.

fozzybear · 9 Mar 2007 at 13:52

Asus A8V-VM SE VIA K8M890 S939 - £31.00
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 - £39.00
330W Tagan TG330 - £30.00
80 Gb Samsung HD080HJ - £29.00
NEC AD-5170A Black x18 - £18.00
512MB (2X256MB) Corsair Value Select - £30.00

Total - Approx £177.

I've had a little go myself. I'm only really familiar with Athlon specs so that's what i stuck with. Would that PSU be perfectly compatible with everything else?

fozzybear · 9 Mar 2007 at 13:53

Tetras said:
Could go for something like this if you wanted a new case too:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160

Prolly not a lot of upgrade potential though.

I'd be selling my Akasa Eclipse 62 for £40 to my sister.

semi-pro waster said:
I'd look at buying most secondhand since someone else will have taken the hit of depreciation.

I'm not keen on buying 2nd hand as i feel it's better paying a little extra for the full warranty.