Budget SFF + Monitor Spec

darude · 29 Oct 2008 at 20:53

For all the spec experts (spec-perts) out there.

All I'm after is the a small stylish SFF build with basic specs for internet browsing and office work. Nothing more than that. I got this so far (see quote below). Can someone double check if the spec is good. And if possible, cut the price down in the case/matching (colour) monitor?

I only have one requirement: case has to be nice and small.

Thanks, show me your magic!

craptakular · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:14

I got a SG02 case instead of the SG01, the SG02 has the same in'erds but has a different face. It is also around the £50. Excellent case.

With the money saved I would got a 22inch monitor.

darude · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:28

Thanks Oxy, very useful, its ashame that Oc dont appear to stock it.

craptakular · 30 Oct 2008 at 09:23

darude said:
Thanks Oxy, very useful, its ashame that Oc dont appear to stock it.

No they dont I had to buy mine from somewhere else.

oh hold up, that mainboard.... isnt there 8200 Nvidia boards now?

GingerNinja1989 · 30 Oct 2008 at 11:46

Possibly go for a different PSU? Apparently the Hiper ones are prone to problems

darude · 31 Oct 2008 at 17:53

Cheers Ninja

Tomsk · 2 Nov 2008 at 12:11

An Asus eee box should be enough. All you need to do is add a monitor.

Bradley8988 · 2 Nov 2008 at 12:18

Eee + 24" moniter for that price.

darude · 2 Nov 2008 at 15:17

Eee sure sounds good, I've no idea how good those Intel Atom, whether or not they're dual cores and I'm a tad worried Eee doesnt give enough options to upgrade in the future.

darude · 7 Dec 2008 at 23:53

Ok, for my previous friend I went for a Asus barebone machine, now back for a hunt for a SFF, I'm planning on getting everything from OcUK (live near by)

Silverstone Sugo SG01S Evolution Aluminium Micro-ATX Case - Silver (No PSU) £79.99 (£91.99)
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £47.99 (£55.19)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99 (£50.59)
Antec Basic 350W PSU Antec Basic 350W PSU £23.99 (£27.59)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

How's this? It's basically a basic upgrade for a college student (no gaming) I've got a IDE HDD and DVD drives. I've looked at the gigabyte boards and apparently you need to do a BIOS update, I don't fancy that.

darude · 9 Dec 2008 at 22:29

^ quick bump, looking to buy tomorrow.