Building a Cheap System?

AdaMmaN · 8 Jul 2007 at 15:20

Basically need a pc built (parts + case) for around £400... just to do the essentials... net/word/msn etc...

. No monitor needed just the base unit
. No fancy pro graphics card, just something that'll do the job ( no games will be played but obviously something will be needed)
. Fairly decent sized harddrive
. at least a 1GB of ram i guess

and im not sure what to do about the OS, i have an old xp key mind off an old pc!

if it goes around £350 thats even better.. just need the part price list etc

can anyone knock up a good part list that is cheap would be greatly appreciated!

stickroad · 8 Jul 2007 at 15:21

Are you going to overclock the system?

AdaMmaN · 8 Jul 2007 at 15:25

i dont really want to, the ram obviously being so it wouldnt have to be upgraded

stickroad · 8 Jul 2007 at 15:36

This will do you fine:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
Abit AN-M2 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Antec NSK2400 Desktop Case - 380W SmartPower PSU

Total : £299.50

No GPU since that motherboard has intergrated graphics which will do you fine.

AdaMmaN · 8 Jul 2007 at 15:39

ah that looks brill,

is that case like a tower upright?

AdaMmaN · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:01

im kind of after a case thats upright, (tower) in a sense with room to upgrade

stickroad · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:10

AdaMmaN said:
im kind of after a case thats upright, (tower) in a sense with room to upgrade

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
Asus GeForce EN7300GS-HTD 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU

Total : £314.76

AdaMmaN · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:35

thanks man, appreciate the help will be going for that one !!