Cheap as chips mobo, cpu and RAM combo

Caporegime
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I want to make a really cheap pc, i have aall the other bits but need the above.

Im not sure wheather I want an intel or amd system but i was wondering what ideas people would come up with.

For an intel machine I thought of:

MSI 915PL Neo-F Intel 915PL (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-064-MS) 1 £39.95 £39.95

MY-014-SA Samsung Original 1GB DDR2 PC4200 533MHz (MY-014-SA) 1 £54.95 £54.95

CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN) 1 £84.95 £84.95

Subtotal £179.85
Shipping £8.25
VAT £32.92
Total £221.02

Will the board work with an 805? If not whats the cheapest board that will work with it? What about the Asus P5GPL-X Intel 915PL (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-128-AS) as well. Does the memory have to be DDR2 or can it be standard DDR?

And for an AMD system:

MSI K8N Neo4-F nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-053-MS) 1 £57.95 £57.95

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) 1 £91.95 £91.95

Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 (VS1GB400C3) (MY-062-CS) 1 £46.95 £46.95

Subtotal £196.85
Shipping £8.25
VAT £35.90
Total £241.00

Any comments on either would be good thanks, especially the motherboards, they just need to be basic mobos with sata and a pci-e slot
 
Caporegime
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Ok thanks for that. If i swapped the RAM to dual channel and the mobo to the Asus P5VD1-X would there be any compatability issues etc? This Pc will just be for word and internet browsing etc not gaming or anything too intensive.

EDIT: I just had a look at the asus and it doesnt seem to take ddr2. does it work with DDR or DDR2?
 
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