Cheap Budget Comp

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What you guys reckon about this for a cheap budget computer for a friend.

He wants it as close to £400 as possible with a monitor.

So i may change a few things.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-163-AM)
(£70.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Gigabyte GA_M55_S3G Plus (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-057-GI)
(£64.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA53E) (MY-081-CR)
(£69.27 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
(£41.07 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-002-WD)
(£52.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1300-256ICEQ) (GX-049-HT)
(£46.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-020-AS)
(£28.79 Including VAT at 17.5%)

£373.90 Total without Monitor

OcUK Gamer Extreme 178GP 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-016-OK)
(£105.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

£479.59 Total with Monitor
 
How about this for under £400 with a monitor

MB-149-AS Asus M2NPV-MX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-149-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£26.95 £26.95
CD-059-LO Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO)
£18.25 £18.25
CA-051-AN Antec SLK2650BQE Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-051-AN)
£32.95 £32.95
MO-016-OK OcUK Gamer Extreme 178GP 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-016-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
CP-163-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-163-AM)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £332.95
VAT £58.27
Total £391.22
 
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) (CD-078-SA) - (£25.79 Including VAT at 17.5%)

£3 cheaper :p and it is 18x18 instead of 16x16...

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) - £64.57 Including VAT at 17.5%

£5 cheaper

Not a lot of saving there though... where else could it come from. :confused:
 
Wicked sounds good.

Also is all that gear compatible do you reckon, i mean is the 350w antec PSU enough for the equipment inside.

Also is the mobo IDE or SATA i cant tell.
 
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