Cheap build help please, upgradeable

uzi9mm

uzi9mm

uzi9mm

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Hi all,

I want some help building a cheap computer now with upgrading in the future.

General use and watching HD 1080p movies, no need for blu ray drive yet thou.

Dual core with upgrading to quad when prices come down.

Basically want to build now and than upgrade when prices fall of higher spec items such as cpu and graphics card.

Please provide with your specs.
 
What do you consider a cheap computer? If you give a rough budget that would help people I think. Also if you require keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, OS etc or if it is just the base unit?
 
As above, more info to us narrows down the choices.

If you really want a dual core, with the option to up to a quad later when prices come down, I'd go for quad now, prices aren't insanely high, you can get a Quad Q6600 overclocked at 3.2Ghz for about £150 new, and much less second hand OEM.

If you really wanna run 1080p, quad all the way, depending on the software you use a dual might struggle. :)
 
I'd really reccomend quad, but you won't get a decent one for £350. My PC is a high end quad gaming PC. Cost £500 for the base and there isn't a game / video it won't play.

Some stuff was B Grade, works fine, still waiting on my 8800GTX.

Don't forget by the way, you've gotta pay for an OS too!
 
Something like this might do you to begin with and offers the potential to upgrade.

Asus P5QL-E Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver (430W Earth Watts PSU) £60.99
(£71.66) £60.99
(£71.66)
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
LG GH20NS10 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Sub Total : £301.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.99
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £54.41
Less 2.5% VAT Discount Discount : -£7.78
Total : £357.55
 
If its future upgradeability you're after then I'd take a look at AMD's offerings. With socket 775 nearing the end of its life and Phenom ii set to support plenty of current motherboards its certainly something to consider.
 
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