Cheap Vista spec needed

fred_easey · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:46

Hi,

My friend's after a new PC for his mum.

She already has:

Monitor
Keyboard
OS
DVD-RW
GFX (AGP)

The only requirement is that it must be able to run Vista.

He wants the cheapest possible spec that can do this. If possible < £200 including VAT and delivery.

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers,

Fred

Lolcb · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:48

£200.

Shall see what people can come up with.

melbourne720 · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:01

Thank god the OP already has a DVDRW, as otherwise this would be difficult!

Apologies for the sarcasm, but this has beaten me. I'm thinking maybe a second hand Athlon XP system with a DX9 card in it (9800 Pro/6200 something like that, as that is needed for Aero). I'd start with Loot and the auction site...

fred_easey · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:10

melbourne720 said:
Thank god the OP already has a DVDRW, as otherwise this would be difficult!

Apologies for the sarcasm, but this has beaten me. I'm thinking maybe a second hand Athlon XP system with a DX9 card in it (9800 Pro/6200 something like that, as that is needed for Aero). I'd start with Loot and the auction site...

Yeah I was thinking something similar. Socket A almost definitely the way forward at this price.

fred_easey · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:16

Stole this from another thread:

Akasa AK-862 Low Noise CPU Cooler (Socket 754 & 939) Akasa AK-862 Low Noise CPU Cooler (Socket 754 & 939) £7.50
(£8.81) £7.50
(£8.81)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400DC) GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400DC) £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32728) Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32728) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD Socket AM2 Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD Socket AM2 £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)

Total £203.46

Inc Vat £239.07

Might do a job for him