Cheapest Small Factor

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I need to or should i say i want to build a small factor pc for my brother to put downstairs in the living room which he and the family can use. Nothing fancy, just something simple enough to play the odd game aswell as office applications, watching movies....using it as a general media station.

I also would like it to share my broadband connection from my pc (up in my bedroom) wirelessly.

At his moment in time im not bothered about the monitor (might just give him my 19" LG and get me self another), just the main rig.

Budget is around £350 - 400


Thanks

 

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gonna go for a shuttle SK21G, socket 754 Sempron 2800+, 512mb OCZ cheapo value stuff. total comes to £185 inc delivery (bargin!)
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that is good value. will it be up to playing games and multi-tasking?

 

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How about...

• NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
• Antec NSK1300 ATX Cube Case - 300W PSU Antec NSK1300 ATX Cube Case - 300W PSU £49.99
• Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99
• Crucial 512MB (2x256MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT3264AA53E) £37.99
• AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £54.99
• Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
• BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) £64.99
• Sub Total : £303.93
• Shipping : £9.95
• Vat : £54.93
• Total : £368.81

thank you. This does look good.

One thing that concerns me about these small factors is noise and heat.
with a 7600 and a hdd in there togther with the cpu and what have you, will this not get hot and as a result be noiser to cool the components...?