convex me please :)

[Death] · 1 Mar 2006 at 07:29

spec me please

ok guys i need the best spec i can on a very low budget, its for another m8 (why they cant build their own i will never know!) . but anyway, it will be used for the net and a few games.

best spec for £400 to £450 , i already have the monitor / keyb / mouse / speakers he can have

[Death] · 1 Mar 2006 at 07:39

AMD Athlon 64 3700 Retail / Asus A8N-SLi Premium / 1GB GeIL CAS 2.5 PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-029-OK)

Price: £289.85 (£340.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

im thinking maybe that + a gfx card as he wont notice the difference with onboard sound

p4radox · 1 Mar 2006 at 07:39

Asus Vintage AH1 Barebones System - AMD Socket 939 (FS-028-AS)
£79.95 £79.95
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£93.95 £93.95
Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT12864Z40B) (MY-030-CR)
£48.95 £48.95
Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
£74.95 £74.95
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£34.95 £34.95
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95

Subtotal £360.70
VAT £63.13
Total £423.83

A bit over, but you could lower the spec of the DVDRW, or fiddle with it a bit

.

/edit: May as well get the 3200 as it's only a couple of quid more.

Monstermunch · 1 Mar 2006 at 08:06

This is the best IMO:

CA-000-AR Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£95.95 £95.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-025-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-025-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
Subtotal £402.20
VAT £70.39
Total £472.59

[Death] · 1 Mar 2006 at 09:27

ok update, i have a coolmaster case already here and a pioneer dvd writer, just need the mobo / cpu / ram / hdd / gfx

ACESHIGH · 1 Mar 2006 at 10:00

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £152.69
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £72.79
Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT12864Z40B) (MY-030-CR) £61.04
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC) £105.69
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-091-MD) £52.82

Total = £445.03 including VAT

this is a great rig. Very good CPU. Good Nforce 4 mobo (only wasting money getting the more expensive SLI mobo). Plenty of ram. Big HDD. Good graphics card, which can handle games as well.

[Death] · 1 Mar 2006 at 10:46

that seems like a great choice

Dureth · 1 Mar 2006 at 12:47

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-002-OK OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£19.95 £39.90
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MB-040-GI Gigabyte K8N SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-040-GI)
£54.95 £54.95
GX-037-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£124.95 £124.95
Subtotal £382.70
VAT £66.98
Total £449.68

This gets you a better graphics card, an SLI mobo and still comes in just under budget. Thats 2x512MB sticks there, bought not as a dual channel kit but as 2 singles. Saves £5 and wont impact dual channel working in the slightest.