Help me spec a really cheap build

Baker · 3 May 2006 at 21:59

So my mum's PC needs an upgrade. She's using an 8-9 year old PC right now which is pretty much burnt out. All i need is:

Motherboard (onboard sound preferably)
CPU
RAM
case (w/psu if it comes with one, otherwise i have one i can use)

Max budget i guess is £200, i'd rather it was around the £100-£150 mark.

No gaming use, just web browsing, word/spreadsheet processing, a little bit of music and that's it.

Thanks in advance.

fenderbass86 · 3 May 2006 at 22:17

CP-139-AM AMD Sempron 64 2600+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-139-AM) 1
£39.95 £39.95
MB-125-AS Asus K8N4-E nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-125-AS) 1
£44.95 £44.95
MY-004-GL GeIL 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE5123200BHDC) (MY-004-GL) 1
£27.95 £27.95
CA-001-ES OcUK Value Estar Benz Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-001-ES) 1
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £137.80
VAT £24.12
Total £161.92

This is actually not bad for how little it costs. Pretty pleased with this

*edit* - Yeah I just realised that. Changed spec as needed.

Yucca · 3 May 2006 at 22:21

fenderbass86 said:
CP-139-AM AMD Sempron 64 2600+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-139-AM) 1
£39.95 £39.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MY-004-GL GeIL 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE5123200BHDC) (MY-004-GL) 1
£27.95 £27.95
CA-001-ES OcUK Value Estar Benz Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-001-ES) 1
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £142.80
VAT £24.99
Total £167.79

This is actually not bad for how little it costs. Pretty pleased with this

The major flaw in the above plan is soooo obvious i wont even point it out!

semi-pro waster · 3 May 2006 at 22:22

I've gone with the 2800 Sempron as it has double the L2 cache of the 2600 and only costs about £5 more. The motherboard has onboard graphics and sound. 512mb Ram ought to be easily sufficient for the uses suggested and you could possibly get away with a cheaper case and PSU but I think getting a fairly decent one is less hassle overall.

CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£43.95 £43.95
MB-124-AS Asus K8V-MX VIA K8M800 Micro ATX (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-124-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
MY-003-GL GeIL 512MB PC3200 Value CAS2.5 (GE5123200B) (MY-003-GL)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-023-AN Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £145.80
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £27.09
Total £181.84

SiriusB · 3 May 2006 at 22:23

try this one

CP-130-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-130-AM)
£64.95 £64.95
MB-079-AB Abit UL8 ULi M1689 (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-079-AB)
£27.95 £27.95
MY-005-OK OcUK Value 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-005-OK)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-001-AO AOpen H500A Midi Tower - 300W 24-Pin PSU (CA-001-AO)
£39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £157.80
VAT £27.62
Total £185.42

Tad more expensive, no glaring mistakes lol

SiriusB

xirokx · 3 May 2006 at 22:25

The major flaw in the above plan is soooo obvious i wont even point it out

Scary aint it.....

semi-pro waster · 3 May 2006 at 22:34

xirokx said:
Scary aint it.....

Hey, we've all been there or at least I have

As it stands now any of the above specifications will do fine, I'm somewhat surprised that you can get a socket 939 chip and system into the budget but it is possibly overkill(they all are for internet and word processing I suppose).