just put this together for a friend, did i do well ? :)

locutus12

locutus12

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my best friends little brother was desperate for a new pc and the family is strapped for cash so i did them a mix of Members market and new parts. Basically his family took me in when i was 16 and had no where to live, i figured this is the least i can do so ive done this for free.

1 gig ram £45 Got OCZ PC4000 DDR 2 X 512mb for £40 from MM
AMD A3000+ RETAIL CPU + High grade 95% copper CPU cooler £70
7800GT Graphics card buget £80, paid £120
80 gig drive budget £25, paid £20
8X DvD rw drive. Free from me. Worth £15.
mobo £45, bought new asrock 939 £39
case, budget = £22 paid £15 for a case from MM
monitor budget = £75 New CTX VL701B Black 17 Inch CRT Monitor paid £78
Black Logitech keyboard £7
Logitech B58 Black Premium Optical Wheel Mouse £7
Black 600W PMPO Subwoofer with Satelite Speakers.£7
windows XP Home = free (they already own a copy.)

Total = £400


hes moving up from:

1300Mhz duron
512mb pc133
FX5200 128mb
Jetway motherboard
80 gig maxtor.
Generic 17" CRT

(his sisters getting the above, hence i couldnt canibalise parts and spend money on better parts)


i cant wait to see his face when i show him doom in max detail lol :D

marks out of ten ?
 
Nice system dude! :D

and within a great budget! Maybe i should let the dude living under my stairs out once in a while, then maybe he'll build me a new rig for nowt!

and to get the monitor, keyboard etc in the budget too i think you did great
 
ACESHIGH said:
Thats a very good thing you did. Good rig too. Anyone would be happy with that.
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lets just hope none of the second hand parts fail :rolleyes:

they were going to buy a media center pc on hire purchase for £650 (not including interest)

it had the following
made by phillips
AMD A64 3800 cpu (didnt specify if it was 754 or 939 but id put money on it being a 754 sempron job)
unknown motherboard
Nvidia 6200 256mb
512mb DDR
300 gig hard drive
dvdrw
small atx case with urine poor cooling and a media bay at the front (half a ton of I.O. connections that they dont even have things to plug into let alone actually know what they are for.)


i convinced them it would be no better for them than the bucket they have now as they want a games pc and not a media center with the graphics power of a pickled onion.
 
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locutus12 said:
1300Mhz duron
512mb pc133
FX5200 128mb
Jetway motherboard
80 gig maxtor.
Generic 17" CRT
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Only a small step up then? :p

Very good PC you put together there for the budget. Now overclock that 3000+ to get the most out of the 7800GT!
 
You did well to get that lot for £400, here's how much it would cost retail using nearest equivalent parts:



AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£72.79
Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
£43.42
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) *nearest equivalent*
£66.92
OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-OK) *nearest equivalent*
£187.94
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£36.37
NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£25.79
Antec SLK2650BQE Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-051-AN)
£38.72
Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY)
£76.32
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG)
£10.52
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG)
£6.46
Altec Lansing 121i 2.1 Speaker System - Retail (SP-023-AL)
£17.57

Total inc VAT: £582.82



You saved £182.82 :)

(The 7900GT costs the same as what the 7800GT used to cost retail)
 
Mr Mister said:
geil value ram is a rip now, it used to be £45 for a gig or so now its £66!
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I agree, same with the 2GB value kit. Used to be £105.69 now it's selling for £135.07. Probably something to do with the exchange rates.
 
ive just got home after picking up the 7800GT... ive just realised it has a lifetime warranty... i got a 7800GT with a lifetime warranty for £120 :eek: i feal faint...

sjohal2006 said:
Yes very good thing to do for them.

Also, oc the 3000 they oc well, got mine to 2.5ghz!
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its my old cpu and cooler so i know i can clock it well,

Mr Mister said:
geil value ram is a rip now, it used to be £45 for a gig or so now its £66!
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it is indeed!! and its not OCUK`s fault, they are now expensive everywhere... must be a shortage of sand :confused:

Mr Mister said:
nice specs. I need to see the case you got them for £15 tho Please tell me its not beige
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actually i have a choice of 2...

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comes with 92mm ambers fitted - £10

or

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the jeantech phong for £15.

as hes delivering them i said id have em both :)
 
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m3csl2004 said:
good case for the cash

2 x 120mm fans
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indeed :) should all be up and running by monday i hope. i think the best buy though has to be the 7800GT, just a fantastic price, should hold its value nicely for a while.

plus with the asrock motherboard i picked he wont have to upgrade it for at least 2 years as it takes an expansion board allowing him to use AM2 and DDR2 :)
 
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