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[Deathlikesparky]

Hi all,

I am going to build a pc for a friend. He has a £500ish budget. What do you think of the spec below?

It is needed for itunes, surfing the web, word and email and the occasional photo editing.

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-Bit - OEM (66I-02059) £58.99
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £25.99
Asus VW195S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £104.99
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM £4.99
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £34.99
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM £5.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £71.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 Silence "Low Profile" 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) £28.99
OcUK Huntkey 450W PSU £31.99
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.2 Zen Black Case - No PSU £23.99
Sub Total : £427.88
Shipping cost : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £77.50
Total : £520.33

What do you think?

Regards

Paul.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums. That is all compatible but here is a slightly different version which should perform as well but is slightly cheaper.

Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)
OcUK Value Hannspree XM New York 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M Vcool Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Sub Total : £413.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £75.05
Total : £503.90