PC for £150

[mitch212k]

hey guys

simple pc for checking email/browsing/word processing for my nan =D

budget is £150, I have an old radeon X300 which can be used, screen, keyboard and mouse don't need to be included.

aaaaand go =D

 

[xb8browney]

Asus TA-881 Black/Silver Midi Tower Case - No PSU
(£19.96)

Intel Celeron 430 1.8Ghz Processor (LGA775) - Retail
(£23.49)

Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard

(£41.11)
Crucial 256MB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT3264Z40B)
(£12.91)

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 80GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM
(£25.84)

Antec Basic 350W PSU Antec Basic 350W PSu
(£25.84)

Sub Total : £126.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £23.96
Total : £160.85


I think getting one built may be a better choice from that auction site

 

[neon.uk]

you've forgotten an optical drive - wow this is a tough one lol - is 150 really the top limit?

probably best trying to find a prebuilt one for that price.

 

[Lanz]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.40GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2) £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA667) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Sub Total : £139.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £26.23
Total : £176.13


To get it under £150, shop elsewhere, maybe buy a single core AM2 cpu or sempron, get free delivery etc.... Pretty easy to get it under £150inc

 

[Glaucus]

2nd Hand is your best bet put a post in the wanted section. Just seen post count, look at auction.

 

[the shadow]

Xp/vista os?

 

[mitch212k]

It can be done elsewhere .. and i'll just put xp on it, no need to include it in the price tho.

 

[NicNac]

I think some older hardware would do just fine here. if browsing the web is the toughest thing this computer is going to do maybe its worth looking at low end chips/ram etc I know I will get flamed but if your nan has no experience with windows vista/xp then it might be worth looking at a linux install they can be made to be very user friendly and the plus side you wont have to pay for windows

 

[sparkey196]

Try searching auction sites for "IBM Thinkcentre Intel Dual Core Duo 1.86GHz pc computer"

£150 could get you a high quality small form factor, low noise, XP Pro licence and quality keyboard and mouse.

 

[mitch212k]

Well I can get a Case, Psu, DVD RW, 2GB RAM, 1.6Ghz Duo, 80GB Sata HD and Mobo for £160 delivered.

 

[sir-les-mp]

thats the best i can come up with

 

[bennyboy2606]

IM A NOOB

 

[UTmaniac]

I can get the following and still have change from 150 squids!

MSI 945GCM5-F
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 Retail
(2x512MB) DDR2 533MHz PC2-4200
Maxtor STM380215AS 80GB SATAII
Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA
EV 4-in-1 Black Combo Case/PSU/Keyboard/Mouse Pack