please spec me a pc

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I am thinking of building a pc for keeping my photos and video on (no editing) and to go on the internet. I have a screen, keyboard, mouse.

I would like to have windows xp as the OS.

I will be using internet wirelessly via usb cable.

I would like a card reader so that I can simply put the card from my camera into the computer and transfer the data that way.

I would like a dvd-rw so that I can burn data onto DVD disks.

my budget is total maximum of £300 as I do not want to be spending that much on it.

many thanks
Murray
 
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ (Socket AM2) CPU - Retail (CP-156-AM) £47

Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-056-GI) £60

Crucial 512MB (2x256MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT3264AA53E) (MY-080-CR) £37

Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY) £77

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £47

Liteon SHM-165P6S-09C 16x DVD±RW/RAM £23

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG) £24

OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £24

£339 (some figures rounded up slightly)

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I cant see any card readers for sale.

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Intel Celeron D 326 2.53GHz Retail / Asus P5VD1-X / 512MB Geil PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-035-OK) £112

Save £37 but its out of stock and less performing.
 
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sorry I didn't make it clear that I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse, with that money can it be spent to make the system better?

thanks for the spec anyways
 
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ (Socket AM2) CPU - Retail (CP-157-AM) £53

Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-056-GI) £60

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £65

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE) £61

Liteon SHM-165P6S-09C 16x DVD±RW/RAM £23

OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £24

Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Silver (HD-000-MI) £15

£300

EDIT: This system will nicely move over to vista.
 
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  • AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM) £53.95
  • Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS) £54.95
  • Crucial 512MB (2x256MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT3264AA53E) (MY-080-CR) £30.95
  • Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA) £26.95
  • NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) £19.95
  • Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £34.95
  • Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black (HD-002-MI) £12.95
  • Subtotal £234.65
  • Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
  • VAT £42.81
  • Total £287.41
Better performer (& case) :cool:
 
Want more ram for vista (thats ofc if you ever will put it on there). Also considering he wants to store video, 80gb is a bit small. Clock for clock in general purpose the A64 will be less than 1% faster than the sempron at the same clock speed.

Due to more ram and better HDD my setup would be decantly faster, along with the HDD being quieter.
 
Meaker said:
Want more ram for vista (thats ofc if you ever will put it on there). Also considering he wants to store video, 80gb is a bit small. Clock for clock in general purpose the A64 will be less than 1% faster than the sempron at the same clock speed.

Due to more ram and better HDD my setup would be decantly faster, along with the HDD being quieter.
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Agree... but stretch-out/invest/etc in a better case than that!
 
I've just thought, couldn't I put an ad in the WTD part of the members market for a full system PC. that way I would get it for cheaper. it's just I need as cheap PC as I can find because I need to save £800 for a camera, £400 for holiday, so I don't really have a lot of money. Or am I not allowed to post two posts about the same thing but in different places?

many thanks for the specs

Murray
 
I see no reason why you cant have a system specced up and then offer money for a 2nd hand. That way you can compare both options.
 
I have been offered this:

AMD XP1700 (thoroughbread core - the really good clocking one - unlocked multi)
Abit NF7-S
512mb Geil RAM (DDR400 stuff)
FX5200
case + dvd drive, cdr drive, 20Gb harddrive etc

£100inc ?

any good?
if it is i could buy another HDD with the rest of the money.

many thanks
Murray
 
Slower, noiser, less ram, worse GFX, only CD writing ability, not Vista compatable (ever without upgrading everything), obsolete as far as upgrades go. but then again its cheaper even with another £60 on a HDD. The sempron will heavily outperform that chip, both OC.
 
Meaker said:
Slower, noiser, less ram, worse GFX, only CD writing ability, not Vista compatable (ever without upgrading everything), obsolete as far as upgrades go. but then again its cheaper even with another £60 on a HDD. The sempron will heavily outperform that chip, both OC.
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Is graphics really a big problem when only playing-back videos?

I think £100 for a PC (Buy a new HD) thats an good deal if you only want to use it as a storage system.
 
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