Please spec my dad £650

Hamster · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:27

On a strict budget here and require the following for mainly internet and ms office use. £650+delivery is the budget.

Mobo (Not Asus - too many bad experiences)
GFX card
HDD
DVD Writer
Memory (1Gb will suffice)
Min 17" TFT
CPU + HSF
Case with good PSU and front USB2.0 ports if possible.
Keyboard + optical mouse (matching preferably)

This will be all at stock speeds so no overclocking required. Reliability is the most important factor.

Any thoughts welcomed.

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semi-pro waster · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:42

Here is something that may be suitable, I don't know anything about the motherboard but you don't want Asus which I would normally recommend. You have onboard graphics since no mention is made of games. All other parts should be fairly obvious but if you want any clarification just ask.

MO-016-NV Neovo F-419 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Grey (MO-016-NV)
£154.95 £154.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-001-AR Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£52.95 £52.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
Subtotal £540.60
VAT £94.61
Total £635.21

Hamster · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:49

Thanks for the spec. Sorry forgot to mention, a spec for a little light gaming use would be preferable so would prefer a separate GFX card if that is possible within the budget. Spec looks good though.

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semi-pro waster · 21 Feb 2006 at 12:03

Ok slightly revised, I've had to go with a slower CPU and smaller hard drive but still easily capable for what is basically an office machine. The inbuilt graphics card would have allowed some gaming but obviously the X800GTO is far better

MO-016-NV Neovo F-419 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Grey (MO-016-NV)
£154.95 £154.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-001-AR Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£95.95 £95.95
HD-051-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£34.95 £34.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £553.55
VAT £96.88
Total £650.43

Hamster · 21 Feb 2006 at 12:29

Thanks
Considering on-board video is now not required, would there be a better solution than the gigabyte motherboard?

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semi-pro waster · 21 Feb 2006 at 12:33

It is cheap and it is based on the Nforce4 chipset so I don't see too much point in changing it, if you want absolute stability you are unlikely to be overclocking and you do have a couple of spare PCI slots anyway for add-in cards. If someone else knows of any problems with the board then changing it is worthwhile otherwise at that sort of price it is usually much of a muchness

Hamster · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:22

semi,
i have decided to treat my dad to the gfx card so going a bit over original budget (doesn't that always happen?!).
So, based on your spec and a little tweaking, i have come up with the following system:

MO-016-NV Neovo F-419 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Grey (MO-016-NV)
£154.95 £154.95
KB-055-LG Logitech Ultra-X Optical Mouse - OEM (KB-055-LG)
£9.95 £9.95
KB-011-LG Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG)
£8.95 £8.95
CA-000-AR Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£52.95 £52.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
Subtotal £610.00
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £24.95
VAT £111.12
Total £746.07

If anyone can pick holes in this or offer any suggestions, please feel free as i'm not ordering until tomorrow.

m

KizZ · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:40

It looks pretty good to me.

ACESHIGH · 21 Feb 2006 at 15:56

thats a good rig (even for gaming)

semi-pro waster · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:54

Looks fine to me but then I would say that

Only change I'd make is to go for the NEC 4551 which is in the Lightscribe section of the optical drives and is a little bit newer. I'm sure your dad will be pretty happy with that

Hamster · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:20

OK Thanks again for all your advice. Final spec ordered:

MO-016-NV Neovo F-419 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Grey (MO-016-NV)
£154.95 £154.95
KB-055-LG Logitech Ultra-X Optical Mouse - OEM (KB-055-LG)
£9.95 £9.95
KB-011-LG Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG)
£8.95 £8.95
CA-000-AR Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-000-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
SP-027-AL Altec Lansing XA2021 2.1 Speaker System - Retail (SP-027-AL)
£17.95 £17.95
Subtotal £627.40
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £24.95
VAT £114.17
Total £766.52

So much for the strict budget!! I hope the building goes smoothly!!

m