Please spec my dad £650

[Hamster]

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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[Hamster]

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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[Hamster]

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


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[Hamster]

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.


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[Hamster]

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!!

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