Possible to spec a pc for £200?
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AMD Sempron 64 2600+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-139-AM)
£49.29
Asus K8V-MX VIA K8M800 Micro ATX (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-124-AS)
£41.07
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£23.44
Samsung SpinPoint P HD040GJ 40GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-025-SA)
£35.19
Asus DVD-E616P1 DVD-ROM (Beige) - Retail (CD-002-AS)
£15.22
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB)
£23.44
Total inc VAT: £187.65
Ideal for internet browsing, listening to songs, watching a dvd, typing letters etc. Mobo has onboard sound and graphics.
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CP-140-AM AMD Sempron 64 2600+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - OEM (CP-140-AM)
£39.95 £39.95
HS-015-AR Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra CPU Cooler (Socket 754) (HS-015-AR)
£4.95 £4.95
MB-054-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£39.95 £39.95
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MY-002-OK OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£19.95 £19.95
CD-002-AS Asus DVD-E616P1 DVD-ROM (Beige) - Retail (CD-002-AS)
£12.95 £12.95
CA-009-AS Asus TA-250 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU (CA-009-AS)
£31.95 £31.95
Subtotal £182.65
VAT £31.97
Total £214.62
Bit over, but you get double the HD space, a better case, better power supply, PCI-e support and faster onboard graphics
£39.95 £39.95
HS-015-AR Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra CPU Cooler (Socket 754) (HS-015-AR)
£4.95 £4.95
MB-054-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£39.95 £39.95
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MY-002-OK OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£19.95 £19.95
CD-002-AS Asus DVD-E616P1 DVD-ROM (Beige) - Retail (CD-002-AS)
£12.95 £12.95
CA-009-AS Asus TA-250 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU (CA-009-AS)
£31.95 £31.95
Subtotal £182.65
VAT £31.97
Total £214.62
Bit over, but you get double the HD space, a better case, better power supply, PCI-e support and faster onboard graphics
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI) £46.94
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM) £62.22
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD) £37.54
OcUK Value 256MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-003-OK) £14.69
Samsung SH-C522C CD-ROM (White) - OEM (CD-071-SA) £9.99
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £23.44
Total = £194.82 including VAT.
The mobo has onboard graphics & sound which is enough for all general use & even has a PCIE slot if you want to upgrade graphics later.
A single stick of 256MB ram is plenty for general use, but again if you want to you can just add a second stick later.
Processor is good & HDD is big enough for its intended use.
Case & PSU should be fine also.
Only included a CDROM in above but you could add a DVD burner as below ...
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI) £46.94
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM) £62.22
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD) £37.54
OcUK Value 256MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-003-OK) £14.69
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £23.44
Philips SPD2400GM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-007-PH) at £25.79
This would change final price to £210.62 including VAT.
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM) £62.22
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD) £37.54
OcUK Value 256MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-003-OK) £14.69
Samsung SH-C522C CD-ROM (White) - OEM (CD-071-SA) £9.99
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £23.44
Total = £194.82 including VAT.
The mobo has onboard graphics & sound which is enough for all general use & even has a PCIE slot if you want to upgrade graphics later.
A single stick of 256MB ram is plenty for general use, but again if you want to you can just add a second stick later.
Processor is good & HDD is big enough for its intended use.
Case & PSU should be fine also.
Only included a CDROM in above but you could add a DVD burner as below ...
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI) £46.94
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM) £62.22
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD) £37.54
OcUK Value 256MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-003-OK) £14.69
OcUK Value Rainbow Series Case Silver With 350W PSU (CA-000-RB) £23.44
Philips SPD2400GM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-007-PH) at £25.79
This would change final price to £210.62 including VAT.
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Ok, i've refined my spec:
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£53.99
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£46.94
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£23.44
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£12.87
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£37.54
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£41.07
Total inc VAT £215.85
Now you get a black drive with a black case, the next sempron up instead of the 2600
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£53.99
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£46.94
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£23.44
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£12.87
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£37.54
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£41.07
Total inc VAT £215.85
Now you get a black drive with a black case, the next sempron up instead of the 2600
Explicit said:Ok, i've refined my spec:
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£53.99
Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£46.94
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£23.44
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£12.87
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£37.54
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£41.07
Total inc VAT £215.85
Now you get a black drive with a black case, the next sempron up instead of the 2600
i've just built a very similar machine for the wife.
same motherboard, hdd and cpu. same amount of memory.
the other bits i already had, but this spec will be more than adequate for your needs by the sounds of it.
having played with it a bit i suspect that it might even hold it's own as a mid range games machine with the addition of a decent graphics card and a bit of overclocking on the cpu (and allegedly, these processors will stand a bit of clocking
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Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
I would not get the above case as the 5.25" bays seem to require special optical drives as the front of each is blocked off apart from a tiny gap that is too small for the drive draw to fit through - even if it did the problem that the eject button, play / other buttons and volume/mic. socket can not be gotten too is still apparent.
I ordered one of them and soon sent it back due to this.
I would not get the above case as the 5.25" bays seem to require special optical drives as the front of each is blocked off apart from a tiny gap that is too small for the drive draw to fit through - even if it did the problem that the eject button, play / other buttons and volume/mic. socket can not be gotten too is still apparent.
I ordered one of them and soon sent it back due to this.