Probably not possible but....

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Could someone spec me a pc for £300 - £400 must have windows xp media centre and be in as small a case as possible something like a shuttle case?

This will probably be a challenge lol
 
CA-021-AN Antec Aria Micro ATX Cube Case - 300W PSU (CA-021-AN) 1
£59.50 £59.50
SW-008-MS Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) 1
£19.95 £19.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MB-119-AS Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-119-AS) 1
£46.95 £46.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) 1
£54.95 £54.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA) 1
£26.95 £26.95
Subtotal £323.20
VAT £56.56
Total £379.76

£20 under budget, so you can spend more on a faster cpu or bigger hard drive.
 
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£43.50 £43.50
CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£51.60 £51.60
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£49.95 £49.95
SW-008-MS Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
GX-074-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T Digital TV Tuner Card (GX-074-LT)
£29.95 £29.95
Subtotal £356.80
VAT £62.44
Total £419.24

£20 over budget but you get a 250gb HD and a good TV card
 
Raikiri said:
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£43.50 £43.50
CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£51.60 £51.60
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£49.95 £49.95
SW-008-MS Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
GX-074-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T Digital TV Tuner Card (GX-074-LT)
£29.95 £29.95
Subtotal £356.80
VAT £62.44
Total £419.24

£20 over budget but you get a 250gb HD and a good TV card

cheers that looks even better mate thanks, if i ordered this tonight when do you think it would be delivered as i live in Northern ireland
 
another quick question does media center work with sky??

is it possible to watch sky on it and change the channel with the media centre remote??
 
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