quick spec check

R B Customs · 6 Oct 2006 at 10:22

hey, this is for a lass at work.

i was after performace for cost.

the graphics card is just a stop gap.... il explain to her how crap it is

this is a full rig for as cheap as possible
Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
MB-163-AS Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-163-AS)
£37.99 £37.99
MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS)
£71.99 £71.99
GX-027-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 6200 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-027-BG)
£19.99 £19.99
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE)
£34.95 £34.95
CD-037-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-037-NE)
£18.50 £18.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MO-050-HY Hyundai ImageQuest X71S 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-050-HY)
£99.99 £99.99
KB-088-LG Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-088-LG)
£5.99 £5.99
KB-026-MS Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Retail (KB-026-MS)
£9.99 £9.99
Subtotal £474.37
VAT £83.02
Total £557.39

**EDIT** id like to scrap the sonata 2 for somehtign cheaper.... i know its one of the best case/psu combos. but this will be by no means an enthusiast PC, is there a cheaper case / psu combo which isnt *too* bad?

wizardmaxx · 6 Oct 2006 at 10:42

You could always go for the asrock mobo as it comes with GMA900 graphics card (no tv-out though) and drop the 6200.
Also a cheaper case, mabye the asus
Go for the seagate 7200.10 200gb for better performance.
You will also need a cooler for the cpu as its an OEM.
Lastly this memory is a better buy Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 and its cheaper

Correction GMA950 graphics

wizardmaxx · 6 Oct 2006 at 10:51

Something along these specs

CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£32.00 £32.00
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£114.99 £114.99
MY-059-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-059-CS)
£69.99 £69.99
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
CD-041-NE NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-041-NE)
£18.95 £18.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.99 £17.99
MO-005-BE Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-005-BE)
£112.99 £112.99
Subtotal £458.85
VAT £80.30
Total £539.15

With £20 to spare towards descent graphics later.

R B Customs · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:42

ah thats even better !
im a tad concerned about that PSU though.
is 360 watt enough ? specialy since it wont be its true power rating ?

god find on the asrock btw ! totaly forgot about them !

wizardmaxx · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:45

It should do the job, but best value for money case imo is the Antec Sonata II.

R B Customs · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:47

wizardmaxx said:
It should do the job, but best value for money case imo is the Antec Sonata II.

yea IMO aswell. but there doesnt seem to be a cheaper option that isnt oo cheap.

i just dont want her ringing my neck for me saying that its crashing etc etc due to a naff 360 watt psu !

Cyber-Mav · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:49

R B CUSTOMS said:
hey, this is for a lass at work.

i was after performace for cost.

the graphics card is just a stop gap.... il explain to her how crap it is

this is a full rig for as cheap as possible
Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
MB-163-AS Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-163-AS)
£37.99 £37.99
MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS)
£71.99 £71.99
GX-027-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 6200 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-027-BG)
£19.99 £19.99
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-093-SE)
£34.95 £34.95
CD-037-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-037-NE)
£18.50 £18.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MO-050-HY Hyundai ImageQuest X71S 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-050-HY)
£99.99 £99.99
KB-088-LG Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-088-LG)
£5.99 £5.99
KB-026-MS Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Retail (KB-026-MS)
£9.99 £9.99
Subtotal £474.37
VAT £83.02
Total £557.39

**EDIT** id like to scrap the sonata 2 for somehtign cheaper.... i know its one of the best case/psu combos. but this will be by no means an enthusiast PC, is there a cheaper case / psu combo which isnt *too* bad?

just done a quick calculation using froogle, if you get the parts from different places you can save £50 and have a 19inch tft too.

wizardmaxx · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:50

Does that include delivery as well ?

R B Customs · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:10

wizardmaxx said:
Does that include delivery as well ?

yea lol im just planning on getting it all from OCUK, ive printeed the list out and advissed spendign about £50 on a 700 or soemthing. but thats increasing my concerns about the PSU even further.