Quote me hippy £450

[VeNT]

need base unit for £450 inc win XP pro oem
but don't need fancy graphics, just a nice fast system with lots of storage etc

was thinking of maybe a X2 3800 if it can be squesed on, not sure if 2gig of ram is required but if you CAN fit it do!

not sure if its better to go AMD or Intel with this, its going to run folding but thats not its primery function

onboard graphics would be fine etc

 

[Raikiri]

CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£79.50 £79.50
MB-084-AB Abit LG-81 Intel 945G Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-084-AB)
£64.95 £64.95
CD-002-SA Samsung SH-D162 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-002-SA)
£10.95 £10.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
£79.95 £79.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £397.20
VAT £69.51
Total £466.71

Hows this? tiny bit over budget but you get your dual core, a good board (overclock it, seriously these chips are great), 1gb of ram, nice case/psu, onboard GMA graphics and 200gb of storage.

For this kind of money, with windows i seriously doubt you will get a 3800 X2 into the budget without sacrificing everything else.

 

[VeNT]

could do with a DVD RW too

maybe forgo the dual core to get the price down a bit?

 

[Raikiri]

could do with a DVD RW too

maybe forgo the dual core to get the price down a bit?

The dual core is only £93 anyway, I guess you could go single core AMD and then save a bit of money on the motherboard but it wouldnt save enough for 2gb of ram

 

[VeNT]

would it save enough to go AMD and get a DVD RW on there

 

[Raikiri]

yeah...

CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
CD-033-LG LG GSA-4167BAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-LG)
£22.95 £22.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£77.95 £77.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
£79.95 £79.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£46.95 £46.95
Subtotal £374.65
VAT £65.57
Total £440.22



Although the CPU is a bit rubbish

 

[ACESHIGH]

Though if you changed the ram, DVDRW & case to that listed below you can get a quicker CPU...

Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)

Philips SPD2400GM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-007-PH)

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)

MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)

OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)

HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)

OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) This Week Only

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Total £444.91 including VAT

 

[BigDom]

Venice isn't a BAD CPU.. It's clockable to at least 2.5ghz and still performs respectably well.

 

[Raikiri]

Venice isn't a BAD CPU.. It's clockable to at least 2.5ghz and still performs respectably well.

I meant it was kinda slow, not dual core etc. and a 25% (what my 3200+ has check my sig) isnt that great considering most of the dual core P4's will OC by 50% on air at near stock voltage