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casperjr

casperjr

casperjr

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Hello

I am looking for low cost build, due to the recent death of one of my boxes.

There is no HW which is recoverable from this as it all been re-distributed else where.

It is used for Internet, old school games (eg Sim City) and some media playing.

No need for an OS as the PC which died did have a copy of Media Centre on it.

Being able to upgrade in the future would be a plus but not top prority.

Would a budget of £200 be unrealistic???

Thanks
 
I'm presuming you dont need a monitor lol. But what about other bits.... keyboard, mouse.... speakers and the like? You ok with onboard graphics? or want a low budget option?
 
No monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse required.

A seperate GFX card would be better, also allow for upgrading later if required, but a suppose onboard GFX would allow the games to play, all but at poor resolution.
 
Just had a quick play, assuming you already have a screen. Still ever so slightly over. What you can get for a couple of hundred now is scary compared to six months ago. No idea what the motherboard is like to be fair, just the chose the cheapest i could to try and squeeze in the budget. Also a cheapo 80gb hard drive from B grade. Alright case though. Stick in an e6120 (edit: whoops i meant e2140) for another 15 quid or so though.

Shout when it turns out i've forgotten something.

Team Elite 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TEDD1024M800HC5DC) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
OcUK GeForce 7300 GT SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
**Clearance** Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Retail - OEM £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Pentium 4 531 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £160.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £29.91
Total : £200.80
 
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My attempt

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No HDD though :(
 
Both of the above are better than what i would have come up with, although if you were to put an extra £100 in then you could get a much more capable machine for the bit extra.

If you are sticking to £200 though like i said those specs above are spot on :)
 
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