Spec check on a £600.00 system.

[Angus01]

Going to attempt my 1st build for my mother who at 60 has got bored with
her PS2 and is looking for a new challange.

I have attempted to select as cheap as possible..budget is around the £600
mark.

PC would be mostly used for Gaming / browsing.

MO-017-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)
£113.99 £113.99
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.99 £17.99
SP-038-LG Logitech S200 2.1 Black/Silver Stereo Speakers - OEM (SP-038-LG)
£11.95 £11.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£52.99 £52.99
GX-026-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-026-BG)
£61.99 £61.99
MB-006-AK Asrock ALiveNF4G-DVI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-006-AK)
£39.99 £39.99
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£54.99 £54.99
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£69.99 £69.99
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£33.95 £33.95
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£20.95 £20.95
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
Subtotal £522.77
VAT £91.49
Total £614.26


Any improvements/potential issues or other input would be helpful.

Cheers

 

[Participant]

Looks good for the money mate the only things I'd say is

- Get 2 Gb RAM
- Get a better graphics cards


Afford the above by

- Finding XP Home "elsewhere"
- Leaving the speakers until you get paid next month

 

[wizardmaxx]

U might have probs with Hans G (artifacts) - Easy to fix though

 

[Angus01]

She is breaking sweat already with me going past the £600 mark.

2gb - no chance atm

Could possibly go another £10.00 / £20.00 for a better Graphics card any
ideas ?.

Could do with an official OS Disk - as my current one is a Dell back up one

Any better monitors about this price range ?

 

[wizardmaxx]

Monitor very good, just a setting in the 'front button menu' u gotta do