spec me 3 systems

[easyrider]

I would really appreciate it if I could get a spec for a family member for

£500


I got an email saying:"We would want to use it for music downloads, digital photos and possibly video, word processing etc"

Must have a 17" TFT and Firewire

EDIT: and now some casual gaming


Thanks

 

[FreeStream]

I would really appreciate it if I could get a spec for a family member for

£600
£500
£400

I got an email saying:"We would want to use it for music downloads, digital photos and possibly video, word processing etc"

Must have a 17" TFT and Firewire

Thanks

Ouch, I dont think your gonna get much if you need a 17inch TFT, thast £150 gone allready, unless you go 2nd hand

KB, mouse too?

Conc

 

[Conrad11]

Ouch, I dont think your gonna get much if you need a 17inch TFT, thast £150 gone allready, unless you go 2nd hand

KB, mouse too?

Conc

Yes you will, look what they want to use it for.....I don't see anything where you need a beast of a PC unless I have missed something?

[edit]

Obviously you won't get a TFT in for £400 but otherwise i dont see why not

 

[FreeStream]

Yes you will, look what they want to use it for.....I don't see anything where you need a beast of a PC unless I have missed something?

[edit]

Obviously you won't get a TFT in for £400 but otherwise i dont see why not

I thought "digital photos and possibly video" was editing them

for 500/600 something can be made up, gimme a few mins

 

[Lakeland]

MB-125-AS Asus K8N4-E nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-125-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
CD-025-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-025-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.50 £65.50
MO-011-OK OcUK Gamer Emprex 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-011-OK)
£129.95 £129.95
CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-138-AM)
£45.95 £45.95
GX-032-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X300SE 256MB Hyper Memory DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX300LE-256) (GX-032-HT)
£32.95 £32.95
Subtotal £444.70
VAT £77.83
Total £522.53


..something to work around

 

[easyrider]

thanks jaxon

anyway update.I eamiled just to make sure theres no casual gaming going on and there is!

email just come in:

"despite having a PS2, PSP, game cube and a nintendo DS the kids want to play games"

and now the budget is definatly £500

come on peeps

 

[Conrad11]

You could take Jaxon's suggestion. Change the Hard Drive to an 80GB SATA and change the case to an OCUK Value case or an ASUS case for a better PSU. That should bring you >£500

 

[easyrider]

You could take Jaxon's suggestion. Change the Hard Drive to an 80GB SATA and change the case to an OCUK Value case or an ASUS case for a better PSU. That should bring you >£500

the x300 SE wont play games though? will it?

 

[Conrad11]

Well it all depends on what type of games they want to be playing.

When you say kids are we talking 9/10 or 15/16/17 (if you concider that kids).

They play differnt games. For instance I am pretty sure an X300 will play SIMS 2 for a 9/10 year old but it wouldnt play Battlefield 2 for a 15/16 year old.

I also suggest you have a look at the "B grade" section for some of your components so you can get it on budget.

 

[Dace]

This is reasonable for the money.

CP-130-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-130-AM)
£89.95 £89.95
HS-029-AK Akasa AK-860 Low Noise CPU Cooler (Socket 754 & 939) (HS-029-AK)
£4.95 £4.95
FS-028-AS Asus Vintage AH1 Barebones System - AMD Socket 939 (FS-028-AS)
£81.50 £81.50
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
HD-015-IB Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB ATA-133 2MB Cache - OEM (0A30210) (HD-015-IB)
£29.95 £29.95
CD-044-SO Sony DWQ30AB 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-So)
£22.85 £22.85
MO-008-OK OcUK Value L1562S 15" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-008-OK)
£94.95 £94.95
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£50.95 £50.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£19.95 £19.95
Subtotal £440.00
VAT £77.00
Total £517.00

The 17" gaming monitor that OCUK sells is around £35 more after VAT. I'd suggest either using this spec for about £530 including delivery, or ask for around £575 for the spec with the larger monitor.

 

[Conrad11]

Hi there,

Just to let you know, Dace has NOT included a graphics card in there, but he HAS included your operating system, cordless mouse and keyboard but has got a 15" TFT included NOT a 17" as requested

Just bare that in mind...

Thanks...

 

[TheTiger]

The Asus barebones comes with an onboard 9600

 

[easyrider]

The Asus barebones comes with an onboard 9600

they won't want a SFF pc though.

I'm really stuck at what gfx card to get in this budget.

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM £89.95 £89.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express £51.95 £51.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 £44.95 £44.95
HD-090-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB£52.95 £52.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter£25.50 £25.50
CA-000-AR Arctic Cooling T1 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W £45.95
GX-098-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X550 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-E £34.95 £34.95

Subtotal £346.20
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £62.51
Total £419.66

this leaves the monitor but I can get one from else where for £120 so this takes it to

£539

which would be ok but what is that gfx card like?
I have no idea about low level pc hardware whats better than the other low level stuff

BTW thanks for the help

 

[Dace]

Hi there,

Just to let you know, Dace has NOT included a graphics card in there, but he HAS included your operating system, cordless mouse and keyboard but has got a 15" TFT included NOT a 17" as requested

Just bare that in mind...

Thanks...

I have clearly stated that it comes with a 15" monitor, I've also stated the price to upgrade to a 17" TFT. The onboard 9600 has already been mentioned.

they won't want a SFF pc though.

Its a midi tower, not a SFF.