Spec me a £300 pc

Jaap74

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Hi all,

My father in law wants a new PC and has £300 to spend. What he needs is :

CPU
Motherboard
RAM -1gig will be enough
Case with PSU

Gonna re-use his old hard drives, monitor, mouse & keyboard etc.

Onboard graphics will be fine.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions !

Cheers ;)
 
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Connect3D ATI Radeon 9250 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP)
£24.99
Asrock ConRoe865PE (Socket 775) AGP DDR Motherboard
£33.99
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit
£53.98
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU
£39.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB)
£109.99

Shipping : £9.95
Vat : £47.76
Total : £320.65
 
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CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

Motherboard - Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA (Socket AM2) AGP DDR2 Motherboard

Memory - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel

Graphics Card - Connect3D ATI Radeon 9250 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) -

Power Supply - Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply

Case - Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU

Total : £287.75
 
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phil14 said:
you bumped way to fast...

is 300 the max gonna be hard..

Does he want C2D/AMD?
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didn't mean to bump, tried to edit my post but screwed up somehow

wanna get home C2D..... could go up to £350 if necessary

having second thoughts re a graphics card..... do I need one ?
 
Jaap74 said:
didn't mean to bump, tried to edit my post but screwed up somehow

wanna get home C2D..... could go up to £350 if necessary

having second thoughts re a graphics card..... do I need one ?
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Yes you do. Motherboards with onboard graphics that support the faster cpus are expensive.
 
Whats your dad going to be using the pc for and any reason for a C2D setup?

If he`s just doing basic things, an AMD setup will be fine, it will also be cheaper.
 
stickroad said:
Whats your dad going to be using the pc for and any reason for a C2D setup?.
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I think he's been reading or been told that he NEEDS C2D. He's got his heart set on one now :p
 
Jaap74 said:
I think he's been reading or been told that he NEEDS C2D. He's got his heart set on one now :p
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Fair enough, but if he`s just doing things like surfing the internet, word typing, it would be cheaper to go for a AMD system, as you wont notice any difference from a C2D.
 
I'm sure you're right.... as I say he's prepared to pay £300 and I don't mind putting in some extra dosh so he gets something he'll be happy with..... if that means it's a CD2 then so be it....
 
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Titan Tower TTC-NK32TZ Heatpipe Cooling Fan (Socket /939/940/AM2) £5.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £39.99
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit £26.99
Abit NFM2-nView nForce 6150 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM £47.99

Sub Total £232.93
vat £ 40.80
total £293.63

I'd go for the above because the the Abit NFM2-nView nForce 6150 Micro ATX is the best main board with on board graphics avalable for any socket.It has 2 pata ide ports if u want to use your old hard drives and 4 sata ports for new drives.Also the am2 socket should have more live and upgrade ability as the next two generations for Amd chips will be backwards compatible with Am2 .This means in say two year's time you can upgrade by simply dropping in a new cpu and ram No new Windows Oem Licence .
 
our basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Asus GeForce EN7300TC 512MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce EN7300TC 512MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £33.99
(£39.94) £33.99
(£39.94)
Sub Total : £224.95
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 : £41.11
Total : £276.01

If u want to spend a bit more get 2gb of ram and a better graphics card.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon X1650 Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus ATI Radeon X1650 Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £269.95
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 : £48.98
Total : £328.88
 
lots of good suggestions people, thanks

he's got an OEM version of XP..... I can use that can't I as he's only installed it the once on his old pc ?
 
Jaap74 said:
lots of good suggestions people, thanks

he's got an OEM version of XP..... I can use that can't I as he's only installed it the once on his old pc ?
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IF it's oem it only 1 computer that computer being the 1 it came with. You have to ring up microsoft in India and try and convince them that your new motherboard,ram and cpu is not a new computer.
GOOD LUCK :D
 
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