Spec me a cube/shuttle sized pc for 600 pls :)

[KiNETiK]

Hi guys,
My mate wants to get a small pc, something like a shuttle or other small cubey thing
What sorta spec can you guys come up with.
Cheers

 

[Raikiri]

Do they need a monitor, mouse or keyboard?

What will it be used for?

 

[KiNETiK]

Just the box, no monitor, keyboard etc required. Used for gaming primarily, web surfing, watchin films etc..
Sorry wasn't very specific before, i'm at work

 

[Raikiri]

CA-021-AN Antec Aria Micro ATX Cube Case - 300W PSU (CA-021-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£122.95 £122.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
CD-036-LG LG GSA-4167BRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG)
£26.95 £26.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£48.95 £48.95
GX-034-OK OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-034-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £520.65
VAT £91.12
Total £611.77

Or you could get a shuttle system

CD-036-LG LG GSA-4167BRL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-036-LG)
£26.95 £26.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£48.95 £48.95
GX-034-OK OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-034-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
FS-047-SH Shuttle XPC ST20G5 Aluminium Barebones System - AMD 64 (Socket 939) (FS-047-SH)
£209.95 £209.95
CP-131-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM)
£89.95 £89.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
Subtotal £540.70
VAT £94.63
Total £635.33

The shuttle is a bit more expensive and you get a worse spec, although it does look better.

 

[KiNETiK]

Thanks for the reply mate. I quite like the top setup although maybe go for 1GB mem and spend the extra 50 quid a graphics or cpu?

 

[Raikiri]

Thanks for the reply mate. I quite like the top setup although maybe go for 1GB mem and spend the extra 50 quid a graphics or cpu?

Maybe, but a lot of games are beginning to use 2gb of ram.

With the extra £50 you could either get a 3800 X2 or a 7800GT, either one would be good.

 

[KiNETiK]

I notice the antec only has 300 watt supply, would that be a problem with a X2 or 7800gt? Seems a bit low poiwer

 

[Monstermunch]

£100 over budget but look at what you could get:

CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £605.15
VAT £105.91
Total £711.06

The cube case has a 430w PSU included

 

[iraiguana]

^looks like a nice one there

 

[KiNETiK]

Yes that also looks nice, maybe that would be a better case to get with the higher power rating psu

 

[ACESHIGH]

£100 over budget but look at what you could get:

CA-008-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Silver (CA-008-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 £43.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
Subtotal £605.15
VAT £105.91
Total £711.06

The cube case has a 430w PSU included

If you can stretch the price, this does look very good!