Spec me a low cost PC

Whytey · 16 Aug 2007 at 11:44

I am looking to build a new PC by tomorrow with:

Case + PSU
(Black case enough room for GFX)
around £50

Processor + Fan
(Core2Duo CPU for best price
E6300
E6320
E6600)
£100-150

Memory
(1/2GB DDR2)

Motherboard

Graphics Card
(Up to a 7900 or less around £86)

HDD
(250GB Sata Drive)

Any help will be appreciated

truebluecfc · 16 Aug 2007 at 11:47

I kno you want it "low cost" but do you have a budget in mind?

mp260767 · 16 Aug 2007 at 11:57

hi,

put this together, if you dont game the graphics card can be lowered as the the case/psu combination and maybe go for 1gb of memory:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £56.99 (£66.96)

OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99 (£70.49)

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £60.99 (£71.66)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF66-T1) £54.99 (£64.61)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250401AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £36.99 (£43.46)

Sub Total : £319.94
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £57.91
Total : £388.80

Whytey · 16 Aug 2007 at 12:04

Yeah i think its just for desktop use

mp260767 · 16 Aug 2007 at 12:17

changed a few bits:

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £39.99 (£46.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £39.99 (£46.99)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11109-01-20R) £29.99 (£35.24)

Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB) £33.99 (£39.94)

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF66-T1) £54.99 (£64.61)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250401AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £36.99 (£43.46)

Sub Total : £235.94
Shipping : £9.95
VAT : £43.03
Total : £288.92

Whytey · 16 Aug 2007 at 12:47

Which is the best card for desktop use -

128mb 6800XT
256mb 7600GT
256mb 7600GT
512mb 8500GT

Or is there any better cards in that range that i havent listed

mp260767 · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:03

for basic desktop use any of those will do, not really a lot for it to do, might need a decent'ish one if you're running vista.

Whytey · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:04

Yeah i think its going to be running vista
Which one will be the best?

Nullvoid · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:28

You be as well get 2gb of ram since it will add barely another £30 at most.