Spec me a media centre

lauy · 8 Jun 2010 at 18:53

Please spec me a PC, mainly for media use (watching videos, recording)

Not for editting videos or gaming

Budget: £200, no case needed

Thanks

PraxxtorCruel · 8 Jun 2010 at 19:06

I dunno about the other guys here, but won't that be quite hard to do for that budget? Well don't quote me on anything though.

kkelly · 8 Jun 2010 at 19:12

Acer Revo 3600!

ricky · 8 Jun 2010 at 19:13

That would probaly be your best bet for the budget.

lauy · 8 Jun 2010 at 19:14

Up to £300 then

lauy · 10 Jun 2010 at 12:34

Can any spec me a base then with around £300 budget, no case needed.

Yakyb · 10 Jun 2010 at 15:19

what existing equipment do you have?

lauy · 11 Jun 2010 at 10:49

I currently just have the case, so inside components I guess. As I said won't be used for gaming, just streaming and watching tv/videos really.

Thanks.

Yakyb · 11 Jun 2010 at 13:00

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel £76.99
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £63.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £55.99
Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 £46.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - OEM £39.99
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) £13.99

probably the cheapest i would be willing to go although you need a CPU cooler on top of that as well

all parts taken from OCuk could probably drop to 2GB RAM and perhaps a smaller hard drive depending on media collection size

lauy · 11 Jun 2010 at 14:35

ah cheers, will look into that, looks like good specs to me