spec me a pc you kind people :D

nickels · 13 May 2006 at 20:42

hi,

could someone please do me quick spec, as cheap as possible...

it will only be used for word processing, web surfing etc

but dont want it really slow.... but then again doesnt need to be lightening fast

thanks in advance
nickeld

AMDX23800+ · 13 May 2006 at 20:44

Do you have a price budget?
It would be easy to give you a spec if we had a budget

Thanks

DeeJay-Mo · 14 May 2006 at 02:41

He said "cheap as possible".
This is about as cheap as I can get without speccing a computer that would totally suck:

Asus Vintage PE1 Barebones System - Intel LGA775 - £55.95
Intel Celeron D 326 2.53GHz (LGA775) - Retail - £28.95
OcUK Value 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory - £24.95
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB 6K040L0 ATA-133 2MB Cache - OEM - £23.50
NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £19.95
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black£5.95
Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver - £64.95
Logitech Value Keyboard - OEM (KB-049-LG) - £4.95
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (KB-046-LG) - £5.50

Subtotal £234.65
VAT £41.07
Total £275.72

You could run an open source OS such as MEPIS to save on a copy of Windows. That would include word processing and web browsing capability.

VaderDSL · 14 May 2006 at 02:55

Buy an Antec case with PSU for around £45

Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W

Then get on Members market etc. and pick up a cheap Socket A motherboard, i.e. Abit NF7-S v2.0 and a cheap AMD Socet A CPU, some cheap DDR, cheap HDD and cheap DVD-RW and you'll be set