spec me cheapest of cheapest poss....

xirokx

xirokx

xirokx

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Hi,

I need to replace just the box so need:-

a) mobo
b) onboard gpu
c) ram preferably 1g
d) gpu
e) cd drive
f) hdd
g) PSU
h) case

g + h would most prob come together?

Its needs to be cheap as possible..

Is there point in getting 1g ram or you think its ok for now then stick another 1g in later?

Anyway should be as cheap as poss

just for surfing and basic ms office work

Cheers!!

Oh must be reliable components..

thanks
 
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How's This ? :


Case & Power Supply : Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) -380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99 (£54.04)

Motherboard : Foxconn 6150M2MA-KRS2H Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £29.99 (£35.24)

DVD Drive : Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£16.44)


Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £20.99 (£24.66)


Processor Cooler : Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £4.99 (£5.86)

RAM : Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) £14.99 (£17.61)

Hard Disc : Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ) £28.99 (£34.06)

Sub Total : £159.93
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £29.73
Total : £199.61


You could save more money by going for an asus barebones but I think the premiem for a known good quality power supply & stylish case is worth it.
Likewise, there' about £5 to be saved on the Hard disc for an 80gb unit but that seems poor value for half the storage. I chose the samsung spinpoint because I've used them for several builds and found them quiet & reliable.

Hopefully this will provide a starting point anyway.
 
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As close as I can get it. Note that I've halved the memory to 1gb (still plenty for a word processing /web browsing machine). I've added a DVD rather than DVD RW drive to save £6, so burning discs is not an option on this machine but may not be needed anyway or they may store on usb stick. One thing I haven't changed is 160gb hard disc ; 80gb hard disc will save you exactly £3. There's no earthly way it's worth halving the storage capacity for a 10 % reduction on the hard drive.

Case, power supply & Motherboard : Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2) £52.99 (£62.26)

DVD Drive - LiteON DH-16D2P-02C 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £8.99 (£10.56)

Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £20.99 (£24.66)

Processor Cooler : Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £4.99 (£5.86)

Hard Disk: Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £26.99 (£31.71)

Memory : Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) £14.99 (£17.61)

Sub Total : £129.94
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £24.48
Total : £164.37
 
any other ideas?

with at least 2gb ram and a dvd rw?

how much *** the above be with 2gb ram and a dvd rw

thanks so far

is this the most cheapest as per my spec?
 
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