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This morning my Aunt's ancient PC has died at a most inopportune moment. I'll be heading over tomorrow and will swing past OcUK HQ on the way.

Case, keyboard & mouse (think both ps/2), monitor (VGA cable) and speakers I can reuse. Have a spare SATA HDD, SATA cables and Vista license.

Does the Lano system offer any real world benefits for the £15 extra? We all hate ultra cheap PSUs but in this case the components could never pull >100W and the PC will spend most of its life turned off so I'm thinking it is a reasonable compromise? Or should I save myself from the inevitable fireball and step up to an Antec VP350P or similar.

Anything else I've missed?

Cheers :)

Intel:
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AMD:
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The PSU will be okay, but if not then theres always the one here.

hows this?

Alternatively.. yours is fine! :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £29.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £143.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Llano has better graphical capacities so it my have an advantage when watching videos and such.

I think that cheap PSU should be fine, not stressing it atall, so a greatly reduced chance of llano fireworks display.

Id go llano, if you hadn't already guessed
 
dunn2010 said:
does her case support full atx mboards?
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Good question. The mobo in there at the moment is definitely mini or micro sized at least, probably micro. Shame one is longer and one wider.. I'll take my chances and buy a case if necessary :)

Indie said:
hows this?
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Doomedspeed said:
Id go llano, if you hadn't already guessed
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Thanks for the suggestions I'll take your cheaper RAM Indie. As for architecture I'll vote with my wallet and pick Intel. I can't see her needing the added GPU horsepower in Lano.

PSU, I'll pick one of the ~£30 ones for my own peace of mind :)
 
Does the Celeron have a GPU built-in? if not the Intel build needs a graphics card.

i build a bargain-basement Llano PC earlier this year for general office work and surfing, and it is perfect for the job.
 
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