Spec me under £200 - See inside

mishima · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:30

Hi there,

I need a spec doing from you guys for the following:

~ CPU (Core 2)
~ Motherboard
~ GPU
~ Memory
~ HDD
~ Case

All this needs to be under £200 or as close to £200 as possible please.

Pilky01 · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:33

Asus TA-851 Silver/Black Midi Tower Case - No PSU £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA53E) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
OcUK GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Asus P5K SE-EPU Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32727) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Sub Total : £173.94
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 : £32.18
Total : £216.07

No psu there i assumed you didnt want one.

I would just go with one of these
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-055-AS

jak731 · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:38

what is it for?

Freelanc3r · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:45

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
OcUK GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
MSI P31 Neo2-FR Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32727) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Asus TA-851 Silver/Black Midi Tower Case - No PSU £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)

Sub Total : £169.94
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 : £31.48
Total : £211.37

and since you get free shipping it would be about £201

jak731 · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:46

both of you ,why not a 160GB hdd for £5 more?

Pilky01 · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:47

jak731 said:
both of you ,why not a 160GB hdd for £5 more?

Cause im already £16 over.

Freelanc3r · 12 Oct 2008 at 22:51

Haha I'm not

Yeah add the 160gb HDD for the extra £5, definately worth it.

This:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...0 160GB SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM (STM3160215AS)

mishima · 13 Oct 2008 at 08:48

This is for my dad. His pc is really old so as a suprise I'm going to build and present him a new one. I've got coolers, fans and PSU. Just need those components listed.

Great suggestions so far, thanks guys!

mishima · 13 Oct 2008 at 08:52

Rebel Master said:
Haha I'm not

Yeah add the 160gb HDD for the extra £5, definately worth it.

This:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...0 160GB SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM (STM3160215AS)

I've always been put off Maxtor in the past with people saying they have had problems with them. This any good?

jak731 · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:39

the 2mb cache will cripple the drive, so just get a seagate or western digital

decto · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:45

Asus TA-881 Black/Silver Midi Tower Case - No PSU £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD252HJ) £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £155.95
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 : £29.03
Total : £194.93

Decent CPU + more memory.

Onboard graphics which is fine for windows and there is a PCI-E slot if he finds he needs more graphics power .... or you end up with a spare card later down the line

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pastymuncher · 13 Oct 2008 at 13:17

The E2180 should'nt be considered now that the E5200 is here and only costing £7 more. Double the cache, higher speed and more efficient too.

mishima · 13 Oct 2008 at 14:24

Ok I'm going for the following:

Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M Vcool Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £21.99 1 £21.99

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.4 Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99 1 £24.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS) £24.99 1 £24.99

MSI P31 Neo2-FR Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99 1 £39.99

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99 1 £49.99

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £24.99 1 £24.99

Samsung TS-H653B/DEBH 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 1 £12.99

Thanks for your suggestions. I appreciate the help! I had to get the Zen case as its the only one wide enough for a large CPU cooler. Decided to go for the E5200 as the above comment about cache and stock speed. Seagate as it has the extra warranty etc.

Sean_UK · 17 Oct 2008 at 00:59

Look's good to me^ Not too sure about that gfx card, however since the new PC's for your dad then...

mishima · 17 Oct 2008 at 13:31

It's all setup. Built it last night and he's loving it. Must say though, the DVD-RW was an absolute pain. It wouldn't install XP I had to swap it out for a spare to install.