Sub £800 spec plz

[beer_puppy]

My mum wants a new PC so i'm looking for some help on what to build for her, She dont play the latest games so no need for a top end GPU, all she says she wants is a 19" TFT, and a nice looking case with usb ports @ the front and without a door! oh and a cd burner so it can do cd's quicker @ x52 speeds (mums huh! ) So far i have come up with this..

FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS) 1
£44.95 £44.95
MY-039-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-039-CS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) 1
£43.50 £43.50
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE) 1
£22.95 £22.95
CD-039-NE NEC CB-1100B CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Beige/Black) - OEM (CD-039-NE) 1
£13.50 £13.50
CA-058-AN Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-058-AN) 1
£55.30 £55.30
CA-009-HP Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black (CA-009-HP) 1
£44.95 £44.95
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT) 1
£54.95 £54.95
MO-015-OK OcUK Gamer 198YP 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-015-OK) 1
£114.95 £114.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) 1
£139.95 £139.95
Subtotal £664.90
VAT £116.36
Total £781.26

any sugestions

Cheers..

 

[hp7909]

m8 seriously, OTT especially the PSU, GFX, HD, RAM, HSF, etc (or are you secretly building yourself one/upgrading yours?). To save you the trouble, seriously consider buying an of the shelf rig, i.e. something you've not build yourself or even maybe a laptop? For your budget you can get a very nice/good one.

If not then maybe this...

• AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM) £53.95 - Socket 939 & 754 are dead, hail Socket AM2;
• Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS) £54.95 - OnBoard GeForce6 GPU;
• Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA53E) (MY-081-CR) £58.95;
• Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA) £26.95;
• NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) £21.95 - Burns CDs @ 48x! On my BenQ DW1650 (same speed) that takes around 2 mins;
• Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £34.95 - PSU included more than enough, see here;
• Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG) £29.95 - Rechargeable;
• Samsung SM-920N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-043-SA) £147.95 - Comes recommended here;
• Creative SBS380 2.1 Speakers - Retail (SP-064-CL) £18.95;
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) £51.95.
• Subtotal £500.50
• Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
• VAT £90.21
• Total £605.66

hp7909

 

[Stelly]

I think that hp7909 has covered just about everything

Stelly

 

[beer_puppy]

cheers lads, but my mum need a powerfull pc for the stuff she does for work, had a word with her and managed to get her to bump the price up to a maximum of £950!
She dont need keyboard/mouse/speakers, just a powerfull pc with a 19" tft, a cd burner, and a labelflash drive, oh and a nive looking case without a door and with usb ports on the front.
She also has a laptop, so its def gonna be a desktop.

this is the latest list..

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£154.95 £154.95
MB-151-AS Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS) 1
£109.95 £109.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS) 1
£124.95 £124.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA) 2
£43.50 £87.00
CA-058-AN Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-058-AN) 1
£55.30 £55.30
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT) 1
£54.95 £54.95
CD-039-NE NEC CB-1100B CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Beige/Black) - OEM (CD-039-NE) 1
£13.50 £13.50
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE) 1
£22.95 £22.95
CA-009-HP Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black (CA-009-HP) 1
£44.95 £44.95
MO-015-OK OcUK Gamer 198YP 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-015-OK) 1
£114.95 £114.95
Subtotal £783.45
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £139.72
Total £938.12

oh and as for building it, i dont mind, i find building pc relaxing.

 

[Raikiri]

HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£43.50 £87.00
MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN)
£74.95 £74.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£154.95 £154.95
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-076-SA Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-076-SA)
£23.95 £23.95
HS-022-ZA Zalman CNPS8000 Ultra Quiet Low Profile CPU Cooler (HS-022-ZA)
£25.95 £25.95
FG-002-ZA Zalman ZM-F3 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin (FG-002-ZA)
£5.50 £11.00
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS)
£39.95 £39.95
MO-027-HY Hyundai ImageQuest B90A 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-027-HY)
£164.95 £164.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
CA-058-AN Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-058-AN)
£55.30 £55.30
Subtotal £792.90
VAT £138.76
Total £931.66

I have specced it to be as quiet as possible, seasonic PSU, zalman fans and cpu cooler. You get a better monitor, just as much RAM, a fast dvd/cd re-writer that uses S-ata so less cable clutter and the same CPU.

 

[hp7909]

cheers lads, but my mum need a powerfull pc for the stuff she does for work{snip}

Just curious, but what does she do, video editing? Because what I spec'd is a very powerful PC, unless playing games (& for that all you need is a GFX) or doing some serious video or music production

{snip}oh and as for building it, i dont mind, i find building pc relaxing.

I meant if anything goes wrong, breaks down, etc you don't get the full blame. Built a PC for my sister, when anything minutely wrong happens she's quickly on the phone blasting me down

m8, drop the Hiper its OTT & have been failing here & there. Also, get her a better looking/etc monitor - she's gonna be staring at it more than anything else