Budget PC

[Sleekit]

This is a budget PC I threw together for people who need a really cheap pc to upgrade their old one (assuming they don't mind keeping thier monitor, mouse and keyboard)

Case

CIT2003 - CiT 2003 Black Midi ATX Case Inc 450W PSU

£21.56

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/CiT-2003-Black-Midi-ATX-Case-Inc-450W-PSU

Motherboard

Asus P5N73-AM

£41.27

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-P5N73-AM-NF610i-S-775-PCI-E-(x16)-DDR2-533-667-800(OC)-SATA-II-SATA-RAID-uATX-VGA

CPU

Intel Celeron Dual Core E1400

£38.95

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Celeron-Dual-Core-E1400-Socket-775-20GHz-512KB-Cache-Retail

RAM

1GB Corsair Value Select

£12.11

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Corsair-Value-Select-DDR2-PC2-5300-(667)-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-5-5-5-15

Optical Drive

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE

£15.24

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Samsung-SH-S223F-BEBE-22x-DVDR-12x-DVDR-DVDplusRW-x8-RW-x6-SATA-Black-OEM

HDD

250 GB Maxtor STM3250310AS

£35.64

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/250-GB-Maxtor-STM3250310AS-DiamondMax-21-SATA-300-7200-rpm-8MB-Cache-11-ms

Total

£164.77

What do you all think? Can anyone do better?

Let me know if it can be improved

 

[GavX]

Case

CIT2003 - CiT 2003 Black Midi ATX Case Inc 450W PSU

£21.56

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/CiT-2...e-Inc-450W-PSU

Motherboard

Gigabyte 610

£41.29

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...-PCI-E-(x16)-DDR2-667-800-SATA-RAID-Micro-ATX

CPU

AMD AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

£30.81

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-...2-26GHz-1MB-Cache-Energy-Efficient-Retail-Box

RAM

1GB Micron

£10.32

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-...-6400-(800)-240-Pins-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-5

Optical Drive

LG DVD ROM

£9.53

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=964626

HDD

80Gb Hitachi

£27.07

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/80GB...r-7K160-SATA-300-7200-rpm-2MB-Cache-85-ms-NCQ

Total

£140.58

Were you trying to bankrupt the world with that ludicrusly high priced PC there?!?

Cookie who ever can get under £120, I think I can get to £120 if I leave Scan... and make it a little unorthodox I spent hours doing this at college, managed to get a PC inclusing monitor, keyboard and mouse to £230 I think, prices were a little higher last year for this nonsense

 

[Youngie1337]

ECS 7050M-M AM2, VGA, DDR2, Lan, 5.1Snd, mATX £22.95

AMD Sempron LE-1200 2.1GHz Socket AM2 Processor - Retail £16.95

1Gb DDR2 667Mhz PC5300 Memory Module £9.13

80Gb Maxtor DiamondMax SATAI/II 2Mb Cache Hard Drive £27.04

NEC AD-5200A-0B 20x+/-DVD-R Dual Layer Dvd Writer- Black £16.25

Mesh Black/Silver ATX Case with 450W PSU £19.95

£112.27

£129.11 inc VAT

 

[GavX]

ECS 7050M-M AM2, VGA, DDR2, Lan, 5.1Snd, mATX £22.95

AMD Sempron LE-1200 2.1GHz Socket AM2 Processor - Retail £15.87 (Inc. VAT)

1Gb DDR2 667Mhz PC5300 Memory Module £9.13

2Gb Pen Drive £4.24 (Inc. VAT)

LG DVD ROM £9.53 (Inc. VAT)

400w PSU £13.99 (Inc. VAT)

Stick PC on desk - Free

£75.71



I imagine you forgot to add VAT to your prices, so add say £20, still, <£100 that is one cheap PC

 

[Youngie1337]

Cheater, and nope that was with VAT and quite nice hardware lol.

You can't use a PEN DRIVE!!

 

[Sleekit]

Aye a pen drive thats cheating

Plus you got to remember this would probably be a family PC, they would probs want the ability to burn Disks, have decent amount of HDD space and the hardware is reliable.

 

[GavX]

Aw.. I was proud of my cheapo PC, love how no one comments having no case is cheating...

2Gb is ample! That is XP, and who knows, maybe even a whole movie!

My hardware is reliable, the PSU is up to the job, I would be worries about the ones they lump with £20 cases, I got a Jeantech £30 with a 350w PSU, blew up in my face, bricked myself

 

[lasher]

what os you guys running this kit on im guessing a flavour of Linux or have you all got xp disks with activations left on them

 

[GavX]

Well I suppose you could get XP for £60, but if you are on a shoestring budget, Ubuntu would do the job