Whatcha think?

[llwyd]

Iv been asked by a friend of mine to set him up with a pc, he hasnt got a clue and so the balls pretty much in my court, his budget isnt what id call extensive, but his PC is gonna be used solely for word processing, MS Office applications, MSN, media and downloading. At the moment this is what im looking at:

1x 512MB pc3200 stick of Kingston value ram

1x Maxtor Diamondmax 10 Hard Disk Drive 100GB ATA/133 7200RPM 8MB Cache

1x Asus K8S-MX SKT754 SIS760 MATX , Vga, Sound, Lan, Usb2, Fsb800, Sata133r

1x LG GSA-4167BAL 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE

1x AMD Sempron 3100+ Skt754 256kb Cache 90nm

1x Vusys 14" TFT 30ms 250:1 (1024x768) Multi Media Monitor w/3 Years Warranty

1x Hiper 350W Single Fan Low Noise PSU

1x Ebuyer Extra Value TX-302 Micro ATX Tower Case

1x Ebuyer Extra Value 8cm Case Fan With Blue LED's (to fill the side grid on the case)

1x Microsoft OEM Windows XP Home Edition inc SP2 - 1pk

Budget standard wired mouse and keyboard

At the moment this is coming out at £435 exactly

Any suggestions on any modifications to this list?

 

[Tec]

Just looked at similar spec and came out with £500 ish with Sempron 3000+ 1gb corsair value ram and 200gb HD SATA , 17 TFT with 8ms response time and 480hiper power exluding delivery tough

All i can say is there is no really performance difference between sempron 3100+ and 3000+ and looking at the retailers you can save upto £15 by switching them and might go for 17 TFT which samsung costs 130 at Aria and Daewoo 140 at Scan.

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£421 inc Vat / Del

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AMD Sempron 64Bit 3000+ S754 (1.8Ghz) 90nm 128K L2 Cache OEM £45.18 £53.09

LN12524 Asrock K8NF4G S754 SATAII USB2 Lan Audio £30.49 £35.83

LN12229 17" Daewoo HL711S Silver Black 15pin VGA 500:1 1280x1024 8ms *Gamers Choice* PC/MAC £119.95 £140.94

LN8233 Scan 3XS '2013' Black Silver ATX Midi Tower 400W Passive PFC PSU £20.66 £24.28

LN11747 LG GSA-4167BAL Black 16x16 ±R Super Multi Dual Layer DVDRW/RAM Writer OEM UK £23.29 £27.37

LN8089 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 OEM Single £51.42 £60.42

LN11237 512Mb Corsair Value Select PC3200 non-ECC 184 DIMM unbuffered CL2.5 Lifetime Warranty £24.74 £29.07

LN3928 80Gb Maxtor Plus 9 ATA-133 (7200rpm,2MB) - PATA £27.98 £32.88

Case comes with PSU (400W) , keyboard , mouse , speakers.

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£477 inc Vat / Del

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LN12345 AMD Sempron 64Bit 3000+ S754 (1.8Ghz) 90nm 128K L2 Cache OEM £45.18 £53.09

LN12524 Asrock K8NF4G S754 SATAII USB2 Lan Audio £30.49 £35.83

LN12229 17" Daewoo HL711S Silver Black 15pin VGA 500:1 1280x1024 8ms *Gamers Choice* PC/MAC £119.95 £140.94

LN8233 Scan 3XS '2013' Black Silver ATX Midi Tower 400W Passive PFC PSU £20.66 £24.28

LN11747 LG GSA-4167BAL Black 16x16 ±R Super Multi Dual Layer DVDRW/RAM Writer OEM UK £23.29 £27.37

LN8089 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 OEM Single £51.42 £60.42

LN11240 1Gb (2x512Mb) Corsair Value Select PC3200 non-ECC unbuffered CL2.5 Lifetime Warranty Matched Pair £48.55 £57.05

LN6589 200Gb SATA150 Western Digital WD2000JD Caviar SE (7200rpm,8MB) £51.91 £61.00

 

[Eguy]

here is something I whipped up for about 500 quid for a friend of mine also within the same budget

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/WishShareShow.asp?ID=1864760&WishListTitle=taylor

 

[FarFarAway]

I like your thinking Tec thats pretty good for that money

 

[Dav0s]

nice Tec, but id defiantely recommend buying a psu that isnt standard with the case, will save a lot of headaches in the future.

 

[llwyd]

nice tec, but i should point out it needs onboard video

(i know the ones you pointed out do, but for others with suggestions)

 

[FarFarAway]

nice Tec, but id defiantely recommend buying a psu that isnt standard with the case, will save a lot of headaches in the future.

Oops didn't see that but yeah - not a PSU with the case

 

[Tec]

Well the first quote i gave was £500 ish had Hiperpower 480 W Type R in it for £38 from Scan again but it was too late and i didnt wanna sleep over my keyboard But good psu can be bough for general purpose around £30/£40.

 

[FarFarAway]

Well the first quote i gave was £500 ish had Hiperpower 480 W Type R in it for £38 from Scan again but it was too late and i didnt wanna sleep over my keyboard But good psu can be bough for general purpose around £30/£40.

Rgr that mate

 

[Ham]

Llwyd just build the dam thing. You know it'll be fine for Tom.

@ everyone else: llwyd didn't mention the kid wants wants mATX, so itll take up less space, in theory.