Hardware recommendations

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by mlawton40, Oct 4, 2006.

  1. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    Hi I'm looking at building a computer for someone and have a £300 budget. I will need:

    amd cpu
    motherboard (integrated graphics, audio)
    memory
    dvd-rewriter
    case + power supply
    hard drive (dont need much space, 30gb or above will do)

    ... and if any of my budget is left any additional features (wireless keyboard, mouse or woteva)

    Thanks in advance!

    Cheers, Mark
     
  2. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    Do you (they) have anything specofic they want to be able to do with the machine? (general use, gaming etc)
     
  3. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    They just need it for Internet use, downloading. Just general use really, it won't be used for games, so graphics don't need to be anything special, although it will be used for watching videos from the internet.

    Cheers, Mark
     
  4. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    ok, is the aim to build the system as cheaply as possible or for £300?
     
  5. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    This should do it:

    Motherboard: MSI K9NGM-L £42.97 inc VAT
    CPU: Sempron 3000+ (AM2) £33.96 inc VAT
    RAM: Kingston DDR2-533 2x512MB £85.69 inc VAT
    Hard Drive: Seagate 80GB SATA II £30.31 inc VAT
    Optical Drive: Lite-ON 16x DVDRW £19.97 inc VAT
    Power Supply: Seasonic S12 380W £38.04 inc VAT
    Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 534 £44.98 inc VAT

    Total: £295.92 inc VAT

    Yeah, you can get a smaller hard drive, but the savings are so piddly, it's silly.
    Since it does have integrated graphics, I wouldn't drop past 512MB, given that part of the system RAM will be hijacked for the graphics RAM.
     
  6. mlawton40

    mlawton40 Geek Trainee

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    Looking to get the best specs for £300.
     
  7. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    The Build in Big_B's post are amounst the best you will find!

    i would go with thoose
     
  8. snakeeyes

    snakeeyes Geek Trainee

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    Yeah. Deffo agree with that one.
    Unless you're willing to spend hours and hours trawling through the net and days looking for second hand components. Which is down to you really. You've got some bloomin good guidlines to go off there though bud. A real tough one to beat.
     

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