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£400 to £450, anyway.
Ready built, separate components, whatever, with a 17inch LCD screen.
Thank ye
Ready built, separate components, whatever, with a 17inch LCD screen.
Thank ye
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Memorandum! wrote:
> All of that stuff is of good build quality apart from the RAM.
> Anyway:
>
> GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5
> (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
> £59.95
> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX)
> (CP-117-AM)
> £92.95
> Abit AN8-V nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-078-AB)
>
> £59.95
> Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
> (CA-040-AN)
> £65.00
> Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache -
> OEM (HD-009-WD)
> £46.95
> PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) -
> Retail (GX-040-PC)
> £94.95
>
> Subtotal £419.75
> VAT £73.46
> Total £493.21
>
> With less RAM/a slower graphics card you could get inside the
> £450 fairly easily.
That looks like a good spec...is it?
Ebuyer?
> All of that stuff is of good build quality apart from the RAM.
> Anyway:
>
> GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5
> (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
> £59.95
> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX)
> (CP-117-AM)
> £92.95
> Abit AN8-V nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-078-AB)
>
> £59.95
> Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
> (CA-040-AN)
> £65.00
> Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache -
> OEM (HD-009-WD)
> £46.95
> PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) -
> Retail (GX-040-PC)
> £94.95
>
> Subtotal £419.75
> VAT £73.46
> Total £493.21
>
> With less RAM/a slower graphics card you could get inside the
> £450 fairly easily.
That looks like a good spec...is it?
Ebuyer?
Eurgh.
Mac Mini?
Hmm, interesting, interesting.
thanks very much.
thanks very much.
All of that stuff is of good build quality apart from the RAM.
Anyway:
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£59.95
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£92.95
Abit AN8-V nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-078-AB)
£59.95
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.00
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-009-WD)
£46.95
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-PC)
£94.95
Subtotal £419.75
VAT £73.46
Total £493.21
With less RAM/a slower graphics card you could get inside the £450 fairly easily.
Anyway:
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£59.95
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£92.95
Abit AN8-V nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-078-AB)
£59.95
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.00
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-009-WD)
£46.95
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-PC)
£94.95
Subtotal £419.75
VAT £73.46
Total £493.21
With less RAM/a slower graphics card you could get inside the £450 fairly easily.
Hmm, how useful.
What about a computer with very good quality parts, but not as good performance?
What about a computer with very good quality parts, but not as good performance?
Oh yeah, that didn't have a hard drive either.
down wrote:
> Haha, I was just wondering if it was actually possible to make
> anything that wasn't steam driven with that budget.
>
> OK, ignore the screen
£400 without the screen is a bit easier. I'll show you what I came up with including the screen anyway:
Viewsonic VE710b 17" LCD Monitor (MO-042-VS)
£136.95
AMD Athlon 64 2800 Newcastle 130nm (Socket 754) - OEM (CP-085-AM)
£59.95
Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra CPU Cooler (Socket 754) (HS-015-AR)
£4.95
Gigabyte GA-K8NS nForce3 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-024-GI)
£39.95
Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN) £38.00
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£29.95
Sapphire ATI Radeon X700 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (11061-01-20) £62.95
Subtotal £372.70
VAT £65.23
Total £437.93
It's alright, but it's socket 754, and that RAM is probably rubbish quality.
That X700 isn't probably up to much either because it only has 128-bit memory.
> Haha, I was just wondering if it was actually possible to make
> anything that wasn't steam driven with that budget.
>
> OK, ignore the screen
£400 without the screen is a bit easier. I'll show you what I came up with including the screen anyway:
Viewsonic VE710b 17" LCD Monitor (MO-042-VS)
£136.95
AMD Athlon 64 2800 Newcastle 130nm (Socket 754) - OEM (CP-085-AM)
£59.95
Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra CPU Cooler (Socket 754) (HS-015-AR)
£4.95
Gigabyte GA-K8NS nForce3 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-024-GI)
£39.95
Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN) £38.00
OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£29.95
Sapphire ATI Radeon X700 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (11061-01-20) £62.95
Subtotal £372.70
VAT £65.23
Total £437.93
It's alright, but it's socket 754, and that RAM is probably rubbish quality.
That X700 isn't probably up to much either because it only has 128-bit memory.
I'm thinking something like a 3000+ with 512 MB RAM and possibly a 6800.
Haha, I was just wondering if it was actually possible to make anything that wasn't steam driven with that budget.
OK, ignore the screen
OK, ignore the screen
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