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"Building A Pair of Computers on a (Tight) Budget"

Basically, my current budget is £0. But hopefully tommorow that'll change, and I'll have an unspecified ammount, probably around £540.

But my general plan is this, two computers, one for work and one for play. (I tend to get distracted.)

Two computers = a (Work), b (Play)

Reuirement for a:
Silent / Very quiet, Intel CPU (HP Tech.), comfortable keyboard and mouse, 200GB HDD.

Requirment for b:
Powerful : Good GPU, good CPU, 1GB+ of RAM, good speakers, large capacity HDD(s).

Components already: ASUS ig7 mobo (2x SATA, 4GB RAM Capacity, Intel), Intel P4 3.2Ghz, Gigabyte Titan mobo (intel), ATi Radeon 9600XT, Creative Live! 5.1 Sound Card, MS Multimedia Keyboard, PB optical mouse, Speakers, 19" monitor, Coolermaster centurion 5, Tagan TG-U01, Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200GB HD, Hitachi Deskstar 40GB HD (IDE), 2x CD ROM (48x), 1x DVD-RW.

Components for a:
Intel Mobo*,
Intel CPU*,
256 GEIL Value RAM - £19 (+ 256 already, 512 DC)
200GB HD*,
Keyboard + Mouse*,
CD drive*,
VideoSeven H17PS 17" LCD Monitor - £147

Components for b:
MSI K8N Platinum - £88 (Is Diamond version worth it?)
Athlon 63 3500+ - £158
nVidia 6600GT - £143(Worth buying the 6800GT for £60 more?)
GEIL Value 2x512MB - £71 (+ 2x512 already owned)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB - £63
Altec Lansing 2.1 Speakers - £14 (Can pay more, just not sure. Will be listening to music, however may buy Creature 3s at some point.)
MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard - £12
Logitech MX510 - £29
DVD RW*
Monitor*

* = Owned

Total cost of a: £166
Total cost of b: £568

Total cost combined: £734
Over budget by: £200

Which is a bit much. Any help on cutting it down??

and have less cache.

That's how much S754 A64 2800s were on OcUK a while ago. Maybe they're all gone now.

gerrid wrote:
> Semprons are just A64s with a different name.

No they're not. Sempron's are 32-bit.

Fair 'nuff.

Semprons are just A64s with a different name.

Memorandum! wrote:
> I meant an Athlon 64. About £60-£70 for the chip and
> £10 for a heatsink. Cheap as chips

I'd like to see a link to that please :D.

All I could find around 2800 were Semprons.

I see you hanging around on those street corners

i'm not cheap.

I meant an Athlon 64. About £60-£70 for the chip and £10 for a heatsink. Cheap as chips

Memorandum! wrote:
> for your cheapo computer get a socket 754 A64. 2800s are really
> cheap, as are the mobos.

I take it you mean a Sempron 2800 right?

ebay it