Building a budget pc, have i forgotten anything?

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:10 pm

limit is £200

Processor:
AMD Sempron 64bit 2800+ (1.6ghz) Socket754 Retail Boxed Processor
£19.06

Mobo:
ASUS K8V-VM SKT 754 onboard VGA 6 channel audio mATX
£27.22
EDIT, swapped for a MSI K8MM3-V SKT754 DDR400 AGP onboard vga 5.1audio LAN retail because the other one isn't AGP
£22.83

RAM:
Kingston 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz Non-ecc CL2.5 Memory Module
£41.33

Case:
Casecom KG-9666 Grey/Silver ATX Midi Tower Case - With 350W PSU
£13.74

DVD Writer:
Sony AW-G170AB2 18xDVD±RW/RAM Dual Layer Writer Black - Bare Drive
£16.47

HDD:
Maxtor STM3160212A 160GB DiamondMax20 ATA 2MB Cache - OEM
£30.29

Shipping Band: £4.79
Shipping Surcharge: £1.20
Subtotal: £154.10
VAT: £27.01
Total: £181.11

have i forgotten anything? I'll be putting the current computer's video card in, which is a geforce mx440 if I remember correctly.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:48 pm

I hope you're not planning on playing any good games. Or video editing and graphic design for that matter.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:52 pm

I doubt that would be the purpose of the budget pc.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:57 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:I hope you're not planning on playing any good games. Or video editing and graphic design for that matter.

it's for my dad, all he needs it for is a bit of very light photoshop and for the internet.

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:00 am

Looks good from here. :icon14:

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:07 am

I may bump the RAM down to 512, do you think it would make much of a performance hit?

it'll be running XP

Post by **Foo** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:10 am

Nope, won't be a big problem.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:14 am

coolies. We need to drink again soon btw. sometime this week?

Post by **Foo** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:16 am

Village of Ripon middle of nowhere ;(

Although I haven't babbled incoherently at anyone for quite a while...

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:23 am

That's beyond Thirsk isnt it? I thought you were working in Harrogate? I'll be travelling near thirsk (A19) on friday night, we (or at least i) could have a half in thirsk or abouts?

edit: on further inspection of google maps you're just above harrogate, my god my geography is pants

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:33 am

phantasmagoria wrote:I may bump the RAM down to 512, do you think it would make much of a performance hit?

it'll be running XP

I ran XP and did PS work on a similar system with no problems on 512.

Post by **Captain** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:06 am

Well I like speed

But yeah surfing and general PS use is fast and easy with 512. Once you get into the heavier rendering work, more power is needed

Oh and how much of a price drop is it from 1024 to 512? Just wondering if the unit price of 512 is less than or equal to half the price of the 1024.