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Budget: <250GBP

By the time we get to the higher end components we wont be using any of these parts ever, this is still a nice system for a very low price.

Budget: <300GBP

Dang it took a long time to spec this box out, but this is a hell of a box for the price.

Budget: <350GBP

Budget: <400GBP

Budget: <450GBP

Shuffled a few things around to fit in out first X2 box

Budget: <500GPB

Those extra 100GBP go a very long way in allowing us to upgrade virtually everything: RAM, PSU and mobo

Budget: <550GP

Not nearly as impressive an upgrade as before, here we've upgraded the processor

Budget: <600GPB

Switched up the motherboard, the optical drive, RAM and to a tried-and-true power supply.

Budget: <650GPB

Here we've changed the drive configuration a bit to allow us an extra 150GB total.

Bigger Budget
If you're lucky enough to have a bigger budget and the above suggestions dont meet your needs, feel free to make a post outlining your requirements

02-28-2006, 11:03 PM	#14 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	-- European Buyers -- Work Machines *Budget: <250GBP* OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) Western Digital 80GB 8MB (£36.31) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) Q-Tec 650W [12V@25A] (£23.44) Sempron 3100+ [Palermo, D0[Palermo], Socket 754 Lidded OmPGA, 1800MHz, SDA3100AIO3BA] (£54.49) Gigabte GA K8N51 GMF [C51-6100] (£41.39) SUBTOTAL: £250.93 By the time we get to the higher end components we wont be using any of these parts ever, this is still a nice system for a very low price. *Budget: <300GBP* OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) ASUS A8N-VM [C51-6100] (£48.50) Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) Western Digital 80GB 8MB (£36.31) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) Q-Tec 650W [12V@25A] (£23.44) Athlon 64 3000+ [Winchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 1800MHz, ADA3000DIK4BI] (£95.93) SUBTOTAL: £299.48 Dang it took a long time to spec this box out, but this is a hell of a box for the price. *Budget: <350GBP* Viking PC2-4200 512MB (£29.99) Viking PC2-4200 512MB (£29.99) Samsung SH-W162C (£27.02) Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 8MB SATA (£34.73) PCICase CS2600-BKS1 HyperLine II Case (£21.98) XPro 460W [12V@30A] (£36.49) Intel Pentium 4 630 [BX80547PG3000F, Prescott 2M, 3.0GHz] (£114.32) ASUS P5RD1-VM [RX200] (£47.11) SUBTOTAL: £341.63 *Budget: <400GBP* Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) Q-Tec 650W [12V@25A] (£23.44) Intel Pentium D 805 [BX80551PE2666FN, Smithfield, 2.66GHz] (£102.53) Gigabye GA-8N-SLI [NF4SLI Intel] (£61.88) GeCube Radepm X300 128MB (£32.61) Viking PC2-4200 512MB (£29.99) Viking PC2-4200 512MB (£29.99) Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB SATA-II (£70.37) SUBTOTAL: £399.23 *Budget: <450GBP* OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) OcUK PC3200 Value 512MB (£23.44) ASUS A8N-VM [C51-6100] (£48.50) Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) Q-Tec 650W [12V@25A] (£23.44) Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB SATA-II (£70.37) Athlon 64 X2 3800+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2000MHz, ADA3800DAA5BV, OEM] (£193.82) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (£17.04) SUBTOTAL: £448.47 Shuffled a few things around to fit in out first X2 box *Budget: <500GPB* Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) GeCube Radepm X300 128MB (£32.61) Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB SATA-II (£70.37) Athlon 64 X2 3800+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2000MHz, ADA3800DAA5BV, OEM] (£193.82) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (£17.04) XPro 460W [12V@28A] (£36.49) PNY PC3200 512MB (£26.00) PNY PC3200 512MB (£26.00) Gigabyte GA-K8N MF-9 [NF4] (£43.76) SUBTOTAL: £494.51 Those extra 100GBP go a very long way in allowing us to upgrade virtually everything: RAM, PSU and mobo *Budget: <550GP* Samsung SH-W162C (£26.44) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) GeCube Radepm X300 128MB (£32.61) Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB SATA-II (£70.37) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (£17.04) XPro 460W [12V@28A] (£36.49) PNY PC3200 512MB (£26.00) PNY PC3200 512MB (£26.00) Gigabyte GA-K8N MF-9 [NF4] (£43.76) Athlon 64 X2 4200+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2200MHz, ADA4200DAA5BV] (£249.74) SUBTOTAL: £550.43 Not nearly as impressive an upgrade as before, here we've upgraded the processor *Budget: <600GPB* PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) GeCube Radepm X300 128MB (£32.61) Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB SATA-II (£70.37) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (£17.04) Corsair Value Select PC3200 512MB CL2.5 (£27.37) Corsair Value Select PC3200 512MB CL2.5 (£27.37) Athlon 64 X2 4200+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2200MHz, ADA4200DAA5BV] (£249.74) ASUS A8R-MVP [RX200CF] (£76.07) NEC ND4550 (£28.19) Antec Smart Power 450PGB 450W [12V@32A] (£48.47) SUBTOTAL: £599.21 Switched up the motherboard, the optical drive, RAM and to a tried-and-true power supply. *Budget: <650GPB* PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II (£21.98) GeCube Radepm X300 128MB (£32.61) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (£17.04) Corsair Value Select PC3200 512MB CL2.5 (£27.37) Corsair Value Select PC3200 512MB CL2.5 (£27.37) Athlon 64 X2 4200+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2200MHz, ADA4200DAA5BV] (£249.74) ASUS A8R-MVP [RX200CF] (£76.07) NEC ND4550 (£28.19) Antec Smart Power 450PGB 450W [12V@32A] (£48.47) Maxtor 200GB 8MB SATA-II (£56.05) Maxtor 200GB 8MB SATA-II (£56.05) SUBTOTAL: £640.94 Here we've changed the drive configuration a bit to allow us an extra 150GB total. *Bigger Budget* If you're lucky enough to have a bigger budget and the above suggestions dont meet your needs, feel free to make a post outlining your requirements __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI Last edited by Praetor; 02-28-2006 at 11:18 PM.