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lee101 · 09-12-2006, 09:01 PM

Hi, I am buying another computer (not to replace my current) on a very small budget, this is a no-frills system, basically for basic stuff, nothing that needs anything great.
Here is what I have come up with:

Celeron D 326 - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/93132/rb/21720009484
512mb Kingston Value Ram - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/64188
Asus Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113956

I chose the motherboard because it has everything integrated (VGA, Wifi, etc.) but it has PCI-e x16 for upgradeability, along with Core2duo suport.

Also i don't need HDD, Optical, and case will just be a cheap one.

Has anyone got any thoughts on that? To me it seems Ok for a budget system, and the wifi, remote and "digital home" features of the motherboard seem good

At the moment it comes to a total of about £130, and i don't really want to spend any more

Thanks, Lee

ducis · 09-12-2006, 09:12 PM

looks like a nice upgradable system

lee101 · 09-12-2006, 10:17 PM

yeh, that is part of the point of it, I am hoping that in the future i can use it as my main system, put some far better components into it, but keep the motherboard, also when I come to upgrade my graphics card, my old one will fit into that, which means one odesn't go wasted, and i don't have the hassle of selling it

ducis · 09-12-2006, 10:18 PM

ya
y r u gettin this system when u already have a better 1

lee101 · 09-13-2006, 06:22 PM

Basically to mess about on, trying out linux etc. Also i do a lot of PHP and MySQL stuff, so I would like to have a dedicated development server, so that I can take some of the load off my computer. So really just something to mess about on, hence the really low budget

09-12-2006, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	New Build - Thoughts Hi, I am buying another computer (not to replace my current) on a very small budget, this is a no-frills system, basically for basic stuff, nothing that needs anything great. Here is what I have come up with: Celeron D 326 - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/93132/rb/21720009484 512mb Kingston Value Ram - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/64188 Asus Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113956 I chose the motherboard because it has everything integrated (VGA, Wifi, etc.) but it has PCI-e x16 for upgradeability, along with Core2duo suport. Also i don't need HDD, Optical, and case will just be a cheap one. Has anyone got any thoughts on that? To me it seems Ok for a budget system, and the wifi, remote and "digital home" features of the motherboard seem good At the moment it comes to a total of about £130, and i don't really want to spend any more Thanks, Lee __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10 Last edited by lee101; 09-12-2006 at 09:04 PM.

09-12-2006, 09:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
ducis Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Canadian Summer Posts: 1,403	looks like a nice upgradable system __________________ formerly firsttimebuilder pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 My Guide to Benchmark Cooling Free Website Hosting!

09-12-2006, 10:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	yeh, that is part of the point of it, I am hoping that in the future i can use it as my main system, put some far better components into it, but keep the motherboard, also when I come to upgrade my graphics card, my old one will fit into that, which means one odesn't go wasted, and i don't have the hassle of selling it __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

09-12-2006, 10:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
ducis Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Canadian Summer Posts: 1,403	ya y r u gettin this system when u already have a better 1 __________________ formerly firsttimebuilder pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 My Guide to Benchmark Cooling Free Website Hosting!

09-13-2006, 06:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	Basically to mess about on, trying out linux etc. Also i do a lot of PHP and MySQL stuff, so I would like to have a dedicated development server, so that I can take some of the load off my computer. So really just something to mess about on, hence the really low budget __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

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