Low Price PC Build

[jimmymac]

Looking to create a system, very low price as its not going to be used for gaming or anything too taxing. Its for the missus as we are finally getting broadband put into her house so i'm looking at getting a pc in so she can get surfing on the internet and also set it up as her sound system to replace a fairly paltry little portable CD player setup.

this is what I have at the moment, any suggestions as to places where I can cut corners/bring the price down?

1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 £37.43
1 x Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C i945GC Socket 775 £26.20
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Case £32.33
1 x Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive £12.75
1 x Nvidia GeForce 7600GT £28.89
1 x Seagate ST380215AS 80GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 2MB Cache - OEM £19.63
1 x Crucial 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 £15.31
1 x Antec EarthWatts 380W £28.12
1 x Acer AL1716Fs 17" TFT Monitor 1280x1024 300cd/m2 500:1 5ms £82.21

Sub Total : £294.37
Total + VAT : £345.94

 

[oscaryu1]

Cheaper case, and more memory?

 

[Shane]

how about this

I dont understand why you put a graphics card in there,if shes only going to be doing internet and basic stuff then theres no need for one.

with the money you save on gfx card get more ram

Build:

MSI P4M900M3-L VIA Socket 775 onboard VGA 7.1 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140909

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 800MHz FSB L2 1MB Cache Retail Box Processor
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132064

OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116755

Antec EarthWatts 430W 80%+ Efficiency PSU - 80mm Fan 4x SATA PCI-E
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120376

Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache - OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131214

Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142274

Antec 300 Three Hundred Case - No PSU
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854

LG W1952S 19" LCD TFT Monitor 1440x900 10000:1 5ms VGA Black 3 Years On Site Warranty
http://orders.ebuyer.com/customer/shopping/index.html?action=c2hvd2NhcnQ=

Shipping £13.16
Total:£364.67

has bigger hard drive,better and bigger monitor,more ram

that particular dvd writer im thinking of ordering myself actualy to replace my IDE one

 

[jimmymac]

gone for the card because i might eventually hook pc up to the TV and stream video through from there, cheaper to get a blu ray drive for a pc than it is for a tv.

didnt think it was worth going for more than 1gb ram though as i doubt anything done on it will use more than that.

was considering a bigger monitor, up to 19" is prob only about a tenner more, hard drive should be more than enough at 80gb though i reckon

 

[delta081]

AMD for cheap non gaming

If you want a fairly fast PC for a low price go for more AMD....

I have a AMD A 64x2 2400+ 2,21GHz
2GB Kingston DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz RAM
an old computer case
ATI Radeon X1650 512MB
and around 500GB of storage....
an ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard
and a 520W powersupply

cost me about $586 or £294

Maybe go for a cheaper screen instead of the Acer maybe a Viewsonic instead (may be a little cheaper)
A LITE-ON DVD drive also much cheaper mine work fine