£500 budget pc

[Bacardi]

for £500 is this, in your opinion, an ok spec? I cant go over £500 this time around.

> EPoX EP-9NPA7I, nForce4-4x, Socket-939
> AMD Athlon 64 3000+,
> Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA2
> Cooler Master Centurion 5 Black/Silver
> NorthQ 4775-400, ATX 400W Silent, 140mm
> Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB CL3 KIT
> Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
> Gainward GeForce 6200 TurboCache,
> Sony Floppy Drive, 3,5" 1,44MB Black,
> NEC DVD±RW burner, ND-3550A, 16x,

Just need a quick n cheap pc to play with til i get all the bits for my "beast".. lol

 

[Ragnar]

for £500 is this, in your opinion, an ok spec? I cant go over £500 this time around.

> EPoX EP-9NPA7I, nForce4-4x, Socket-939
> AMD Athlon 64 3000+,
> Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA2
> Cooler Master Centurion 5 Black/Silver
> NorthQ 4775-400, ATX 400W Silent, 140mm
> Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB CL3 KIT
> Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
> Gainward GeForce 6200 TurboCache,
> Sony Floppy Drive, 3,5" 1,44MB Black,
> NEC DVD±RW burner, ND-3550A, 16x,

Just need a quick n cheap pc to play with til i get all the bits for my "beast".. lol

The bits marked in red are different to the PC i bought about 4 months ago and it cost me £413 .

Cooler master centurion - instead i have some cheap colorsit case (£20)
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 - Instead i used www.torrentspy.com =p
Gainward GeForce 6200 TurboCache -Instead i have a Club3D GeForce 6600GT
Didn't buy a floppy or DVD drive as i already had them.
The prices should be cheaper as i bought mine 4 months ago.

I think £500 for that computer is a tad high. Check komplett.co.uk for some good prices.

 

[Salad]

The bits marked in red are different to the PC i bought about 4 months ago and it cost me £413 .

Cooler master centurion - instead i have some cheap colorsit case (£20)
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 - Instead i used www.torrentspy.com =p
Gainward GeForce 6200 TurboCache -Instead i have a Club3D GeForce 6600GT
Didn't buy a floppy or DVD drive as i already had them.
The prices should be cheaper as i bought mine 4 months ago.

I think £500 for that computer is a tad high. Check komplett.co.uk for some good prices.

By any chance could you tell me what place you bought that from? or is it top secret

 

[Legendwizard]

go to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/
good powerful yet cheap stuff here

 

[Bacardi]

Did a bit more shopping around and yeah Ragnar you were right about prices.
Just ordered a bunch of components from various sites.

Kept most of the bits the same as in my 1st post but added/changed to a Athlon64 3500+, a 128mb 6600GT and a 300gb SATA2 drive.

Total price dropped to £368

It'll do, and with the spare change from my budget i can add a couple extras if i feel like it.

 

[Ragnar]

By any chance could you tell me what place you bought that from? or is it top secret

An Estonian shop, so i doubt you would have any use if i'd tell you =p.

 

[sweetfa]

seems a bit pricey for £500 is that pre built? or is it just for the parts?