(Dirt) Cheap new PC

[flipper321]

OK guys, a little challenge, I need a new base unit for my old dear. Doesn't need to be anything special, in fact quite the opposite.

Looking to be VERY cheap (hopefully sub £200)

Requisites are -

Runs XP OK (128/258mb memory, pretty much any old processor as far as I can tell)
CD drive
Floppy drive
No monitor/keyboard or mouse needed)
XP installed and included in price
Dial up modem
Hard drive size not too important 40gb should be fine
Would rather it was pre-built as I'm not too confident at mucking around with these things.
Would prefer to avoid 2nd hand (I'm not very trusting) although proper refurbs are fine.

And that my friends is that - away you go, Good karma to the winner!!

[BLUTO141]

good luck mate sub £200 and xp as well, will be intrested to see the offers

[flipper321]

Cheers,

I'm certain it can be done, after all I'm after a pretty low spec as an old Duron or Celeron ca easily run XP - just waiting for the right people in the know.

[harryb]

its a start...
http://www.nethighstreet.com/COMPUTERS/homepcframe.html

[harryb]

i couldnt find the bloody edit button...

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/sho...CategoryID=147
http://www.idealcomputing.co.uk/

people who could really help you out are
sales@shepleydirect.co.uk - phone them 08707 586445
they usually build any system you want - they are not like most people who have a catalogue of pcs and will not do anything else... used them before

good luck

[flipper321]

Cheers mate, gives me a start!

[The Prodigy]

King Case 228 ATX Computer Case 300w PSU Purple
Asus A7N8X-VM nForce2 SKT A MATX VGA Sound LAN USB 2.0 Fsb400 Retail Box (3 Year Warranty)
AMD Athlon XP2500 333FSB 512 L2 Cache Barton Retail Boxed Inc Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty
Kingston 128MB 333MHZ DDR PC2700 Dimm
Hitachi 7K250 Deskstar 80gb ATA100 7200rpm 2mb Cache - OEM
Samsung 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive - OEM
Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal - OEM
Ebuyer 56K V.90 Hardware Fax/Modem - Retail Box

Total Price Inc VAT & Postage = £216.51

You won't find anything better for £215 unless it's nicked!!


LaterZ
Leftfield_2k2 :coffee:

[flipper321]

Cheers Prodigy - if I was really trying to skimp would the following work

Same case as you.
Change motherboard to this
Change processor to this
Same memory
Change hard drive to this
Everything else the same

As I say this needs to be as low a spec as money can buy (!)- will be used pretty much for dial-up web browsing only.

[harryb]

Yes mate that will work fine and dandy for your needs
that makes a decent pc for most things apart from games really, should be good

so what's the new total for the PC?

[flipper321]

Still over £200 once you've factored in the extortionate price for Windows XP!!

PC price £158.14

+ XP Home OEM at £ 60.71

= Total price £218.85 !!! Not bad eh?

[dirtyrider]

Try these people, very cheap and fast delivery! http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/bundles.asp
Look at this complete system, you would need to put together yourself and find a copy of xp(pm me)
1x AKASA AK-785-SE 2.1GB AMD APPROVED
1x 17" RELISYS OEM COLOR MONITOR 3YR OSW
1x ABIT VA-10 SCK A 8X AGP DDR333 O/B VGA+5.1SND+LAN
1x 40GB MAXTOR 7200RPM UDMA133 IDE HDD
1x 3 IN 1 BLACK KB+SPKEARS+SCROLL MOUSE
1x 52X ASUS CD-ROM RETAIL BOX
1x 256MB PC2100 DDR DIMM MEMORY MAJOR
1x DELUXE 350W MIDI TOWER ATX CASE
1x AMD DURON 1600 SOCKET A CPU
1x 3.5" BEIGE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (INTERNAL)

£230 inc vat!

[yankee]

yes... you could always get XP at a later date

[flipper321]

But surely you'd miss out on getting the cheaper OEM version!?!? :whistle

[BLUTO141]

But surely you'd miss out on getting the cheaper OEM version!?!? :whistle

No mate one of us will give you ours as we no longer use it :whistle :nowords: :thumbs

BTW you are doing great on the bits for you PC only downside is you might need to build it yourself, but that is not nearly as bad as you think.
Well done mate

[harryb]

just thought i would mention that dirty rider included a 17inch CRT Monitor in that price, if you take it away it will be below £200 also

[danthescan]

What OS you got on your own PC nudge nudge know what i mean

[Tattooed Freak]

Try these people, very cheap and fast delivery! http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/bundles.asp
Look at this complete system, you would need to put together yourself and find a copy of xp(pm me)
1x AKASA AK-785-SE 2.1GB AMD APPROVED
1x 17" RELISYS OEM COLOR MONITOR 3YR OSW
1x ABIT VA-10 SCK A 8X AGP DDR333 O/B VGA+5.1SND+LAN
1x 40GB MAXTOR 7200RPM UDMA133 IDE HDD
1x 3 IN 1 BLACK KB+SPKEARS+SCROLL MOUSE
1x 52X ASUS CD-ROM RETAIL BOX
1x 256MB PC2100 DDR DIMM MEMORY MAJOR
1x DELUXE 350W MIDI TOWER ATX CASE
1x AMD DURON 1600 SOCKET A CPU
1x 3.5" BEIGE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (INTERNAL)

£230 inc vat!

I am contemplating getting Bundle 4 from this site but packing in 1gb of Ram. All for under £300 and I can cannibalise my old pc for its components. Result!! Nice link m8.

[Tattooed Freak]

I ordered bundle 4 from Planet Micro. I paid £14 for evening delivery and am still waiting for my evening delivery 3 nights later. I have been assured it will be with me tonight, there customer services suck and they take there merry time to get back to you.