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 Sep 22 2008, 11:07
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
An interesting challenge perhaps for an article i'm working on for another site!
What's the best PC you can build for £150 INCLUDING VAT, INCLUDING delivery? Conditions: - Must include all the important stuff, CPU, RAM, HDD, Graphics, Sound etc. PLUS a DVD drive - All items must be from one online store So far i've come up with the below... which is the Atom integrated Mobo (64 bit version), 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Samsung DVD-RW, black case... all from eBuyer coming in @ £146.36. Can you do better?  P 
-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 11:17
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Interestingly the Atom mobo could be swapped for a "Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 Socket 775" and a "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i" equipped mobo without busting the budget... a better option?
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-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 11:18
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
One of the attributes of the Atom that does appeal however is it's OSX friendliness
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Sep 22 2008, 11:49
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 |_-_-_-_-_-_-_| Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,807 Joined: 31st December 2004 From: Near Norwich, UK Member No.: 104,092 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
That's a very good price. Good find.
Building one for yourself or for a friend/family? -------------------- - Tony Sutton
- My Ford Focus ST170 car - Using MDA Vario III with 6GB MicroSD card - Got Phone, GPS and WiFi together? Sign up & Make Money with Navizon! |
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Sep 22 2008, 11:53
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Just curious, and interested to see just how cheap PC building has got!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 12:27
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 14 Joined: 28th August 2003 Member No.: 14,160 Device(s): Diamond |
How about the same as (from Ebuyer) above but with:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4450e 2.3GHz Socket AM2 Retail Boxed Processor Kingston 2gb Kit (2x1gb) Ddr2 800mhz/pc2-6400 Hyperx Memory Non-ecc Cl4 Foxconn A6VMX AMD 690V Socket AM2 onboard VGA 6 channel audio mATX Motherboard... for £154inc vat Or AMD Sempron LE-1200 Socket AM2 2.1GHz Retail Boxed Processor for £135... -------------------- SPV->P900->K700i->SPV550->W810->M3100->Diamond
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Sep 22 2008, 12:30
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Sempron > Dual Core Celeron or not?
The X2 option is over budget, you could of course lose a GB of RAM or halve the size of the hard drive... Interesting... P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 12:56
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,188 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
Ebuyer has always been on of the cheapest places at least in the UK.
I presume this is for the base unit only and does not include an OS? -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
Smartphone and PocketPC History SPV, E100, E200, C500, C550, C600 (MoDaCo Edition), MPX200, MPX220, MIO8380, Voq Pro, Lobster 700, JasJar, Vario  New and updated Smartphone History Life's too fast can I get off and walk for a bit? I used to be top poster....... |
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Sep 22 2008, 13:00
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Yeah, correct...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 16:39
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 Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 361 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Omnia, iPaq 614c, Vario II |
Here's my entry!
 
PC.jpg ( 194.09K )
Number of downloads: 46-------------------- "..busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest...."
Gadgets: Samsung Omnia i900, HP iPaq 614c, MDA Vario II, Moto MPX220 |
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Sep 22 2008, 16:45
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,050 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
Nice one ... does that case come with a psu?
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My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Sep 22 2008, 16:47
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 361 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Omnia, iPaq 614c, Vario II |
Oh yes, 400W PSU and the Mobo has on-board VGA too. I wonder how low this DIY PC thing can go??
-------------------- "..busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest...."
Gadgets: Samsung Omnia i900, HP iPaq 614c, MDA Vario II, Moto MPX220 |
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Sep 22 2008, 17:00
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 361 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Omnia, iPaq 614c, Vario II |
It works out even cheaper with a dual core Athlon X2!
PC2.jpg ( 243.99K )
Number of downloads: 31-------------------- "..busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest...."
Gadgets: Samsung Omnia i900, HP iPaq 614c, MDA Vario II, Moto MPX220 |
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Sep 22 2008, 17:04
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,079 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Impressive, where's that from?
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 22 2008, 17:08
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 361 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Omnia, iPaq 614c, Vario II |
That's all from CCL I'm sure someone will find an even lower bottom end of the market!
-------------------- "..busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest...."
Gadgets: Samsung Omnia i900, HP iPaq 614c, MDA Vario II, Moto MPX220 |
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