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 It's My Party  Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien  |
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  -------------------- If you'd like to support MoDaCo, please consider signing up for a MoDaCo Ad Free or a MoDaCo Plus account - now accepting Google Checkout!
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Sep 22 2008, 11:17
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
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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Sep 22 2008, 11:18
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
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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 Mobiholics Staff Group: Moderator Team Posts: 2,098 Joined: 31st December 2004 From: Near Norwich, UK Member No.: 104,092 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III Twitter: @mobiholics |
That's a very good price. Good find.
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Sep 22 2008, 11:53
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
Just curious, and interested to see just how cheap PC building has got!
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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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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
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 |
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Sep 22 2008, 12:56
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Senior Team Posts: 17,944 Favorited Topics: 2 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): Omnia2 Finally a new toy :) Twitter: @ashwarner |
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? -------------------- TV Ambassador Blog visit my Live Space
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Sep 22 2008, 13:00
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
Yeah, correct...
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Sep 22 2008, 16:39
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 Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 412 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Xperia X1 (WinMo 6.5) |
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Sep 22 2008, 16:45
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,089 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): iPhone 3GS 32GB Twitter: @ThomasJJarvis |
Nice one ... does that case come with a psu?
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Sep 22 2008, 16:47
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 412 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Xperia X1 (WinMo 6.5) |
Oh yes, 400W PSU and the Mobo has on-board VGA too. I wonder how low this DIY PC thing can go??
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Sep 22 2008, 17:00
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 412 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Xperia X1 (WinMo 6.5) |
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Sep 22 2008, 17:04
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
Impressive, where's that from?
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Sep 22 2008, 17:08
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 412 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): Xperia X1 (WinMo 6.5) |
That's all from CCL I'm sure someone will find an even lower bottom end of the market!
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Sep 22 2008, 18:41
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,089 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): iPhone 3GS 32GB Twitter: @ThomasJJarvis |
See my idea was to build the most energy efficient PC possible. Saving money etc.
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Sep 22 2008, 18:49
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 2,736 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
I win...
I bought an HP ProLiant ML110 G5 - Micro tower - 1-way - 1 x Dual-Core Xeon 3065 / 2.33 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HDD 1 x 250 GB - DVD±RW (+R double layer) - Gigabit Ethernet - for £94 four weeks ago from Insight. Amazingly they sold out the 250 they had in stock at that price in 24hours. -------------------- Touch HD runnign Dutty's latest rom
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Sep 22 2008, 19:03
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
In which case, you lose
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Sep 22 2008, 19:35
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 2,736 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
Woah... OK only1gb of ram, but I could get another one for £25 - so a xeon processor, 2gb ram, 250gb hard drive, sata/sas etc... £120
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Sep 23 2008, 11:04
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 25,029 Favorited Topics: 79 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
Yeah, but you lose because it's sold out!
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