[Spec Check] Sub £500 general use rig.

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I always promised myself I wouldn't do this but hey ho!

Anyway I am building a cheap rig for a mate for general home office/internet use, not really a gaming machine. I have tried to make it future proof(ish), and have had to include Monitor and keyboard, I already have a mouse for it.

In short does this look alright?

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE

CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)£32.00 £32.00

HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £34.95 £34.95

HD-002-MI Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black (HD-002-MI) £12.95 £12.95

CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) £19.95 £19.95

GX-028-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7300 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-BG) £27.95 £27.95

CP-158-AM AMD Sempron 64 3200+ (Socket AM2) CPU - Retail (CP-158-AM)£49.95 £49.95

MB-071-MS MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-071-MS) £49.95 £49.95

MO-005-V7 OcUK Value Video7 L19WA 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-005-V7) £106.95 £106.95

MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £51.95 £51.95

KB-054-MS Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (KB-054-MS) £11.95 £11.95

Subtotal £398.55
VAT £69.75
Total £468.30
 
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you need a ATX version 2 Power supply. I don't think the one that comes with this case is that. I reackon you should get this case

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
Price: £43.95 (£51.64 Including VAT at 17.5%)

instead.

That graphics card uses system memory

- Memory: Supporting 256MB - For full 256MB support, 512MB of system memory required

get it if you don't play games or get the

Leadtek GeForce 7300 GT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-LT)

Price: £49.95 (£58.69 Including VAT at 17.5%)

instead.
 
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GhostRider said:
you need a ATX version 2 Power supply. I don't think the one that comes with this case is that. I reackon you should get this case

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
Price: £43.95 (£51.64 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Cool, The Antec case looks like it will do nicely.

As for the GPU, it's not really going to be a gaming box, I'm just looking for a cheap way to fill the PCIe slot and to add a little punch, nice spot on the shared memory though. That I do not like.

What about the EVGA GeForce 7300 GS SILENT 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI, it just about fits in the price range for the machine?
 
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