Is this an OK Computer deal?

Rich44_2

You'd be surprised how little you can get the bits for when you're buying 100 off at a time

DevilGoesDown2Bristol

Let's see... Prices include VAT, all from ebuyer:

Processor: £43.77
Motherboard: £35.95
RAM: £15.74
Case + PSU: £24.99
Hard Drive: £28.34
DVDRW: £9.99
Keyboard and Mouse: £5.98

Graphics, networking and sound all on motherboard. That's a grand total of £154.77, and that's at retail prices for all of the kit and without shopping around. Given that you're going to have to buy and install an OS yourself, I wonder whether you wouldn't be better off just buying the components and throwing it together yourself as well! If you really only need e-mail, Internet and playing back MP3's or CD's, it'll probably be plenty adequate for the job.

DevilGoesDown2Bristol

@Rich: you're absolutely right... having just totted up quickly and in my head the rough cost of throwing this system together on the basis of buying 50+ of each component from ebuyer, I reckon you could do it for about £130, including VAT. For a system where you're not putting on an OS and therefore not going through all the hassle of making sure it works properly with the supplied drivers and whatnot, £100 - 43% - seems like a very nice margin to me!

Percy1983

Good point on building, as it is building a computer is liek lego if you but the right bits, not much can go wrong.

As great as the deal listed above looks I personnally would spend a little more.

It comes down to a 'best value' point, Yes the computer listed above will do everything you need just fine but for not much more you can get a better computer.

The intel E5200 processor is amazing at £54 as an example and I would go for 4GB Ram as DDR2 is due to start going up in price.

Basically buying at better value and getting a slightly higher spec than you need will extended the computers useful life and not cost you much more for the effort.

portchieboy

Thanks for all the input.

I only wish I had the knowledge/confidence to do it myself, but the idea is that a techie at my wifes' school is going to 'supply' Vista for me, and switch all my data across, set up drivers etc (for a fee of course).

Otherwise, with you all the way, I would have a go!

tomsolomon

DevilGoesDown2Bristol wrote: »

Let's see... Prices include VAT, all from ebuyer:

Processor: £43.77
Motherboard: £35.95
RAM: £15.74
Case + PSU: £24.99
Hard Drive: £28.34
DVDRW: £9.99
Keyboard and Mouse: £5.98

Graphics, networking and sound all on motherboard. That's a grand total of £154.77, and that's at retail prices for all of the kit and without shopping around. Given that you're going to have to buy and install an OS yourself, I wonder whether you wouldn't be better off just buying the components and throwing it together yourself as well! If you really only need e-mail, Internet and playing back MP3's or CD's, it'll probably be plenty adequate for the job.

Monitor?????

Everyone forgets to add the monitor to the price... lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHARP-LL173GW-17-LCD-TFT-SXGA-COLOUR-MONITOR-67-39_W0QQitemZ400054209501QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_ComputerComponents_Monitors?hash=item5d2516cbdd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A15%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

£67.39 + £154.77 = £222.16 difference of £6.69

Rich44_2

Don't necessarily need one, I use the 32" LCD TV for a monitor so I can play movies as well as have a huge display for games, design work etc

DevilGoesDown2Bristol

Why would I have added a monitor to the price-for-comparison when the system the OP posted *also* didn't have a monitor?!? not only that, but the OP also said in the second sentence of the initial post "My screen is OK, so does not need replacement."

I took that to mean "I don't need a monitor", although I suppose he could have been making a random non-sequitur about the state of his telly or somesuch

portchieboy

Right 1st time....no monitor required!

quinns2003

ive been looking at mesh computers.. they seem to have some wicked deals on there.. cant post a link sorry... still a young pup :-)
base units alone dont seem bad.. but im no techie, just looking for a new pc same as you.. so other more experianced guys on here will hopefully let us know ;-)