New PC Options

rchddap1

My first PC was a dell and it lasted me 6 years. The objective was just to have a PC through my Uni days and it did the job perfectly well. Until I managed to save up a bit of cash and replace it with something better.

As with anything the PC you go for will depend upon what you will actually use it for.

Hintza

These are the bits I bought to make mine in March, most parts came from Novatech, the RAM from EBay USA and the graphics card from EBay UK.

This was taken from the E-Mail to the guy who built it.
1 x NEX-ISCASG NEXUS ISTYLE GREY MIDIATX TOWER CASE 4X5.25", 8X3.5" (6 INT.) 2 X FRONT PANEL USB PORTS(comes with covers for beige DVD writer)



1 x NEX-PSUS35 NEXSUS REAL SILENT 350WATT POWER SUPPLY UNIT (Good reviews)

1 x IL-PP30800 INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.0GHZ 478PIN 1MB CACHE 800MHZ FSB PROCESSOR PRESCOTT



1 x ASU-P4C8ED ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE 875P SOCKET 478 MOTHERBOARD 800MHZ FSB SATA RAID FIREWIRE DUAL-CHANNEL DDR400 MEMORY INTEL HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY

1 x MAX-P16250 MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX PLUS10 250GB 16MB CACHE ATA133 HARD DISK DRIVE <9.0MS 7200RPM – OEM



1 x NEC 3250 16x DVD WRITER – OEM (Nae software…grr)

1 x XPERT VISION GEFORCE NVIDIA FX5500 128MB TV-OUT DVI

1 x 3.5" 1.44MB Sony MPF920 FLOPPY DRIVE (Excess to
requirements??)

1 x DVB Digital PCI TV Card


2 x GEIL 512MB PC3200 DUAL CHANNEL DDR MODULES

Just added it all up ouch!!!! Just over £600.


I am sure that some or all the parts will be cheaper now. I can highly recommend the Asus motherboard

boogiemaster

There was nothing wrong with Tiny computers? But they still went under?????????
The Athlon 64 Cpu is a good buy, i have the Athlon 64 3800+ and its fast as a sports car with less smoke :-)

Dell are ok if they work? if they dont then you can moan on here about it?

jampton

boogiemaster wrote:

There was nothing wrong with Tiny computers? But they still went under?????????
The Athlon 64 Cpu is a good buy, i have the Athlon 64 3800+ and its fast as a sports car with less smoke :-)

Dell are ok if they work? if they dont then you can moan on here about it?

The poster asked for a 'nothing fancy PC' and thats what Dell sell. To be honest I'd rather spend my money on a large TFT and lower spec machine rather a fast and expensive processor.

As for Dell are ok if they work - a bit of an inane comment really as in my experience most things are ok if they work !

bbhcmike

Think I was done by marketing again!!

Just picked up a Pentium 4 2.93Ghz, 200Gb hard disk, 1024Mb RAM, dual DVD RW drives and 17" TFT. £599. I'll settle for that.

Thanks for all your tips.