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    PC just for downloading?

    My main pc is in my bedroom and it is far too noisy for leaving on overnight for downloading stuff.

    Was wondering about building a pc just for downloading needs to be quiet and dirt cheap!

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    easy. you have many options. you can go for a cheap c2d or even one of the older generation of cpu such has a celeron or a nortwood. you will most likely eb spending most of your money on hard drives to store the stuff you are downloading. if your purchasing more then 3hhd's you might need a big case such as a comso or even a stacker to cater for all the hdd's

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    I would just get a dirt cheap case and not use any fans or maybe just one very quiet one on the hard drive,

    cheapy celeron
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    cheapy mobo
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    tad expensive considering the rest of the pc but it's as quiet as they get and will last a long time.

    that lot is about £130 ex hard drive, optical and the case.

    silent PC gave this a very good review as a decent case + psu combo
    Antec NSK 3480 Micro ATX Case - 380W Earth Watts PSU

    they said the psu could be slightly quieter but they are seriously picky over noise.

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    Why not just get a Thecus N1200 or similar ?
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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    I dont get it?

    Surely he would still need to use his PC for that?

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    if its torrents then no, they have a torrent plugin.
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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    hmm very interesting, do they have any fans or just passive?

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    there's the celeron pc from bigpockets.co.uk with xp and a 17" monitor for £99 (it's in the currennt bargains section)
    seems like a pretty good buy for this sort of thing

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    Do you want cheap or quiet?

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    Well cheap over quiet as probably stick the downlading pc in a different room but both if possible

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    I would suggest getting a laptop though, there are plenty of cheap one from Dell all the time. My laptop run 7x24 and it is pretty quiet.

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    Buy an Xbox (£40 or so), buy the stuff you need to hack it (another tenner or so) and then run Linux on that.

    You can even add extra hard drives if you need them and use it as a NAS
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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    indeed. don't forget windows will add about 60+ quid to the price of any kit you decide on

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    You can pick up a basic Dell Vostro for about £300 with XP Pro, they're definately quiet machines and even a 160GB HDD should be sufficiant for you unless you were planning on turning it into a fileserver

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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    Asus barebones system with integrated lan, sound and video. Couple of hard drives and memory. Linux distro and off you go. With a bit of shopping around, about £150 plus a monitor.
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    Re: PC just for downloading?

    I second what 'RoBe' said:

    - Ex School Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz PC System ~ £99.99
    - 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJB ~ £42.64

    Total ~ £142.63

    Don't think you'll find anything that comes near that price considering it comes with a display.

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