Order inventory for Boss's computers i'm building!

[daz_uk]

I just recieved all this from E-Buyer and it all looks ok. Its in duplicates because I am building the 2 pc's for my boss's kids <GULP>. I've build loads of systems so that dont bother me, its just they wanted it all on a budget but for kids to play games etc so I had to find that famous sweet spot between price vs. performance. See what you think.....

(Oh and I KNOW i got PC CHips mainboards but I WAS ON A BUDGET! LOL and they aren't THAT bad as bog standard boards for kids).....

2 x AMD Athlon XP2500 333FSB 512 L2 Cache Barton Retail Boxed Inc Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty
1 x Antec Silver Thermal Compound Pentium 4 CPU / AMD
1 x Superflower SF-702T1-S ATX Case in Silver With Side Window
1 x Superflower SF-702T1-BK ATX Case in Black With Side Window
2 x Samsung 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive (Black) - OEM
2 x Panasonic Floppy Disk Drive Black 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal - OEM
1 x Antec Power Cable Y x2 Cables for Cases
2 x 8cm Internal Case Cooling Fan 4 pin
2 x Maxtor 6Y080P0 Plus 9 80Gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache ATA133 Hard Drive
2 x Creative Optical Mouse 3000 3 Button USB Mouse
2 x PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0 Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box
2 x Ebuyer 400 Watt PSU P4 Ready
2 x Twinmos (on Twinmos) 512mb Ddr400 Pc3200 Cl2.5 Memory
2 x Sapphire Radeon 128MB 9600XT DDR DVI-i TV-Out Retail Box

£767 inc.vat/delivery etc

Now i got to build the damn things in my dinner hours (Cant be arsed to take it all home) and seeing as the machines are for my Boss and his wife (they own the company) then i'm a TINSY bit nervous... <GULP AGAIN>.

Cheers

[da_ging]

i wouldnt have skimped quite as much with the psu's as that may well come back and kick u in the arse l8r on

[Kezzer]

heh, you better be good 'cause telling your boss the money spent on a broken system would be a winner

[Flash]

I would have got onboard graphics and pocketed the pair of 9600's

[directhex]

or gone with a motherboard that ISN'T destined to fail within a week, and an FX5200 or something.

[revol68]

my boss would have been looking at very well cased pentium 3 and a pop up telling him to go procreate himself with windows launch.

[Kezzer]

get them shuttles with integrated graphics, sorted for mobo, HSF and case. Then just get the necessities.

[Stoo]

and get something other than those mice, they're horrid!

[daz_uk]

Well these are the things I GOT, so i cant change em! I've used PC chips before DirectHex and never ha d aproblem with em - maybe lots have but i ain't so for the price i reckon it's worth a shot. I mean the next cheapest with those features were £40+ each and thats adding another £40 onto the total of the two systems...
Oh and the 9600xt is much better than a fx5200!!!!!

I offered to do the systems too - he didnt make me!

I've built them both up nearly now (not bad in an hour of my dinner break). Cases are pretty nice for the cash, the E-Buyer PSU's are always a bit rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishe and i do regret getting them now - but at the time they wanted lower cost so I cut where I could.....PSU is very important though. I have spares anyway if they ever fail.

thx

get them shuttles with integrated graphics, sorted for mobo, HSF and case. Then just get the necessities.

[daz_uk]

LOL - i like em actually, very sensitive (1000 dpi) and comfortable too.

and get something other than those mice, they're horrid!

[Allen]

Suppose it's pretty good for the money, only £383.50 each... Next time, spend a tiny bit extra on the mice, PSU's, mobo's and cases and you'll have very happy customers.

[daz_uk]

I agree with the PSU's and maybe the Mobo's but just doing that would take the price to around £420 each and then we're talking £840 for the lot - nearly £100 more altogether......and if i upped the cases and mice as well.....well you can see i'd be nearing £900.....bit different to £767.

If they had said to me that they could spend more, then I would have picked better parts in some areas but I think for the cash its not too bad for a mid-range system.

Stop picking on my mice!! some of ya may like yer 'Boomslangs or whatever but I like to keep it simple and cheap! I LIKE THIS MOUSE! lol

Suppose it's pretty good for the money, only £383.50 each... Next time, spend a tiny bit extra on the mice, PSU's, mobo's and cases and you'll have very happy customers.

[Stoo]

Ewwww, they're too light, far too flimsy, and not a particularly comfortable shape, sure they tracking is okay, but that's the only half decent thing about them, well, other than they're cheap..

seriously, go with a logitech or m$ mouse next time, it's worth it, seeing as it's one of the bits you use the most.

Oh yeah, where are the keyboards?

[daz_uk]

They already got keyboards and monitors.

Well I guess mice are a personal thing. I like light, flimsy and uncomfortable mice it seems! but if they were so bad to me then I wouldn't use them

Oh , u know the PSU is gonna be a real corker when you hear it rattling inside and after some investigation you manage to get a glob of glue or resin out of it... that actually just happened! LOL

well whaddya want for 9 quid eh?!? jam on it!?

Ewwww, they're too light, far too flimsy, and not a particularly comfortable shape, sure they tracking is okay, but that's the only half decent thing about them, well, other than they're cheap..

seriously, go with a logitech or m$ mouse next time, it's worth it, seeing as it's one of the bits you use the most.

Oh yeah, where are the keyboards?

[revol68]

i too am a fan of the light and flimsy mice, ive got a micro mouse (Belkin optical) its very basic but i like it that way, i cant be bothered with those big heavy rhino mice anymore,i can now headshot people with a mere twitch of the hand instead of pushin it.

[daz_uk]

here here!
I think a lot of PC users look at their mouse like an extension of their.....well yeah.
In my experience, It's what you do with it that counts and.........****in hell, we still talkin bout mice here?

i too am a fan of the light and flimsy mice, ive got a micro mouse (Belkin optical) its very basic but i like it that way, i cant be bothered with those big heavy rhino mice anymore,i can now headshot people with a mere twitch of the hand instead of pushin it.