New Computer Rig

[staffsMike]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=618000

[vmong]

psu i mean

[staffsMike]

Beat you to it lol, it's probably even better actually at that price

[vmong]

haha efficient you are, i am slightly worried about the psu though. because on one of my PCs is seems like the USB doesnt have enough power.

[staffsMike]

I'm more than confident in that PSU, they're both built by seasonic anyway

[Will404]

Firstly, if you want it as cheep as posible, why not go for this mobo: http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=663061 - its around £20 cheaper than the one you selected, as it has the intel chipset, and is samller.

Secondly, do you really need the DDR2 PC 8500, when you could save about a tenner going for PC 6400.

For the PSU, that is a nice PSU, but this one looks quite decent (is £2 cheeper) and in stock:http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=777995

That would total at £170.10 with the PC 8500 memory, or about £162 with this memory:http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=255300

[vmong]

just wondering is this a good deal? also he says that this can have two processors is it a stable system?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tab%3DWatching

[Zhaoman]

wow that system is a steal as long as he's willing to sell it for £200

It's got workstation components though so it won't be optimised for gaming. (it's designed for graphics professionals who use stuff like Microstation and 3DS Max)

[vmong]

Pentium D 930 (3Ghz) with stock cooler - £22
1.5Gb PC2-4200 RAM - £12
Gigabyte GA-8VM800PMD-775 Motherboard £15
Coolermaster Coolergiant EG385AX PSU - £15
Xpertvision 6600GT 128MB PCI-E - £10

Hi Staffs mike, i just wanted to know if the parts are ok. like the components. are they in of good quality?? and it is a good deal?

thanks.

[Will404]

That is about as cheep as you are going to get

But i would not go for unbranded memory

[vmong]

thanks for the reply, are they generally quality parts??

[staffsMike]

Pentium D's genereally run very hot, not a big fan of coolermaster PSU's or gigabyte motherboards but they are growing on me again.

It's cheap and I'm sure it'll work but I wouldn't buy it for myself or a friend.

[vmong]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Optiplex-...em120281353594
if i had this computer, would it be possible to restore using just the Windows xp CD alone?

[staffsMike]

You may need to download drivers etc.. but yeah you could get the pc into a working state with the XP CD.

[vmong]

http://www.gumtree.com/london/89/25824289.html

hi mike! sorry can you see if this is worth £100. i am willing to pay it it seems like an ok deal.

[staffsMike]

Wouldn't be bad for £100. Be nice to know the PSU it used though