"Internet PC" for £250

[Apex]

why? OEM chips are identical to retail cept they dont come with a ****e heatsink and a load of packaging? for the price difference you can get a far better heatsink and an oem.

If he wants it for music get an nf2 board with soundstorm at the least....say an NF7-m and an mobile 1500+ and clock the nuts off it with a volcano 12....the lot should be no more than £100. then all you've got to do is get ram (256 SHOULD be enough if you cant fit 512 in cos the prices have gone up), hard drive, keyboard mouse and monitor etc....here's my magic £269 list:

The retail fan is more then cabable for the job it has to do, add to it that it does not sound like a jet fighter taking off.

and the 3 year warantee on the chips is a lot better then the 1y for oem chips.

[IBM]

Korky seems suspiciously absent...leaving us to shout things like...

What about Windows!!!???

Which is a very good point.

I'd still go OEM, what points a 3 year warrenty when the average lifespan of a chip is less than 2 (and decreasing)?

[Korky]

sorry to bump the old thread, bn away as i hope some of the more established members will have noticed *act like ye missed me!! * i did read everythin n am jst startin to buy stuff now, mixed most of these suggestions. i will of course post wat i end up with as usual

[BUFF]

Ignore me I've just been caught out by this bumped thread

[hatsumi]

nobody's adding the cost of windows.

does everyone run linux?

Perhaps his Dad's friend is aware of that supr bittorrent site

[Agent]

Drop the warez talk, before it goes any further please

[yamangman]

Go to your newsagents and buy Micromart. Get a PC for £70 the kinda spec you looking for mail order. Based around a Athlon XP 1700+ - Athlon XP 2100+ no monitor no software.

[killgORE]

Yo *whistles* Korky. Over here....

I have an old sys ! 700mhz... has mandrake on it... onboard sound. Will bung an Geforce 440 mx.. no monitor...

Aww.. who am i kidding I KNOW I still love it. Was going to suggest you get somebodies last rig <- will be better than my last one.. take the excess and furnish your pocket

[Zak33]

There are some cheap Durons to be had

1600 Duron £27 inc vat

[arsen]

erm, something i did a while back for a college project. it was designed as an internet PC for college use, nothing fancy, but it is £199, which leaves you £50 or so to swap n change some parts, bigger monitor maybe, and a £20 dvd drive (college machines dont tend to have them, not sure why :/) just an idea to show what was possible :>


(blurred bit was my address not missing anything)

thats all on ebuyer.com btw, and as for an OS, linux is ideal if you want free, and you only plan on doing music/internet/films/etc, plenty of people here to help set it up.

[menthel]

Arsen, that may well be useful as a cooker! Add a HSF just to be on the safe side!

[daniel_owen_uk]

Why not buy the bits second hand, these forums can surely help you with the bits?