The cheapest SFF PC I could build!

[Rob_B]

I decided I wanted something small & neat to sit next to my plasma so I could watch DivX movies, play my music etc. This was instead of the idea I had to stream it all (too fiddly I figured!)

I decided to go with an Asus Pundit as Aria were selling it for £69 (!) & as most of you all probably have I had lots of PC bits lying around gathering dust!

Here we go! (Prices inc P&P where applicable)

Asus Pundit - £78.20 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/87365...dit-p1ah1.html
AMD 3500+ S939 £25 (from Hexus forums)
512mb PC3200 (already had this)
60Gb WD HDD (already had this)
XP Home £30 2nd hand license
DVD drive - £6 postage to an old mate who had it spare! (not got it yet though!)
KB & Mouse - Currently using a Trust £14.97 wireless kit from ASDA. Microsoft kindly gave me a free wireless notebook mouse though (in the post at the moment) so I'll use that mouse when it arrives!
DVI Cable - Already had this

The Pundit has built in GFX, DVI-out, & a ton of other connections so no need for GFX/Soundcards!

It comes to £154.17 so far & works a treat!
Eventually i'm after another wireless belkin adapter so I can get it on the net but for now, it's my little baby!

[Merlin4458]

ive been thinking about building a small sff or htpc instead of connecting "my system" upto my 32inch widescreen. How does the picture turn out on your plasma. Im always worried it will look stupid

[johnny02004976]

thats a great price, mine came in a little higher:

Shuttle: £138
P4: £50
1GB RAM: £45
HD: £40
19" Widescreen: £140
DVD-RW: £25
K/Board & Mouse: £40

= £478

[Rob_B]

A 'little' higher!

Screen looks good, my plasma has a max res of 1024*768 & when hooked up looks pretty good, desktop isn't as sharp as a TFT obviously! games & movies look great though!

VERY glad i did this & not just hook up my existing rig to my TV, it's not as powerful but that only affects games really! If i'd have had a bigger (ie £400) budget i'd have gone for a gaming type setup but I don't need two machines that can play HL2 @ full settings now do I?!

[Rob_B]

Ok, wirelss PCI adapter for £10 so price upto £164.17 but returned the crappy KB/mouse so down to £149.20 smackers!

[Rack]

Nice one! I should have done that tbh.
I don't even want to price mine up... I just moved my AMD X2 gaming system into a Silverstone case with cheaper gfx.

[Rob_B]

Add another £23 for a belkin bluetooth KB/Mouse so upto £172.20. Wonder how much I could sell it for?... :-D

[Methanoid]

Xbox modified (yes that means "chipped" or soft-modded) and running XBMC.. new Xbox £50 at Argos, chip or softmod under £30... Job done...

[Rob_B]

Not quite the same though!

Now got a DVB card on its way, lovely jubbly!

[spazman]

Xbox modified (yes that means "chipped" or soft-modded) and running XBMC.. new Xbox £50 at Argos, chip or softmod under £30... Job done...

XBMC is the daddy, i have 2nd xbox here waiting for chip to go in for another room . Cant beat an £80 media center.

[Rob_B]

Ok, so add a DVB PCI card & another 512mb RAM = £218.20

Then take off £6 as I picked the DVD drive up then the £45 i got for selling my DVD player as I now use this! Then I sold the MS Mouse I got for free for £14 (good 'ol MS!)

Total £153.20

Muahaha!

[Pdog]

Rob_B where did you get the Pundit for £78?

Thanks

[Rob_B]

Aria had some 'B' grade ones (that seemed to actually be brand new) now its £93.94 exc VAT

[CrazyMonkey]

Managed to get my price at £259

Shuttle SK22G2 Socket AM2 -£135
ebuyer 1gig DDR2 PC2-4200 -£28
Sempron 3000+ 1.6ghz Socket AM2 -£26
Maxtor DiamondMax 250gig Sata2 -£50
NEC DVD-RW Drive -£20

Total= £259

Could cut on the Shuttle and the HDD but why loose loads for little?

Monitor Etc i already have, gonna use this as a File Server and host TS on it.
Will control it remotely.

[Rob_B]

I'm thinking of selling it actually, wonder what i'd get? I get bored very quickly!