For £400. Well, possibly £500. But the extra £100 would go towards an OS, she's interested in Vista.
Wants to play some games, but not majorly intensive (thinking roller coaster tycoon 3 and so, which runs maxed out with a 9800pro) so I was thinking something like the X1300 or X1600 would suit her to keep costs down? She also wants uATX form factor.
I found a nice uATX motherboard on Scan:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=434319
Just £30, can take a Athlon64 processor. Might not be dual core but for word processing etc. I doubt she'll have any problems, it's not like she does any number crunching.
Which I could load up with an inexpensive £50 1GB DDR 333 - then in the future she's got space to stick in another stick if she finds the computer is running a bit slow.
So that's approx:
£30 Asus A8V-VM-SE VIA K8M890 motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=434319
£50 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=119283
£50 1Gb Corsair Value Select DDR PC2700 memory http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=217958
£50 256Mb Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro graphics card http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=347688
£50 250 Gb HGST (IBM/Hitachi) 0A31636 Deskstar T7K250 HDD http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=226863
£115 HannGs HU196D 19" Monitor http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/117211
£20 random DVD-RW dual layer, tonnes about
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£365
Which I think is an ok set up. But now the case, and running slightly short of change. A nice looking uATX case for a girl who likes things looking nice and modern. Really, that's why we need apple casesbut if anyone has a good idea for one then go ahead. Loads of the ones I've seen are just basic boxes, possibly with a side panel, but she doesn't really go for that. She'll probably plaster it in stickers anyway...
Are there any 'cute' cases out there? Just because I love computers (and her) I wouldn't be too fussed about setting it up as a quiet PC. But she wants something portable for uni, doesn't take up a lot of space, and most importantly, looks good.
I think my Antec P180 looks gorgeous, but she goes for something a bit diddier and cuter. Any ideas? USB port on the front would be great as then she can plug her iPod in without having to fiddle about with wires.


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but if anyone has a good idea for one then go ahead. Loads of the ones I've seen are just basic boxes, possibly with a side panel, but she doesn't really go for that. She'll probably plaster it in stickers anyway...
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