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Gerald746   02-15-2012 at 10:15:53 PM
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Hi guys,

I have been asked by my brother to build him a computer that he can use for light gaming and work. However he has a really tight budget and only has £300. This must include screen and OS, but he does not need a hard drive. I know it is very difficult, so any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks

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QuietPC   02-15-2012 at 10:18:59 PM
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Gerald746 wrote :

Hi guys,

I have been asked by my brother to build him a computer that he can use for light gaming and work. However he has a really tight budget and only has £300. This must include screen and OS, but he does not need a hard drive. I know it is very difficult, so any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks



How low end a cpu and gpu? So about $450 USD? You can get a 20" monitor in the states for less than $100 on sale which would leave $350 for everything else. Windows 7 64 bit is $99 leaving $250 for a case, psu, ram, video...you have a kb and mouse?

What is the hdd? Size, speed, sata or ide?

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Gerald746   02-15-2012 at 10:30:21 PM
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We have 2 or so 2.5 inch hard drives and probably some 3.5 somewhere, but I don't know what the speeds are. They are all SATA as well

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QuietPC   02-15-2012 at 10:51:42 PM
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Can you verify the assumptions I made and confirm (or not) the costs? We can back into this but the amount of money is going to make it really tough. Would you consider used or refurb?

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DelroyMonjo   02-15-2012 at 10:52:30 PM
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You need to give us a vendor URL link or something to even attempt at finding something for that amount of money. I've seen some prices in GB which are outrageous by American prices and your VAT is another price object Americans don't have,,,,yet.

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Gerald746   02-16-2012 at 09:59:08 AM
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QuietPC wrote :

Can you verify the assumptions I made and confirm (or not) the costs? We can back into this but the amount of money is going to make it really tough. Would you consider used or refurb?




I would definately consider refurb as an option to keep the price down. Also we have some old xp licences lying around so I could use student saver website to upgrade from them to windows 7 for around £30.

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Gerald746   02-16-2012 at 10:00:39 AM
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DelroyMonjo wrote :

You need to give us a vendor URL link or something to even attempt at finding something for that amount of money. I've seen some prices in GB which are outrageous by American prices and your VAT is another price object Americans don't have,,,,yet.



Know some prices can be really expensive, but I can easily shop around using price comparison websites to find ones which can generally be £10/20 cheaper than the RRP.

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Gerald746   02-16-2012 at 10:01:58 AM
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Also I could easily buy from amazon.com and get it shipped over. Then I can pay American prices

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DelroyMonjo   02-16-2012 at 11:01:55 AM
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Cheap gaming is an oxymoron.....

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Gerald746   02-16-2012 at 11:57:45 AM
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Would if be worth getting him to spend a bit more money

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