Advice on a new pc

[10037762]

Im a poor student well not that bad and I really need a computer.

I studying computing, but I don't really look much at buying PCs and upgrading etc., this site was recommended to me by a colleague.

I have a limited budget, I'm not to sure what the way to go is, but I do some graphics and web design, I also design some C++ programs for my course to. I always would like a machine I can tinker with and clock since my old machine is jumperless and no mobo settings.

Any help..
Wayne

 

[Emericana]

wait when you mean buying pc's, do you mean building your own pc or getting it from like dell?

if you gonna build your own, here is what i would suggest for a cheap powerful pc...
Antec Cases are generally good... the newegg.com deal of the day cases are all very cheap though.
Enermax/Antec/Sparkle 350w Power Supply
AMD XP 1600+
Thermalright AX7 w/ sunon 40cfm
Epox 8k3a (+) mobo
256mb Kingmax pc2700
50 gig hardrive (you choose... i personally like western digitals)
16x CDRW
Floppy

I would not imagine that being any more than $600

 

[10037762]

Sorry should add i am compitant enough to build the machine myself, i frown up ready built machines after the junk I have now

Wayne

 

[plague]

Sorry should add i am compitant enough to build the machine myself, i frown up ready built machines after the junk I have now

Wayne

Well that's nice to hear.. and Welcome to the Forums. Is the person that recommended us to you a regular poster, or did they just know how great this place is?

 

[10037762]

Not particularly sure if he posts he or not.

Forgot to say i'm from England anyone have any ideas.

Wayne

 

[Ozzman]

hmm dont think to many of us can help u out to much since ur from englend and we dont know what u can buy there... but what u want to do i dont think u will need that massive of a PC...what do u have now and how much would u like to spend?

 

[10037762]

Thanks, I have around £600, at the most, i'm not particularly looking for prices of you guys :0 since I know that most of ya aint from here, but really looking for recommendation on hardware, and stuff.

Advice on getting the right sort of equipment

 

[stompah]

Do you europeans have rebates? Cause, if you do, you should really check them out... if they are anything like stateside you can save money on things like the harddrive and cdrw. And then use the $ for better components or just pocket it.

Emericana thats a great system but I have yet to see a 50g hd? lol most seem to be 40-60-80-100-120. it seems like that above 40gigs, at least to me.

 

[Crash893]

what about one of thouse shuttle sv 24 deals

2 dimms
up to 133 sdram

1 floppy
1 serial
1 parrell
2 usb
2 firewire

on board vga
10/100ethernet ( good for school)
svideo and composite out
sound

supports intell ppga-370
celeron with 66mhz fsb
p3 with 100/133 fsb
via c3 socket 370


draw backs are
only 2 bays (and a floopy)
not good for gameing
only one pci slot

 

[Flamed_Chip]

hi, I too live in the uk, for £600 you can put together a great o/c system, see the system in my sig, that cost me about £400 last year, and I have spent about £50 on o/c stuff since, I built it myself, Check around your local cities for hardware stores, I found a great supplier in the Leeds/Bradford area, PM me if you want details.

 

[David]

Going by prices at www.cclcomputers.co.uk:

£507.66 ordering off their website, or £596.50 inc VAT, if you get it via phone.

Prices not including postage. This is a good but cheap system. Perfect web design, programming, gaming and overclocking. The XP1700+ should go quite far and the Epox 8KHA+ is an excellent board.

 

[Ozzman]

that looks like a good deal but i would not go with a mini case... and also have 2 case fans not one..

 

[Flamed_Chip]

I beleive the case in question ain't a micro ATX, it is a midi tower, probably the same case I got here since it came from CCL

 

[David]

that looks like a good deal but i would not go with a mini case... and also have 2 case fans not one..

It is a midi case, a full tower is £53.11 + VAT
Another case fan = £1.89

The case fans plug into the PSU, btw, not the mobo.

 

[10037762]

thanks for the help people!!!

is there anyone out there that detst people that send virus just got one today but i had just did a system reinstall with windows 2000 pro, ran outlook to get my mail, got a file that ran itself, but didnt realise till i got a system check running.

Argg i hate virus had to check whole system reinstall u name it..... arggg