tight pc build

Hi,
Lots of ASUS MBs approx £35, K8U-X, K8V-MX, K8V-XSE, K8S-MX. Any info on these please?
Thanks,
peahouse05:thumb:
 
peahouse05 said:
Hi,
Lots of ASUS MBs approx £35, K8U-X, K8V-MX, K8V-XSE, K8S-MX. Any info on these please?
Thanks,
peahouse05:thumb:
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oh plenty of info ... leave everyone of them alone ... old technology.

Stick with the Asrock one ... at least its 754. ;)
 
tightpc build

Hi All,
Can I check this out with you please?
Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 2MB cache and M61P9-ALV, socket 775 MB for £148 inc delivery (eBay seller).
Thanks,
peahouse05:thumb:
 
I'm afraid it's been nearly 15 years since I had an Intel ... I find AMD do the job just as well, if not better.

I would never buy off eBay. ;)
 
Dell were offering PC's delivered for £300 saw it in an advert in one of the Sunday papers recently:thumb:
 
Thanks for the replies - will stick to AMD. Just one more query before I order. Have seen XP home +sp2 for 176GBP down to 64. Is the latter likely to be genuine and legal? Need xp poker software but Linux is fine for everything else
Cheers,
peahouse05:thumb:
 
Thanks for the replies,
My daughter's laptop must have the OEM version of XP - no installation cd. How would that work with a new build?
Cheers,
peahouse05:thumb:
 
your daughters laptop i asuume you bought pre built ? and most companies dont supply an install/restore discs with their systems to save money

if you buy an OEM copy you will get just a disc and a serial instead of getting a box and all the manuals and crap you'd get with a retail version
 
OEM & Retail are the same Windows XP, no fancy packaging for OEM.

Pre-installs are legal, but don't half cause a few problems by not suppling a "real" Windows CD ... they should be shot, every last 'effing one of them. ;)

The 'proper' price for XP home is around £60 ... :)
 
Hello All,
Thanks for the replies. My daughter's laptop was pre-installed with XP with a rescue disk. OEM version sounds ideal for me.
My wife has started to use the laptop (never touched a computer before) so I have to get something faster than this old K6.
Intend to order Asrock K8NF4-SATA2 MB, Sempron 3400 CPU, 500W PSU. 1GB PC 3200 RAM, all from EBUYER. Still confused about RAM specs - ECC, buffered? What do I need with this set-up? EBUYER has cheapest 1Gb at £46.02.
Cheers,
peahouse05:D
 
Hello All,
Can find PC3200 DDR 1Gb RAM unbuffered, but not unbuffered and non error checking. Some do not state EC or non EC. Does this matter?
Thanks,
peahouse05:confused:
 
peahouse05 said:
Hello All,
Can find PC3200 DDR 1Gb RAM unbuffered, but not unbuffered and non error checking. Some do not state EC or non EC. Does this matter?
Thanks,
peahouse05:confused:
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Nope, it don't matter ... a tip here, if you need to checkout what RAM is best for a MB, then go to Crucial's Memory Advisor ... http://www.crucial.com/uk/


Can save a lot of headaches buying from them too. ;)
 
Thanks for the replies,
Think I'm there now thanks to members' help.
Cheers,
peahouse05:thumb:
 
Hello Guys,
Have ordered Asrock K8NF4G- SATA2 MB, Sempron 3400, Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 RAM, 500W ATX PSU and OEM XP from Ebuyer for £243 inc delivery. All items were cheaper than same items on eBay.
Cheers,
peahouse05:D
 
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