Cheap(ish) system

[Podie]

Looking for a cheap(ish) system... any recommendations?

Spec:

1x DVD drive
1 x floppy
Reasonable processor / board / memory
Would prefer separate graphics card and soundcard, but not essential
2x spare drive bays (1x 3.5 and 1x 5.25)
NO monitor / keyboard / mouse etc...

So anyone know of any places to get a cheapish bare bones type system...?

[lotusfan]

database systems do em for about £300 at that kind of spec, everything but a monitor IIRC

[docevi1]

www.computerorbit.co.uk do decent enough systems or build one yourself, not that hard!

Stefan

[stc_bennett]

Get a copy of micromart. There are always companys advertising base units at 299 +VAT (Spec is 60gig HD, 2400 AMD processor, Sound Graphics, Keyboard mouse speakers. No software and no Monitor.)

Steve

[ehasler]

I've always built my own, as many suppliers seem to ship boxes with things I don't want/need, and I quite enjoy speccing my own PC and putting it together

Have a look at somewhere like www.dabs.com where you can get all the bits you need, e.g.,

Case - £35
DVD - £25
Floppy - £8
Motherboard with onboard video and sound - £41
CPU (Athlon XP 1800) - £44
512 MB RAM - £100
HDD - £40

All you need for under £300 inc VAT!

[Podie]

Yeah.. it's just when you spend all bloody day doing it, you really can't be arsed to have a bus-man's holiday... that's all.

[docevi1]

bus-mans holiday?

What you could always do is ask if anyone on the board could do it for you...

Stefan

[zumbruk]

Morgan Computers seem to do reasonable stuff. I've never bought a PC from them, mind, only odds and ends, but they've always been very good.

www.morgancomputers.co.uk