On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Damian <<a href="mailto:damian@gingermagic.co.uk">damian@gingermagic.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><br></div>The main thing I think when I look at those is that within the £150/£200<br>
I'm buying a case and PSU that I don't need. Surely I would get more for<br>
my money just buying the CPU, motherboard and memory?<br>
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However, the page you sent me does give me a good quick glance look at<br>
the 'rank' of new systems, so I could buy the bits I need from<br>
Overclockers. I used them last time I built a machine.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I recently bought a used computer as an additional frontend. I found it on <a href="http://www.avforums.com">http://www.avforums.com</a> - which is a UK home theater forum. They are all into Windows MCE there - but there is a good trading section - much more reliable they e-prey.<br>
<br>I got in March - for £150 - a Silverstone LC17 case and PSU,
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H motherboard (which has integrated Nvidia graphics), 2GB Corsair memory,
Intel E2160 Core2Duo, Artic Cooler CPU cooler, 320GB Seagate HDD, DVD writer, cables, etc.<br><br>Last night I re-set it up (it's going to become a BE/FE) and re-formatting and starting from scratch with Ubuntu 8.04 I had it up and running in about three hours connected (using the regular Nvidia drivers) to a 1920x1200 display, sound, Adobe flash, everything working. (except one small issue with mythmusic not playing aac files because I decided to compile everything rather than using the packages for myth because I'm stubborn)<br>
<br>So - for £150 used - you should get everything you need and more. Check out avforums for good used gear.<br></div></div>