budget system

[AndrewJ]

Hiya all

Now I wish to only spend about £100 or less on a basic system but would like something newish.

I am talking old skool spec

athlon xp socket a

512mb of basic ram

60gb HD < thats a must

basic video something like a 9200se

onboard sound

must have ethernet

cdrw/dvd combi

not bothered about OS ( i have a offical cd ) or monitor i have that aswell.

Anyone able to help out here, I would use Mesh but they do not price that low, plus I really do not fancy building my own.

[Raistlin]

I think you must be reading my mind

This is something I've been after for a while, so if you don't mind I'll add my little bit on the end of yours and maybe we'll both get a result

I'm after something just as cheap, not really bothered about the spec. I would prefer as smal a physical footprint as possible. I'd like to set this up in a DMZ outside my router's firewall as a test web server.

[AndrewJ]

feel free raist

[smicer07]

I've got an Athlon, running at 1.8 I think, 60 gig hard drive, 17 inch CRT that I'm trying to get rid of and buy a newer one... if you're interested either of you, PM me for further detail
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And got an even older PC if you're interested in that Raistin! Will need to check out the spec for you though.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by smicer07

And got an even older PC if you're interested in that Raistin! Will need to check out the spec for you though.

If you could I'd appreciate it.

Not sure what sort of spec I need to have a very basic web server running though.

Anybody got any ideas?

[smicer07]

Think my dad might have just chucked out the older one. Not sure though, have to wait for him to get back in. If he has I'll kill him.
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Have got an Everest report if either of you would like me to email you the full spec.
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Saxodriver, mine might suit you, only thing it's lacking that you want is 512 ram I think..

[Angua]

Try your local school. They often have old systems they are only too happy to get rid of.

[Matthew]

I picked up a P3 Compaq Deskpro with 128mb RAM, 10Gb drive for £40 no CD thought but all in good condition. It has everything onboard and when I get a bit more money I'll upgrade the memory in it and stick in a HDD I have and it will be a good little system.

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

If you could I'd appreciate it.

Not sure what sort of spec I need to have a very basic web server running though.

Anybody got any ideas?

It kinda depends what web server you're going to go for. Would you prefer IIS, or were you thinking about giving Apach a try (after all, 40 million people can't all be wrong!).

If you go for Apach, then I'd suggest you have a look at the Performance Notes on the Apache.org website: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/perf-tuning.html - you'll probably be surprised at what little you need to get an Apache-based web server up adn running.

If you think you'd like to go for IIS, then I'm sure Microsoft have some similar guidelines on their website (probably in TechNet or MSDN..?), but I don't have these links to hand unfortunately.

Hope that helps

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by smicer07

Think my dad might have just chucked out the older one. Not sure though, have to wait for him to get back in. If he has I'll kill him.
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Have got an Everest report if either of you would like me to email you the full spec.
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Saxodriver, mine might suit you, only thing it's lacking that you want is 512 ram I think..

The ram on the everest report would be enough for me, its easily got and upgraded from what I have lying about.

so far those specifications look enough to me mate. Pm sent

[Halcyon]

Have a luck in your local newspaper classifieds section. You normally get cheap basic systems there.
Or also check out universities and schools, they often change their computers often and sell off the older ones.
Ebay is also worth checking out if you can go and collect it.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Gareth

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Hope that helps

Nice lot of info there, thanks.

I think I'll be going for Apache instead of IIS (I feel like giving someone other than MS a whirl for a change ).

I'm also still trying to decide which OS to use, I'll probably go for one of the Linux builds but haven't got a clue which one

I don't think it's going to get masses of traffic (in fact, I know it isn't because it'll only be me accessing it from inside the network as a test server, and possibly me accessing it from outside the network if I happen to be away and wanting to play).

[marky]

try a cheap 2nd hand bare bones system and throw the drives in
cfu in bolton do them pretty cheap

[Tricky]

Surely a trawl on ebay will bring up some dinosaurs!?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-COMPUTER-2...QQcmdZViewItem This was £82 with 1+ hours to go

[Alanmelon]

Originally Posted by Tricky

Surely a trawl on ebay will bring up some dinosaurs!?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-COMPUTER-2...QQcmdZViewItem This was £82 with 1+ hours to go

The 2000+ Pro system comes with a VIA C3 Samual 2 Clock Spd 800 mhz Processor that has has it bios flashed by Manufacturer to sign on as a 2000+ turbo enabling the PC to run at higher speeds.

NO OS INSTALLED SimplyMepis 3.3.1 OS is supplied, (better features than XP)

Is it just me, or does anyone else find that dubious?