Riker71(Competent) posted this on Sunday, 16th October 2005, 13:43
I want to replace my ancient Compaq presario AMD 500 machine.. I wanted something reasonably upto date for DVD recording, web browsing, office docs and the odd game (not high end)Ive chosen these these components and would appreciate any advice/tips/alternatives for saving £- The Asus has 1 EIDE Cable+1 SATA Cable in the box as well as fan/heatsink.
Total Cost comes to £295. I have an OS ready. Graphics card can come later. Is there anything else I need apart from power cable for the floppy, screws+brackets for the drives?
This item was edited on Sunday, 16th October 2005, 14:46
RE: Self Build for £300 advice
blodwin(Competent) posted this on Monday, 17th October 2005, 11:52
Hi
You didnt say which op system you are going to use ? Please note that the floppy drive 7 in 1 is only plug and play with xp i have tried mine on others and it only works as a floppy in them and i could not find a driver that worked for the win 98sc.And as for a power cable for it? Your power supply would normally have that as standard , mine does.Your motherboard has to have the usb pins internal for the card reader part to connect up.[ check the pin layout is correct ] The drive and card reader works fine with xp on my machine and have had no problems .
