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Carter
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The challenge being the budget of £200 to £250. A friend of mine is starting to get more web dev work and needs a faster PC but not a gaming rig.
Any help would be good plz. We're looking at everything except case I reckon so anything with cheap bang for buck would be helpful. He's currently running XP on Socket A setup with soundblaster etc About the only thing has is a bew copy of Win7 to start with!
Thx all
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BuggerLugs
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HP used to do some good cash back offers, even though it did take them 6 months to return the money. we bought my sister a PC for about £150 that way.
They probably don't run that offer anymore, but it may be worth checking around for other similar offers with different manufacturers.
big tip: avoid self builds for friends/friends of friends, you'll end up being their support contact. Get them to buy a pre built, you get to wash your hands of the support 
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Tenz
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Novatech do some good motherboard/processor/memory bundles. Power supplies and drives are fairly cheap these days if the old ones aren't up to it.
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brune
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Legal or "borrowed" OS? Win 7 legal is at least £75.
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I couldn't possibly comment on the legitimacy of the OS 
And Lugsy I've built them for m8s before using me old bits and bobs and they've so far worked fine...but I take the warning thanks.
and thanks generally 
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I he is web developing his bigger need really is displays, more the better. Any sort of development is eased by larger and more numerous displays Im on 2 22 inch monitors atm.
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bloody show off
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brune
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Chatting about APB eh Ford? It's good fun with some excellent editing software for customization but very shallow in terms of game play unfortunately - I'll probably get it though
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