Budget PC for family member - thoughts?

Ezyryder

Ezyryder

Ezyryder

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Hi guys,

I need to get a decent pc for my sister-in law. Budget is about £400 all in but she wants a printer so I managed to put this in, what do you guys reckon?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Samsung B2230W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black Samsung B2230W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £119.84
(£101.99) £119.84
(£101.99)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Epson Stylus SX415 Multi-Function Printer/Scanner/Colour Copier Inc 6.3cm Epson Stylus SX415 Multi-Function Printer/Scanner/Colour Copier Inc 6.3cm £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 LGA775 2.70GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 LGA775 2.70GHz (800FSB) - Retail £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Asus P5QPL-AM Intel G41 (Socket 775) DDR2 microATX Motherboard Asus P5QPL-AM Intel G41 (Socket 775) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
OcUK Hades Micro ATX Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) OcUK Hades Micro ATX Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) £23.49
(£19.99) £23.49
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Logitech Ultra-Flat Keyboard (967653-0120) Logitech Ultra-Flat Keyboard (967653-0120) £11.99
(£10.20) £11.99
(£10.20)
Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (P58-00019) Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (P58-00019) £9.99
(£8.50) £9.99
(£8.50)
Sub Total : £358.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £65.82
Total : £441.95

Any thoughts on what you think should be changed?
 
It's tight on that budget.

I wouldn't trust the PSU in that case though!

Maybe go for a smaller, cheaper monitor and 2 gig of ram to save a few ££££'s

Edit : Don't forget Free shipping !
 
She wants a 22" (as her mother has got one)

I am keen on 4 Gig of Ram as that allows her to run many things at once with ease, she does tend to open quite a lot of things at once and I want to keep it that way.

Interesting comments about the case/psu. I understand the use of good psus for overclocked systems and with good graphics card but surely the PSU should be able to run the components in there with ease, shouldn't it?
 
It should be fine. There was a thread a few days or a week ago with someone giving off about the cheap PSUs being stocked and some of the employees posted that they've tested the PSUs extensively and wouldn't stock them if they thought they were duff.
 
I was going to suggest dropping the ram to something a bit slower because its not going to make much difference with a Pentium Dual Core CPU but that is a cracking deal for 4Gb Ram.
 
edscdk said:
"Primo Drone" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz DDR2 System

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=1078&sortby=priceAsc

looks nice and cheap... easier than putting one together yourself....
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THanks, the only reason why I prefer to do it myself its because you get the individual warranty for each component and I also save a fiver or so!. I can appreciate the AMD is a bit cheaper though, is it slower?

Biz.Kid09 said:
I would go for a amd athlon system over a intel dual core...but the rest looks fine.
Click to expand...

Any reason why to go to AMD? I can see I can save around £15 to £20 but is it worth it?
 
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